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I have a 4 year old dcg who doesn't nap. So she lies quietly in my daughters room with a couple books and a stuffed animal. Problem is, she sings. She sings made up songs, which is cute. BUT, she is LOUD! And she seems to like for me to get after her. She smirks when I get after her. The first time I tell her that she needs to read quietly or I will have to take her books and animal. A few minutes later I am back and taking the stuff away, and she cries a fake cry SUPER loud. Most times waking the others. She is just a super loud child. In this case, what would you do next?
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I have a 4 year old DCB the doesn't like to nap either but I do require him to do quiet time with a book... and he's the same way only doesn't sing, he tries to grab loud toys and take them to his nap mat and I'm forever taking them away.
I tell him if he isn't quiet and keeps the other little ones up, he won't be able to go back outside in the afternoon, and he LOVES to go outside. Some days he completely doesn't listen and other days he does. If he chooses not to listen, no outside in the afternoon. His choice.
He's a stubborn boy most days...I have to speak to him all day long..yet not as bad as a 4 year old boy I used to have. -
Ugh.....I am just tired of not getting a break myself!Comment
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I had a 4yo boy who did that too. He would scream and cry REALLY REALLY loudly when it came to nap time... "MOMMYYYYYYYY!!!!! MOMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY!"
For a week I did crafts with him during naptime. I told him that if he laid nicely while the other kids fell asleep, then gave me a couple minutes to get some work done, then we would do a craft. The first one was something like play-dough, then I did some pre-school stuff with him, or I'd let him sit and colour or something easy that didn't really require much effort from me ... Eventually he gave up fighting, would lie nicely while the others fell asleep then I'd bring him a Where's Waldo book ... and if he was too loud with that then he got to sit outside my office with nothing to look at but his feet.Comment
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Naptime
Call me a big old meanie, but I require absolute silence from kids during naptime if the kid is under 6 years old. For older kids, I will let them quietly watch a movie or do some arts & crafts but the key word is "quietly". All of my kids are nappers. In Judy's wise words "If a child has outgrown their nap, then they have outgrown my daycare." I think that's it (or probably pretty close?)Comment
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you said a few minutes later "i am back" so i assume you don't have to be in the room where she naps.
in that case, put her in a room by herself with no toys or books and see what kinda song she sings then.Comment
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in that case....if she's lying down in a room by herself and singing, what's the problem?
i think you GOING BACK probably makes her sing LOUDER!
i'd ignore it. if she were disrupting other kids and keeping them awake i could see a problem. shut the door and go about your business.Comment
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you may not be allowed to shut the door....here we are not.
i would put a fan outside the door for a little "white noise". maybe it would drown her out.
i would also ignore her. sounds like she's doing it on purpose......Comment
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yes I tend to ignore it unless its really loud I have one who is two and sometimes she does this but most days she will nap I need that couple of hours in my day. Harder in the summer when my boys are home but all mine nap in the basement and we use the other two levels of the house or they go outsideComment
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I do ignore, until she is so loud that she wakes the babies up in the next room! Yes, she is THAT loud! I can't shut the door all the way. I think she likes the attention it gets her, so I am going to turn the white noise up in the babies room and let her sing. Although, mom had a talk with her and she seems more compliant today. I will let you know how today goes!Comment
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