Bedtime help
Mar 31, 2017 11:44:15 GMT -5
Post by Unknown on Mar 31, 2017 11:44:15 GMT -5
I'm having a problem with bedtime and I don't know what to do, so you guys can tell me what to do.
My kids go to a full time daycare center, and the center has nap/quiet time from 12-2:30. Now not all kids are sleeping during that whole time, but during the time they are awake they need to stay on their mats doing a quiet activity like reading or puzzles since some kids do sleep the whole time. The environment is set for sleep, the lights are out and soft music is playing, so DD does nap at school 99% of the time and the couple times she hasn't she seems super tired and cranky. About a month ago during the week she started staying up until 10:00+ (sometimes as late as 11:00 and we put her down around 8/8:15). She almost never takes a nap on the weekend and always goes right to sleep at 8 and sleeps until 8 the next morning, so it seems she is in the process of transitioning out of naps. There are some days she does still need a nap.
I talked to the director, who is awesome and always willing to work with me. She said that actually all the kids in LO's room do take at least some sort of nap. The problem with the young 3 year old room is because of ratio if 1 kid is awake they need full ratio and that is the time they do lunch breaks for the teachers so it's really beneficial that all the kids sleep at least an hour or her teachers might not get a lunch. We decided to try and find a neutral ground that helps us all out, so I told them to not let her sleep past 1:30 (even if she doesn't fall asleep until 1:00). This has helped a bit, she has been going to sleep closer to 9:30, but it is still a fight and often ends with me having to take something away that leads to tears and crying herself to sleep. She just isn't tired and I can't get mad at her for that, but I'm not going to let my 3.5 year old stay up until 9:00+ and just hang out and watch TV. I'm trying to give her books in bed and let her have quiet time as long as she stays in bed (unless she has to potty). Of course she takes advantage of this or just calls and calls to me which I go running up and she has to "tell me a question" which usually involves her asking for a hug or something cute so she hopes I don't get mad at her....it's 50/50 with that.
I feel I don't have a good hold on how I want to approach this and I'm being inconsistent which I'm sure isn't helping. Poll added because everybody loves to click things.
My kids go to a full time daycare center, and the center has nap/quiet time from 12-2:30. Now not all kids are sleeping during that whole time, but during the time they are awake they need to stay on their mats doing a quiet activity like reading or puzzles since some kids do sleep the whole time. The environment is set for sleep, the lights are out and soft music is playing, so DD does nap at school 99% of the time and the couple times she hasn't she seems super tired and cranky. About a month ago during the week she started staying up until 10:00+ (sometimes as late as 11:00 and we put her down around 8/8:15). She almost never takes a nap on the weekend and always goes right to sleep at 8 and sleeps until 8 the next morning, so it seems she is in the process of transitioning out of naps. There are some days she does still need a nap.
I talked to the director, who is awesome and always willing to work with me. She said that actually all the kids in LO's room do take at least some sort of nap. The problem with the young 3 year old room is because of ratio if 1 kid is awake they need full ratio and that is the time they do lunch breaks for the teachers so it's really beneficial that all the kids sleep at least an hour or her teachers might not get a lunch. We decided to try and find a neutral ground that helps us all out, so I told them to not let her sleep past 1:30 (even if she doesn't fall asleep until 1:00). This has helped a bit, she has been going to sleep closer to 9:30, but it is still a fight and often ends with me having to take something away that leads to tears and crying herself to sleep. She just isn't tired and I can't get mad at her for that, but I'm not going to let my 3.5 year old stay up until 9:00+ and just hang out and watch TV. I'm trying to give her books in bed and let her have quiet time as long as she stays in bed (unless she has to potty). Of course she takes advantage of this or just calls and calls to me which I go running up and she has to "tell me a question" which usually involves her asking for a hug or something cute so she hopes I don't get mad at her....it's 50/50 with that.
I feel I don't have a good hold on how I want to approach this and I'm being inconsistent which I'm sure isn't helping. Poll added because everybody loves to click things.
