After my son's 1st bday (Feb. 25) he had to move up to a new room in his daycare. He left the infant room, getting a nap whenver he wanted, to the 1 year old room where he gets one nap a day. He seems so tired all of the time which makes him very fussy--and he is a usually HAPPY child! (He has to get up with me to go to daycare at 5 every morning---and his nap isnt until 12) How can I help him get use to this one nap. HELP! I hate seeing him so tired.
2007-03-10 14:20:58 · 6 answers · asked by Vicki P 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
That really does sound like a long time for a one year old to stay up. I agree that maybe you should talk to his daycare provider and see if you can come to a compromise. I completely understand that they must try to accommodate all of the children that they watch and keep on schedule, but I really think your son is going to need to nap before then if he has to get up at 5am. Alternatively, as one person mentioned, maybe you could try putting him to bed a little earlier. I know that is hard as well because that limits more of your time with him, but ultimately, his needs/sleep are most important.
Secondly, let me just post a comment on "Cassandra"... please try to take her response with a grain of salt. She is constantly answering questions negatively to mothers who take their children to daycare. Please do NOT feel guilty about your decision. She seems to want to make everyone who doesn't stay home with their child 24/7 feel guilty. In addition, she never really answers the actual question; she almost always goes on a tangent.
2007-03-12 05:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by CB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is in simple terms 365 days previous and has dropped the 2d nap maximum days. He sleeps 11-12 hours complete at night and takes a a million hour nap. On days he's taking 2 naps he sleeps 9-10 hours at night and takes a 40 5 minute nap and a a million hour nap. each and each toddler/newborn is diverse, some pick extra sleep than others. in simple terms enable her sleep whilst she is drained. in case you attempt to make her nap extra throughout the day than she desires you have have been given an exceedingly unsleeping little lady at night.
2016-11-24 19:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one is too young to stay up for 7 hours straight (5-12) let him get some sleep in the morning by leaving the house later or let him get a nap sooner. a one year old boy shouldn't have to get up at 5 in the morning 5 days a week. i would be fussy too.
2007-03-10 14:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by morequestions 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter didn't go to one nap a day until she was almost 2. I think that if you baby needs more than one nap you should talk to the day care provider. No one year old is a like. They all have different sleep patterns. If it's not possible to change his naps, then maybe try putting him to bed earlier at night.
Good Luck!!
2007-03-10 14:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may not be aware of this, but it is very damaging for a child to switch providers. i hope they intend to move your son's caregiver with him to this new room, or he will have lost his mother. - you know, the one he's with all day.
what a disaster.
For children to enter care in their first three years of life is so damaging to their ability to attach to others. It also damages their intellect - because they are not with mommy, not in her arms (infant brain cells only form connections when infants are being held!) and because they are so stressed by the separation - cortisol, the stress hormone that floods the brain of an infant crying for mommy, causes depression and anxiety, impairs learning, and causes stress disorders in adulthood for the infant who suffered so.
NICHD studies have found that kids who enter day care before 5 have school problems that persist for 12 years after stopping day care.
Humans are primates. Have you ever observed primates at the zoo or elsewhere? They never put their infants down. That's how ours evolved, that's what they need. Mommy's milk, mommy's arms, mommy's time and devotion.
No early learning center can deliver the goods for an infant/toddler - it's a lie parents tell themselves to assauge the guilt at the egregious behavior of abandoning their children to be raised by hired help - because infants and toddlers need mommy to learn best.
2007-03-10 19:23:56 · answer #5 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
maybe he's not happy because he has to be in daycare all day instead of being home with mom
2007-03-10 14:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋