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I have a DCM who is a bit of a flake. You may remember some posts about how she is not very interested in her childrens well being and is overall not the greatest parent (it's just all about her all the time). I take care of her 3 yr old DD who has been with me for over a year now. When mom brought her to me at 2, I was told she "doesn't nap" well within 3 days she was napping here.
Fast forward to now mom wants me to drop her nap. I do agree with her because nap seems to now be affecting night time sleep. She's not falling asleep until 10pm some nights. I told mom we'd give it a try for a week and see how she does without a nap. So we did last week and now this week she looks exhausted, tells me she's tired frequently and mom reports her being in a bad mood at the end of the day. She apparently goes to bed at 8:30pm and wakes up at 6am so 9 1/2 hours of sleep per day. Not enough sleep. She should be getting between 12-14 hrs. I suggested to mom that she go to bed earlier but as per usual she is not listening and just tells me "she's never been much of a sleeper".....
So today I got her to lie down while I put the 18 month old in her PNP just to rest (while we waited for younger one to fall asleep before she began her quiet play) and within 3 minutes she was asleep. I woke her after 30min but she was soooo tired and clearly didn't want to wake up and then was in a "cry baby" mood for the rest of the day.
So my delemma is do I keep the nap, not keep it? WWYD in this situation? I feel so bad for this kid!!! Thanks for reading
Fast forward to now mom wants me to drop her nap. I do agree with her because nap seems to now be affecting night time sleep. She's not falling asleep until 10pm some nights. I told mom we'd give it a try for a week and see how she does without a nap. So we did last week and now this week she looks exhausted, tells me she's tired frequently and mom reports her being in a bad mood at the end of the day. She apparently goes to bed at 8:30pm and wakes up at 6am so 9 1/2 hours of sleep per day. Not enough sleep. She should be getting between 12-14 hrs. I suggested to mom that she go to bed earlier but as per usual she is not listening and just tells me "she's never been much of a sleeper".....
So today I got her to lie down while I put the 18 month old in her PNP just to rest (while we waited for younger one to fall asleep before she began her quiet play) and within 3 minutes she was asleep. I woke her after 30min but she was soooo tired and clearly didn't want to wake up and then was in a "cry baby" mood for the rest of the day.
So my delemma is do I keep the nap, not keep it? WWYD in this situation? I feel so bad for this kid!!! Thanks for reading
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