I Still Dont Get Why Naps Are Such a Huge Issue for Most Families....
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I don't know what the circumstances of your families are however from my own perspective I have a 10 month old daughter. There have been 3 weekends we have traveled out of town stayed with family this summer. Twice to the lake and one time to my aunt's blueberry farm during season and my daughter refuses to take a nap unless she is at home in her own bed. This last weekend we went to the lake Friday through Sunday. She had very broken sleep at night and didn't nap much to any at all so she is catching up from that yesterday and today. Not ideal but that's just the way it is. Luckily she is a really easy baby and it doesn't put her in a bad mood at all.
We have a pack and play that we take. When we are away I regularly lay her down to nap in it when she should lay down. If I leave her in there she will stand there and cry for well over an hour. I've tried rocking her. If she gets to sleep, as soon as I go to lay her down she rolls over and stands up. If I leave her in there she will either just sit play or again stand in there and cry for well over an hour if I left her. Doesn't matter how much sleep or how little sleep she got the girl will not nap to save her life unless we are home. Even after a weekend like that she often will not even sleep on the car ride home. My son however will be out cold, even if we play a movie for him. I can't explain it but we can't just not go places and stay home because she won't nap for an undetermined amount of months/years either. She has to learn how at some point and staying home isn't going to make that happen.
Personally, I would think it would be especially difficult to blame a parent for a child who doesn't sleep in the car and that should tell you something about the child as well. Aside from having the radio up loud there's not a lot they can do to discourage a child from sleeping in a car. I just think a lot of kids are going to be a little more stimulated if they are not home. I don't have a lot of problems with kids coming when they haven't gotten naps in all weekend but it's not really a big deal if they don't either. I don't keep my daycare kids on the go. They are younger, so it's not a real big deal if they need to catch up as long as they are not little bears all the time because of it.- Flag
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I think a lot of families are busy over the weekend. Trying to get out and do activities and may not be home during nap time and just hope the kids sleep longer in the evening.
DD just turned 4 and I don't usually mind if her nap isn't perfect on Saturday's but Sunday's we're back to normal so she can be ready for Monday's.- Flag
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