Confession - I Feel So Horrible!

[Kaddidle Care]

And now you know what not to do when it's nap time. It happened, it wasn't intentional and we all learn from our mistakes.

Hey - I used to nap when my baby napped. I didn't know it was a crime.

[Unregistered]

I'm not going to go lay down for a nap because I know it's against regulations, but I too would like to know why you can sleep at night when children are sleeping, but not during the day. During the day your body isn't going to go into as deep a sleep as you go into at night when you have several hours (compared to maybe one or two at nap time). Plus, if the doors are locked, children all sleeping, you're in the same room... I can understand babies and needing to check on them really often and all that, but if you have older children, I just don't understand the difference. Like if they had my group. Children currently are all 3 1/2 to 5 yrs old. Once they're asleep, they're out for at least an hour. If they wake up early, they KNOW to stay on their cots, and don't even try getting up early. One of them might try waking the others up, but if she made enough noise to wake another child up, she would definitely make enough noise for the provider. I also realize that providers who could go into a deep sleep during a nap time shouldn't go to sleep. But if they know their body, and that they are a light sleeper anyway, and would wake up at the least noise or anything out of the ordinary??
Anyway, OP, legally you shouldn't go to sleep purposely because of regulations (and I don't know how deep a sleeper you even are), but it happened one time, you feel awful about it, you know you shouldn't have, but you didn't MEAN to. Believe it or not, even childcare providers are not perfect all the time, although we sure try our best to be Just be glad it was that instead of something really dangerous and that nothing happend while you were asleep.

[jokalima]

Well it has not happen to me, I clean up lunch mess and kitchen during that time, when i'm done a make some coffee and lunch for myself, sit and watch tv or use computer, do laundry, sometimes clean the house and that way don't have to worry about cleaning during weekends and that gives me family time, something that I was lacking when i left all the cleaning for the weekend.

[saved4always]

It happened and you cannot undo it so don't beat yourself up about it. Nothing bad happened and really it was not likely that something bad would happen. It is against the rules though and there is always that small chance that a child could be in danger if you are sleeping, so you now know that reading a book at nap will put you to sleep; so you can find other activities that are more active. I personally used to do my excercise bike, read, or log onto this site at naptime. Always with a cup of coffee at my elbow to keep the sleepiness away. I, too, get sleepy if I get too comfy and have my book to read.