Dropping nap

So my 3 year old has still been having 1 nap per day usually an hour(sometimes a little longer at weekend) he’s never slept through the night but for the last week or so he’s been in bed 8/8.30 and pretty much slept through but then been getting up anything from 5.15-6 in the morning, I spoke to nursery and we decided to try dropping his nap at nursery especially since he’s going to pre school room in September today is the first day he’s not napped and he’s been fine all day apparently but as soon as we got home about 6.30 he fell asleep on the settee by 6.45, he’s in bed now flat out but now I’m nervous he’s going to wake up about 4 to get up 😂 is this too early for bed? Is it normal after his first day with no nap? He’s my only child so honestly I’ve been winging it since he was born!!!

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Im following because I have the same issuex

I’m so worried he’s going to wake up even earlier tomorrow then either fall asleep at nursery or be over tired because he doesn’t have a nap and we’re going to spiral back into rubbish sleep 😂

Hi. My little girl turned 3 last week and only occasionally has a nap in the day. If she doesn’t nap, she is in bed asleep by 6.45pm and doesn’t wake till 7am (ish). I find if she’s up later than that, we have earlier wake ups in the mornings due to being overtired. Xx

So update: he woke at 11 for a drink(makes sense really he didn’t have his usual drink before bed) then got out of bed at 4.15 but I didn’t manage to put him straight back where he stayed until 6.15 let’s see if tonight goes any better 😂

We are in a very similar situation.

My girl doesn’t nap & hasn’t for the past maybe 5 months. She wakes around 6am & goes to bed 6:30. By 5:30 I just have to keep her going x

I have just raised same issue with my son’s nursery. They keep him on a nap up to 2 hours all the time. He is now 3 year old 1 month. My worry is how he will adapt to school schedules starting next year September 2025:( he doesn’t go to bed till 10 or 11 daily.)

our old nursery used to do that they said they have a policy not to wake them, luckily his current nursery are very good and will do whatever I ask

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔

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8 week old in sleeping bag for first time as big enough! Do you feed your child in the night whilst in the sleeping bag or taken them out, feed then transfer back to sleeping bag before putting down?

Has anyone died their kids hair a fun color and have any recommendations for kid friendly hair dye that actually works and stays in the hair for a bit? 👀👀👀

She has 3b brown hair and wants kpop demon hunter purple

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I’m going crazy. Baby born at 2.26kg. Slow to put on weight. This last week hasn’t put on any. Been trying to feed him at night and he’s not interested at all. Fast asleep. During day he will have 5 minute gulps and that’s it. He don’t cry for milk. I’ve got to keep offering to him. I try to offer it every hour but I don’t know what I’m doing. HV said nutrition comes after 5 minutes so I should pump first and then give him. I find it so hard. I tried to pump one boob nothing came. The other abit came. Tried giving him express he’s not interested in that too. Sometimes he will go for a longer a feed but not long at all. He’s 4 months and is currently 5.46kg. I have no family or friend support here and wish I had a cook, cleaner and nanny to help with everything so I can concentrate on the little one. I don’t know what’s wrong with him but I’m loosing it. It doesn’t help that my also stressed generally about my relationship and life circumstances. Any advice that will work. Any comfort you can give. I’m fed up. Is this regression - not feeding. He’s fast fast asleep. I’ve been trying to push the nipple in but that mouth is closed shut. I took some clothes off. Changed his nappy but he’s still asleep. Please help