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I am having tough time with my three daycare kids. None are siblings, they are 17 months, 19 months and 2.5 years and each one is so tired and cannot stay on our normal daycare routine. None of them are new at all either. Its turning into something where my 3 bio. kids are on one routine and my 3 daycare kids are on another (not ideal!) The DC kids are exhausted by about 10 and cannot make it till 12. I started putting them down at 11 but sometimes they cant even make it till then....****bbing eyes, wailing, trying to curl up in some corner to sleep. Its very frustrating. I know for sure the two younger ones do not sleep well at all at home and the parents are not interested in doing what it takes to change that so I am stuck. I do put the two youngers down as soon as they get here but they have both stopped sleeping in the morning and cannot stay awake happily till the regular nap. Any suggestions? It is definitely better when we can go outside....I dont think any of them do anything outside the house when they are home. I usually wear them out here but because of the weather, we havent been outside as much.
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Definately! I don't have the issues you're having so can't offer any advice. My kids are just yawning and saying they're tired but still able to participate. My 3.5 yr old didn't go to sleep last night until 10:30pm!! They have NO routine at home. Exact same story with my 20 month old, no routine and just busy busy busy. -
I have two 3 1/2 year olds that come in every morning sleepy. During morning tv time (while I'm preparing breakfast) one of them always lay down on the floor and tries to fall asleep. I tell her to sit up, she can't lay down because it's not nap time. The other one, her mom started putting her to bed earlier a few weeks ago so I don't have any issues with her anymore.
But do you think your 17 and 19 month olds can take a short morning nap and then you give them another nap in the afternoon after lunch? This may work with the 2 1/2 year old too. If I did this, I would most likely lay them down right after breakfast.I love my job!
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I know how this is! I think my little guy here is going thru that right now. I have a 3 yr old that the parents let go to sleep whenever she wants at home, so she comes here exhausted and falling asleep by 9am! I manage to keep her up till at least 12pm but its rough.Comment
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Yep. 3 hour nap today. 4 hour nap yesterday.Comment
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tbutler...I do put the two younger ones down in the morning (sometimes the 2 year old two) and they dont sleep in the morning like they used to but are still tired. Its that awful stage of just tired enough to be cranky but not enough to be sleeping.
as for my original post..the edited word was supposed to be r-u-b-bing, not sure why that got edited.Comment
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funny that you posted this... I was just thinking this myself.
Most of my daycare kids only nap here....parents think that their kids don't need naps.
So when the weekend comes, they don't nap. The Monday comes and the first thing that happens is that they all fall on their faces. I have a horrible time getting the kids to wake up. They just want to sleep and sleep and sleep. and this is always, not just one day out of the week...
Then the parents complain that they can't get them to go to sleep at night.
I have asked them to consider being consistent and having them nap on the weekends, so that they can actually participate in the preschool program that I have... Without proper food and sleep, no one can function to participate in learning..
Drives me up a wall..........Comment
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Wish i had something near that issue here
. I have one good napper of the younger two who is usually getting really sleepy at lunch but can still maintain and the other takes forever to fall asleep wighling and chattering and squealing the whole time, will keep geeting up if im not sitting very close by until dcg goes to sleep and an older one who always says doesnt want to lay down but always crashes out and sleeps until i get her up. The light sleeper who goes to sleep later and always gets up earlier is good if sge sleeps for 45 min, idk how dcg goes all day like that but she does and often she interrupts nap for the others with her chatter or crying if she isnt able to be up ruuning atound while the othersnare still sleeping.
I thinknshe is starting to understand she is ok on her mat for a little while until its time to get up, not fussing nearly as much but still very vocal and noisy while playing "quietly" on the mat
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Simple solution: Put them down for a quick morning nap when they arrive. If a 3.5 year old can't make it until 12:00 then they need a morning nap; it is in the best interest of the child to let them get their sleep.Comment
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thanks for your thoughts. like I said in two posts....I DO put them down for a morning nap. This used to work but they no longer actually fall asleep in the morning. I think the rest time still helps but its not quite enough and they all struggle through the morning. I wish I could solve this one but unfortunately, the parents aren't on board.Comment
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oh my gosh you guys! 2 of the kids slept from 10-2:30 and the other did 11-2:30. They were ALL fussing by 4:15. one had a HUGE meltdown and another laid right down in the middle of the walkway and tried to go to sleep right there with a small blanket we use for our baby dolls. I put all three back to nap at 4:30 and pickup is from 5:15 to 5:30. I just dont know what to do with these kids! It is even nice enough to go outside and they are all exhausted, huge bags under their eyes, its just so getting ridiculous.Comment
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i feel for you....I went through this for awhile with a family of 3 kids some time ago. Their kids were kept up all hours of the night, didn't have any rules and pretty much came here just to sleep. If I were just a baby sitter and they were my only kids it would have been just fine, but IM not a baby sitter and I did have other kids to tend to that wanted to play outside.
It was a blessing that after telling the mom straight up that she was setting her kids up for failure(lots of other issues too) she gave notice...
I was soooooo sick of it... BUT I am sure someone else would have loved to have had those kids......Comment
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I have one right now that I lay back down from 330 to 415ish. She's just miserable if I don't. We wake from nap at 230. I really don't know what to say. They sound like they desperately need a morning nap but they aren't sleeping so I'm at a loss. Hugs though. lovethisComment
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I thought about this thread this morning when 3.5 year old dcb came over. He was so tired his mom carried him in and then handed him over to me. I put him on the couch and my dd went over to say hello to him and he kicked his foot out at her, which is something he does when hes tired or cranky. So, I asked him if he was tired and wanted to sleep and he said yes, and he's upstairs sound asleep right now, with my other dcb whose parents kept him up until 11 last night and woke him up at 6. I am done with putting up with cranky kids due to lack of sleep- you can sleep here
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I hear you. I have 3 2 yearolds who are simply exhausted. They can and sometimes do sleep for hours. They usually fall asleep at morning snack table around 10:15 and can sleep till 2:30 no problem. It is very frustrating as we can't get anything done and my DS is a 12:30-2 napper.
I sent a long email to parents stressing the importance of a good diet, routine, and sleep - they don't seem to get it
I have one DCB whom if I let sleep would sleep the entire day! And have no problems sleeping at night. He is also constantly unwell.Comment
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