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Yowie - that sounds hard! But you know now that the carers will call you if they need to and won't try to stick it out and not let you know that there's a problem.
In time, you may find that he gets better with nap times...
For us, for day sleeps, ever since he was about 8 weeks old, I have wrapped Sam and cuddled him to sleep... in a quiet room with soft music... I was really worried about how he'd go with getting to sleep at day care, but the carers were happy to wrap him and do what ever it took to get him to sleep without distress. They haven't needed to wrap him for a while, but have at times rocked him in a pram...
Just recently I started getting reports that he wouldn't sleep at rest time, but he was happy and would sit quietly and read a book with one of the carers or something. I'd have an extremely tired little boy when I picked him up, but he'd do things like sleep from 3-7, have dinner and be back in bed asleep at 9pm (his normal bed time).
It was only yesterday that it happened - I was delayed getting to pick him up so was around an hour later than normal collecting him... panicking that if he'd not slept again he would just be over tired and completely beyond it... But I arrived and got told he'd slept really well. He slept in a "big bed" with the older kids (they get little stretcher beds on the floor), just laid down and put himself to sleep without any interaction or help from anyone else. I'm a bit sad that my boy is growing up and won't be wanting or needing cuddles to go to sleep for too much longer, but it is a relief to know that he's found a way to sleep at day care. I'm sure in time that your son will find a way as well.
BW
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Hi Yowie
Does he have a little comfort toy he can take along for nap time? But, yeah in the meantime, half days might be the way to go until he gets used to the carers, etc. My DD did one day a week from 20 months on, she settled in well, but the first few times, I went through a range of emotions, tears, guilt, etc. He will get there hun, it just takes time for him to build up to feeling comfortable especially around naptime. Good luck with it all. x
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I'm exactly the same. I would love to put DS in daycare (we have my ILs that can watch him, but I feel he needs to interact with other children) for 1 day a week, but feel horrible.
I hope things go well for you
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Thanks Ladies. I wasn't expecting it to be so hard. He doesn't have a day sleep at home. He does have a comfort toy (a wotwot) which he took with him, he also took his blanky. Thank you for the replies.
