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Given all the above, I can understand how you could be tempted to take a nap. It really isn't worth the risk, though. Can I ask.....are you by yourself? If you have a husband or significant other, is that person available to help out either by getting up early in the morning with your little one, allowing you to sleep a little longer, helping out with the housework at night or by taking on the responsibility of getting your oldest child to bed so you can go to bed a little earlier?
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Nap, no, accidentally dozed, yes, while in the same room waiting for them to fall asleepJust wondering your thoughts on naptime for the provider
ALL 6 of my kiddos sleep 1:30 until 3:30, sometimes longer. I have a very open floorplan, and can hear everything at all times. 3 of the kids are my own, so I have that "mommy instinct," that wakes me up in 1/2 a second- I am a very light sleeper. Sooooooo, here's my question.
Would it be inappropriate if I took a cat-nap on the couch (central of the house) while the kids were sleeping, IF it were somewhere I could hear everyone AND everyone was already alseep?
Do any of you guys do this already? Do you think the parents would care?
They outlasted me :
: I had to get up and leave the room so I didn't fall on the floor.
I put my feet up (lazy boy, feet at/above heart level) for 20 mins. My hubby suggested it, and I tell you it really does re-energize you!
My parents have made remarks about me getting to take a nap while kids did
is exactly what I did to them! Then I say I wish.
Although I am an uber light sleeper, I'm pretty sure it would be frowned upon by our licenser, so I don't.Comment
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Never sleep. Period. I'm 40, work 4am-6pm, have 10 day kids. Ages 6 mo to 5 yrs. I worked thru 4 pregnancies. I get exhausted. Grab an orange, a Pb sandwich, some juice. Its not easy. But other peoples children are your incentive.Comment
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I would never sleep on the job.
I did take a nap today while my own two little ones did but I miraculously had no children in care today.Comment
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I've been tempted to nap during daycare hours, but I'm too freaked out that they would sneak out of the house or something!
I will say that I do first AND second shift daycare right now and I knew I couldn't do it without being able to sleep after the second shift goes to bed. But I talked to my licensor first and she told me to put in my contract that I will be sleeping while the child sleeps, where I will be, where the child will be, what precautions I will take to make sure the child stays safe, what to do when the parent picks up....it's extensive.
Mind you, that's at night. I don't know about first shift. Maybe if you have a very understanding group of parents and you get the ok from your licensor and cover it in your contract.
But I do agree with the PPs and will say it is risky no matter what you do.Comment
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I have two assistants at all times and wouldn't even risk napping while the dck's are here. But that's just me. I err on the side of... paranoid.
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It seems as if you want a YES from us. You asked for opinions, people gave them. Are you asking or defending your right to nap? If you already had your mind made up that it was ok, why ask? If the majority said they didn't feel it was kosher, then there's your answer. Doesn't mean you have to abide by it. Just sayin' ........Comment
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No napping while working!!
Most states state in regulation that providers must be awake. I do know a provider that naps and has told me she does! I was shocked and don't think very highly of her as a provider anymore. The parents are paying you to watch their children. If you ar too tired, take a day off or quit. Don't put the lives of the children or your business at risk. Family Child Care is a business. It should be treated like one!Comment
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I have been pregnant 4 times and every pregnancy is so different. I really don't think it is fair for people to say that they worked while pregnant so don't use that as an excuse for wanting to take a nap. I have had probable every extreme from hardly no sickness and just alittle exta tiredness to pucking all day long for 9 months and barely being able to stay away for more than 2 hours at a time and no more than 6 to 8 awake hours per day. Sometimes I'd have to nap in my car for a little bit after Doctors appointments because I was to tired to drive. Obvoiusly I could have never worked in my situation. That was my 3rd pregnancy and it was the worst.
With my 4th pregnancy I found out we were expecting when our son was only 8 months old. I had only been doing dc for 7 months. I felt ok the first month. I started to get a little tired and sick the next 3 months. My mother lives down the road and is a teacher. My college aged sisters would stop over in the morning and I'd be awake, but was to ill to be chasing and was spending most of the early am hours in the bathroom puking. They would stay until maybe 10. My mom would come over around 1 on average of 3 days a week and I'd nap while the kids napped, but my mom was there. I was unlisensed at the time and I let the parents know that I wasn't doing to hot and I was having some family come to help me.
I only had 2 families at the time. I was loosing one family to kindergarden and the other mom was let go from her job at the end of the summer. I took on my sisters brand new baby after that. I had my almost one year old son home with me to. I asked her if I was able to get both asleep could I lay down too. I put the PNP right by the couch and I would close my eyes, but I never slept. I felt to uncomfortable to sleep. Even though my sister was fine with it, I felt weird about it.
My husband was working in the area in Nov and would come home for lunch and I would nap for 30 to 45 mins when he was home and my sisters baby was sleeping. By Dec my husband was laid off and I felt more comfortable taking a nap knowing that he was there. First find out if lisensing is ok with it and if your parents are ok with it. Maybe a family member, friend, or a neighbor could come over at nap time so you could sleep at nap time. Try to get as much done by the time your last family leaves so that you can go to bed early. Get as much extra sleep on the weekends. Do the esentails and keep the weekends simple so you can rest up for the week.
This happened just the a few months ago. I woke up and got ready for the morning. I sat back down 5 mins before first DC family was suppose to come and I accidently fell back to sleep. I have DCF's walk right into the house. I wake up to seeing DCM placing 18 month old boy on floor and taking some toys off of the shelf and putting them down for him to play. I was so stunned and scared when I woke up. My 18 month old boy was sleeping on the couch so she new that I must have had a rough night. She told me that she was trying to get him situated so that she could let me keep sleeping. I appologized and I told her that it was sweet that she wanted to let me sleep, but it would be incredable unsafe if she left him while I was sleeping and to never think twice about waking me up if that ever happened again.
Last edited by Blackcat31; 01-24-2012, 09:22 AM.Comment
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I think there are so many other things you can do to relax your body without sleeping!
* Get a foot bath and soak your feet
* Put on your favorite CD and get cozy under a blanket
* Make a cup of tea
* Watch a movie or a tv show (I do on my laptop to keep the noise level low)
* Have a homemade smoothie (buy frozen fruit & blend with juice)
* Call an old friend and catch up
* Rub lotion on your body and do Yoga
* Read a new book
* Read a gossip magazine
So many more, do something different each day to keep a variety going. I have two hours to MYSELF everyday and try to do things from exercise, to watching LOST or posting things to sell on Craigs List. I love my break and have never thought of napping. I will go to bed early if I am tired!Proud Mommy of Six...Comment
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I just laid down while my DS and DCG were napping. I was freezing so I curled up on my bed with my kitties. I got up once to let the culligan guy in the house to drop off water but laid there most of nap time and I am no longer tired. Ahhhh felt so good.Comment
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