For Those With Non-Nappers.....

[momma2girls]

My family room is my daycare room is my nap room for all toddlers/preschoolers. Letting 1 up doesn't work. I recently had a mom tell me their 4 yr old doesn't want to nap and asked if he could look at books. I let him, until he was disturbing others with them, plus he always ended up falling asleep. Parents don't realize that when you have a small group of little ones, letting one do the "special" totally causes problems with everyone. 1 does the "special" another one wants the "special" and so on, doesn't work. Funny how these days the nap thing has become such an issue.

I tried the same thing a couple of yrs. ago, it totally didn't work at all!!!!

[daycare]

i also dont think parents realize how tiresome daycare is on these kids. Kids are always on the go...Using their brain is way more tiring than just running around all day long. Now combine the two together along with everything else and you have one wiped out kid....

IMO all kids under 5 need some form of nap/rest period...