Another Mom Wants No Naps...

[lilcupcakes09]

I just love how parents think their kids need no down time....just because they don't take a nap during the weekend doesn't mean they dont need it here. Come on...you let them sleep in on the weekends and we have ALOT going on her during the day which you probably just go with the flow at home.

I'm sorry but if your 4 year old falls asleep here within 10 minutes of laying down and I have to wake them up everyday after 2 hours.....and they fall asleep at night on the couch before bedtime....THEY NEED A NAP! Get over yourself and trying to get the easy way out in the evening!:hug:

[Lorna]

I'm going to start telling parents that if there child doesn't nap I can't take them. Most of the time when parents say that I just have a cranky kid. Plus those couple hours of napping are when I can get the kitchen cleaned up, start supper, try to eat myself, etc.

[DaisyMamma]

I'm going to start telling parents that if there child doesn't nap I can't take them. Most of the time when parents say that I just have a cranky kid. Plus those couple hours of napping are when I can get the kitchen cleaned up, start supper, try to eat myself, etc.

I will never take on a non napper again.
Either they take a nap or go somewhere else
Besides its usually 4 year olds that don't nap and IME they don't fit in well in my program. I have a small space and they are bored and have too much energy

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Yikes. Can't do it.

[Willow]

I had someone call about a 5 and 7 year old a month ago, told her I don't take non nappers and she completely understood. We did a trial run and they burned off enough energy to crash for two hours with everyone else. Slept fine at night so they're here through the summer now.

I can't imagine a four year old not needing that rest time!!!

[Cradle2crayons]

I'm going to start telling parents that if there child doesn't nap I can't take them. Most of the time when parents say that I just have a cranky kid. Plus those couple hours of napping are when I can get the kitchen cleaned up, start supper, try to eat myself, etc.

Crud I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING!! The kids just woke up, everything was done on my end and of course I had just finished my potty break... I sat them down for snack and then realized my lunch ( that apparently I forgot about) is still in the toaster oven, now cold.

Husband asks why I never eat lunch... That's why!!

Ok so I hijacked.. Sorry though... I did mention the word nap in my first paragraph right?

[MarinaVanessa]

I had someone call about a 5 and 7 year old a month ago, told her I don't take non nappers and she completely understood. We did a trial run and they burned off enough energy to crash for two hours with everyone else. Slept fine at night so they're here through the summer now.

I can't imagine a four year old not needing that rest time!!!

My DD is 8yo and gets burnt out during the breaks and summer while at daycare and naps right along with the DCK's. We do way more active physical play than she does at school and so she NEEDS a nap or she's falling asleep during dinner.

I can't imagine a 4yo not needing a nap either but not all children are the same. I just tell the parents the same thing. All kids need to rest, they don't have to sleep and I won't force them ... but just like I won't force them to sleep, I won't force them to stay awake either. Within 10 minutes max ALL of my DCK's are asleep, even the ones who's parents SWEAR don't need naps . I don't think I can remember the last time I had a child not need a nap.

[Cradle2crayons]

My son just turned five. Where my daughter, while on break, would sleep all day if I let her. Not him, he's up at 700am regardless.that being said, his bedtime is 830 pm same as his sisters. He hasn't actually fallen asleep for quite a while now as well as the six year old dcb I watch. They lay quietly in my sons room on the bunk beds and read books and talk quietly. He's never crabby, never gets sleepy before bedtime... None of the signs he needs a nap.

My opinion as far as my program is concerned, if they truly don't need a nap but can lay quietly, I'm good.

[Cat Herder]

This is the new "boogey man" rule. It is a selling point of some large centers now and VERY open to political spin.

* We can say we offer a "no-nap" service by simply following State rules...

"Child has quiet period from __ to ___ each day" or "both quiet and active learning periods are offered each day". The rules already say if they fall alseep, we cannot wake them until the quiet period is over...

It seems to be like Time-Out last year... "We don't do Time-Out, we redirect them to a quiet area with another activity until they are ready to rejoin the group."

[sunlight]

In my opinion I really think all children need some "down' time. I also find that the kids in my care as they become older right around age 4 they are harder and harder to get to nap. And boy as soon as age 5 comes along I might as well forget all about naps. I still do have them lie down and try to just "rest". If they happen to fall asleep great! If not, at least they are much calmer and are able to sit and look through some books while the other's are asleep. I have a little girl who is 2 and has been with me since 6 weeks old. As soon as she turned 18 months, napping for her has been near immpossible. I'm lucky to get 30min of sleep from her. Her parents tell me she seems to sleep great at home. Right after dinner she is ready for bed. On the weekends she sleeps in and takes 2-3 hour naps. Not for me though

[Blackcat31]

I can't imagine a four year old not needing that rest time!!!

My DD still naps every day. She is 24.

My DS stopped napping at 15 months. He began living on less than 5 hours of sleep at that point and still does today. He is 21 yrs old.

DS's nap "routine" is why he is my youngest and LAST child....

[AmyKidsCo]

My DD still naps every day. She is 24.

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DH naps every day too, and he's 45! ::::

One of the advantages to being licensed is that it's a rule that all children under 5 must lie down for a rest time so I tell the parents I don't have a choice; I have to put them down.