Serious Help with Nap Time

[Unregistered]

I don't know what to do, or if I should say anything to this family but it's stressing me out. He sleeps with his mom every night, or if he can't sleep she will bring him to her bed to fall asleep and then move him. He naps with his parents on the weekend, so it is impossible for him to nap on his own here!!! He's been in my care since mid October and he still wakes up every 45 minutes , either stewing away if I don't catch it in time, which will lead to crying

Would you say something! The boy is 2.5 years old and I'm so fed up!

[Play Care]

I don't know what to do, or if I should say anything to this family but it's stressing me out. He sleeps with his mom every night, or if he can't sleep she will bring him to her bed to fall asleep and then move him. He naps with his parents on the weekend, so it is impossible for him to nap on his own here!!! He's been in my care since mid October and he still wakes up every 45 minutes , either stewing away if I don't catch it in time, which will lead to crying

Would you say something! The boy is 2.5 years old and I'm so fed up!

Can he be put in a room of his own? Typically by that age I have them in the main nap room, but would make special arrangements if otherwise things were good. I keep the naps rooms DARK, cool, and use fans on high for white noise. At 2.5 I would go in *once* with a firm "shhh! Friends are sleeping!" And I would go in again when quiet time was over. The child is safe, the child *needs* rest, and the child needs to learn that nap time is nap time. This isn't an infant who might need a bottle. This is an almost 3 yo child who knows you will accommodate him to keep him quiet. if the above didn't work, a term notice would be next.

[TwinKristi]

We co-sleep with our 2yr old son but he still sleeps away from us at nap time, he actually sleeps better during daycare nap time then on the weekends. Maybe just mention to mom that while it's nice to snuggle on the weekends and catch that nap too, that it makes for a rough nap time at DC and see if they're willing to work on nap time at home as well.
I had a DCB who is almost 2 and while he naps pretty well, he does wake up and instantly start screaming bloody murder. There's no way I could have him in the living room on a mat with the other kids. I go in and tell him it's still ni-nite time and everyone else is sleeping. Cover him back up and close the door. It works for another hour usually and then he's up screaming again. If other kids are up he can get up but if they're asleep I try and shush him again and if all else fails I let him lay quietly on the couch but if he starts making noise we go back to bed.

[SilverSabre25]

I watched a child 4 years ago who woke up every 45 minutes on the dot, no matter what. even in bed with mom and dad (yes he coslept).

he's autistic, and the sleep improved with a gluten free/casein free diet (so did the autism symptoms). He didn't talk at all and cried all day at my house. This child's poop was NASTY and messy. He was dairy free at the time; later they took out gluten and the poop improved

I think of that anytime I know of a child waking every 45 minutes. Probably allergies, honestly, more than autism.