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All of the kids currently enrolled in my program are great nappers. Dck just turned 5 I have posted about before. This child NEEDS a nap. She is the first one out and I wake her daily. It doesn't affect her bedtime, she still naps on weekends.
I was gradually waking her earlier, but parents asked that I let her sleep since she was too cranky and falling asleep too early at home (or falling asleep in the car on the way home).
Dck is also SUPER sensitive, if you say her name wrong she cries.
Sweet kiddo who has done very well here, but her sensitivity has been an issue. She is afraid of other dcps, new kids, etc.
In the last two weeks since this change (not waking up early). Dck has gone from happy all day, no issues to fine/ok in the morning, and on the verge of tears by mid morning. By lunch she is so worked up she isn't eating anything (usually 2nds of everything) and by nap she is in tears.
In addition to all of that--- She is using the potty as an excuse to try to stay awake. we go before lunch, after lunch and again after story for anyone who wants to try. That's 3 times in an hour time frame. I told dck last week that no, she couldn't go a 5th time. She of course, told her parents I refused to let her go potty. She doesn't have a UTI or bladder infection. She holds it fine the rest of the day for 2-3 hour increments.
Now the parents said 'dck empty your bladder and don't mess around', but dck is keeping it up to stay awake. She woke up when I left the room after shushing another dck and started crying on her mat---loud enough for everyone to hear/wake up. Today I had her lay down in the playroom and told her to go potty whenever she needed to. (since it isn't affecting me/other kids).
My issue is---she isn't eating because of this, and I KNOW it's a game! But since her parents are soooo worried about how sensitive she is, they think I am mean for telling her she can't go potty.
I told dcm this morning that at school next year, they WILL tell her NO when she can't go right then. If she is this upset about it that it's affecting her from 10am on, how is she going to handle K in fall???
I hate the summer before K!!!!
Any advice or commiseration would be helpful!
I was gradually waking her earlier, but parents asked that I let her sleep since she was too cranky and falling asleep too early at home (or falling asleep in the car on the way home).
Dck is also SUPER sensitive, if you say her name wrong she cries.
Sweet kiddo who has done very well here, but her sensitivity has been an issue. She is afraid of other dcps, new kids, etc. In the last two weeks since this change (not waking up early). Dck has gone from happy all day, no issues to fine/ok in the morning, and on the verge of tears by mid morning. By lunch she is so worked up she isn't eating anything (usually 2nds of everything) and by nap she is in tears.
In addition to all of that--- She is using the potty as an excuse to try to stay awake. we go before lunch, after lunch and again after story for anyone who wants to try. That's 3 times in an hour time frame. I told dck last week that no, she couldn't go a 5th time. She of course, told her parents I refused to let her go potty. She doesn't have a UTI or bladder infection. She holds it fine the rest of the day for 2-3 hour increments.
Now the parents said 'dck empty your bladder and don't mess around', but dck is keeping it up to stay awake. She woke up when I left the room after shushing another dck and started crying on her mat---loud enough for everyone to hear/wake up. Today I had her lay down in the playroom and told her to go potty whenever she needed to. (since it isn't affecting me/other kids).
My issue is---she isn't eating because of this, and I KNOW it's a game! But since her parents are soooo worried about how sensitive she is, they think I am mean for telling her she can't go potty.
I told dcm this morning that at school next year, they WILL tell her NO when she can't go right then. If she is this upset about it that it's affecting her from 10am on, how is she going to handle K in fall???
I hate the summer before K!!!!
Any advice or commiseration would be helpful!
: when I first heard that but then I had her here and she does pee too much! I think it's completely a control/psychological thing. She can hold it if we go for a walk, watch a movie, play outside, when mom takes her to the mall... But lunch and nap are her constant pee times!
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