one year old, just started nursery - and ALL over the place with naps - pls help

[JacobM]

hi - my LO is one next week. BEfore he started nursery, his naps were all over the place - but now he's there two half days a week, i am even more confused.

He generally wakes up between 6 and 7.30am - and then can last until about 9.45/10am - i give him a 40min nap and then he has his 2nd nap about 2PM for about an hour (quite late, i know). At the moment though, nothing seems to stay the same and i can't seem to read his tired signs...i know he's going through the transition from two naps to one, but i'm really lost and don't know what to do.

 I was going to start making his first nap shorter and shorter, but is now the right time? and what if he donsn't go down until 10.30, which he can do? isn't that far too late for a first nap? and also at nursery the other day, he didn't go to sleep until 11.50 and woke up 12.30 - and that was all the sleep he had all day, except a 10 min nap in the car on the way home at 5pm! today they put him down at 9.15, and he fell asleep at 9.45!

I also seem to confuse the staff at the nursery too, as I don't really know what to tell them - and then whatever i do tell them, i just change my mind. Would love some advice as I'm getting my knickers in a twist about this.

Thanks xxx

[anna*]

((((hugs)))) it's so confusing and difficult when they start nursery.

For everyone's sanity, I would be inclined to fix some nap times and stick to them so that he can have the same routine at nursery and at home. As for nursery, is there any AP they can do to help him sleep, ie rocking/cuddling him to sleep? I think you have to have different rules for nursery, they'll never do things exactly the same there as they do at home.

10.30 isn't too late for a first nap. How about 10.15 nap for 45 mins and 1.30pm nap for as long as poss?
In the end, if he skips a nap at nursery there's nothing anyone can do about it except try not to stress and give him a super early bedtime.