Nap Time Issues....Again

[tenderhearts]

I have no other option but to nap all the kids in one room except the baby. I spread them out and place dividers around, the kitchen ect so they can't see each other (the ones I have issues with) and all week 2 of them will NOT listen. The 2 yr old simply keeps messing around, he stands up in the pnp and since he can't see anyone he'll start yelling in there to the others, fortunetly the others do not respond back but they don't fall asleep either because he's distracting, well I have one that will fall asleep during this. I can't seem to get through to him, he doesn't understand anything I say. He will do this for more than an hour when I finally have to take him out of the room and place him in a different room (daughters), I give him nothing, no blanky, no pillow, he of course stops because there's no one to try and talk to, then the other 2 1/2 yr old just laughs when I tell her to stop playing around.

What else can I do? I can't sit in there I have a baby to watch. I know they are tired, like today all morning he would just lay on the floor off and on rub his eyes and yawn and say he was tired. I've never in 13 yrs have had this much trouble with nap time. I use to be able to nap 6 kids in this room with no issues, and they were much closer with no barriers.

I'm firm, I put on my "mean" face, nothing gets through, they both "know" what I'm telling them because they both stop immediately when I open the door. Is there a priveledge of some kind I can take away that a 2 yr old would "get". I honestly don't think if I explained it to him he'd understand though.

[Unregistered]

I nap all 7 of my kids (all 18mo+) in one room, I have other rooms but choose to nap then together, that way once they start waking up they can go to the other rooms to play. I always put down the one child who I know is going to be the loudest, most distruptive first. That way, there is no one else in the room for them to bother if they make noise etc. once that child is asleep I move on to the next Etc etc. I only have 2 kids that get put down that way. Everyone else goes down together. I also play music at nap time. We listen to the nutcracker symphony on repeat at a fairly good level to drown out any noises etc. it can be hard for some at first who aren't used to sleeping with noise, but they learn to sleep with it. Hope this helps

[daycare]

Im a little lost..

so where is the baby napping at this time??

[tenderhearts]

I do play "ocean waves" during quiet time. I also have tried putting them down first, BUT they end up waking up waaaay before the others so then they wake them up too soon. I don't get them up when they wake up, they have to lay there for the duration of nap time, or pretty close. Usually though when it's a good day they all fall asleep fairly close within each other and wake up about the same time, about 2 - 2 1/2 hrs SO it's normally not an issue if the two are cooperating.
The baby naps in my sons room which is just adjacent to the daycare area. It's hard to explain.

[daycare]

I do play "ocean waves" during quiet time. I also have tried putting them down first, BUT they end up waking up waaaay before the others so then they wake them up too soon. I don't get them up when they wake up, they have to lay there for the duration of nap time, or pretty close. Usually though when it's a good day they all fall asleep fairly close within each other and wake up about the same time, about 2 - 2 1/2 hrs SO it's normally not an issue if the two are cooperating.
The baby naps in my sons room which is just adjacent to the daycare area. It's hard to explain.

so then put the baby down to nap first. Then the olders. I would place all the mats so they can not see each other, use walls like you are or head to toe format.

I would sit in the room and help the ones that are having issues with laying down.

Every time they get up I would put them right back down and say close eyes. Rub their backs and do not leave until they are OUT...

do you have a baby monitor that you can place on the counter near you while you are getting the bigger kids to sleep??

[tenderhearts]

Currently the baby is awake when they go down for naps so I can't sit in the room. Plus I have tried that before and it makes it worse for some of them, I sat in there the whole duration of the nap and they never fell asleep.

[daycare]

Currently the baby is awake when they go down for naps so I can't sit in the room. Plus I have tried that before and it makes it worse for some of them, I sat in there the whole duration of the nap and they never fell asleep.

Hmmmm. why is the baby up while they are napping?

what is the babies schedule?

I nap all of my kids in the same room. If you are keeping others from napping, you get removed from the room. If you have a lovey, I will remove it and you will lay on the other side of the house Where I can still keep an eye on you.

[tenderhearts]

The baby is only 4 mo old and she's only been here a week, I haven't gotten her on the perfect schedule yet. She goes down about every 1 1/2 - 2 hrs so this week it's been about 30 - 45 min after they go down, which makes it easier for me because of her current feedings and pickup. I feed her then and put her down, she sleeps then past when kids get up and eat snack.
Even if she were asleep, I've tried sitting in the room and it doesn't work.
I do take things away ALL the time, they DO NOT care. When I move them to another room, they don't care. On the VERY rare occassion in past groups, oh boy they HATED not sleeping with everyone else so they always cooperated and if they didn't and got moved, boy they straightened up fast and it wouldn't happen again for months .
Where do you put them then?

[daycare]

I have an open "u" shaped floor plan, so mine would go on the other side of the room.

I do have two that have to put the blankets over their heads, because they say its not dark enough to go to sleep.

is your room dark? do you place soft music?

[tenderhearts]

Yes the room is very dark, I have darkening curtains plus blinds. I play ocean waves fairly loudly, it's something ALL of them are use to, since they have been here for a long time.

[daycare]

Yes the room is very dark, I have darkening curtains plus blinds. I play ocean waves fairly loudly, it's something ALL of them are use to, since they have been here for a long time.

the only thing i think you can do is be consistent in making them lay down. How old are they again??

Can you move them to another room??

[Hunni Bee]

Can you start the boy off in your daughters room so he can't start up? Don't even put him with his friends until he can fall asleep without bothering people.

The other one, I'd put her in the farthest corner away from the other kids, turn up the music and ignore. Its a game to her, and when there's no one else playing it, its not fun anymore.

They're probably feeding off each other, so I'd separate them if at all possible.

[tenderhearts]

I started laying him in the other room alone and did that for about a week and he was going right to sleep, so I put him back into the room with the others and for 2 weeks it was great UNTIL this week, it's been back to the same old thing. I guess I'll have to put him back in the other room again for awhile.

[My3cents]

What do you use for dividers?

I think put him back in the other room and then try again, or move him around in the room he is in to a better fit.

I think some kids like to be sleeping the same direction that they sleep in at home- give that a try.

honestly consistency is the best and it could take a while before he gets it. This is what we do. We sleep at this time. I would start him first, then sit next to him if he kept trying to keep everyone else up, after you had everyone else down. Let him get it out of his system, then when you sit down it is business. It stinks to have to do this, because come nap time- that is my time. I need to come up for air. but.....weighing it out, a couple of days of doing this and then have him on a pattern might just work and be worth it in the long haul.

Good luck

My kids all sleep in the same room, it is open floor plan. It is a juggling act some days, I am not going to say it is not, but once they get the routine down they know. They also know I am more fun if I get my time at rest time. or maybe I know that,

This is what the rest of my day looks like for both the kids and myself if I don't get a breather---->:confused: