Confession Time

[Rockgirl]

I confess that on particularly rough days, if the dck's are all still asleep when it's the usual wake up time, I leave them sleeping longer. On the off chance that a parent comes early, I tell them that we got a late start on nap.

I confess that I am planning to do this today, if they stay sleeping, because it's Friday, and they'll all be up later than a weeknight, anyway.

Who's next?

[Unregistered]

I confess that on particularly rough days, if the dck's are all still asleep when it's the usual wake up time, I leave them sleeping longer. On the off chance that a parent comes early, I tell them that we got a late start on nap.

I confess that I am planning to do this today, if they stay sleeping, because it's Friday, and they'll all be up later than a weeknight, anyway.

Who's next?

It's 3:30 and all are sleeping peacefully. Sleep on, little children, sleep on...

[Unregistered]

It is always my intention to do this too, but it seems like the babies know when it's Friday because they ALWAYS wake up early. They don't even sleep their usual length of time. One is playing in his crib as I am typing and he is going to stay there until he starts screaming.

[Unregistered]

It's 3:30 and all are sleeping peacefully. Sleep on, little children, sleep on...

OMG! I was thinking wrong. It was only 2:30. Now it's 3:10... Please sleep on, little children, please... .

[Thriftylady]

Part of me really hopes DCG goes to the new provider they are interviewing with, her parents are a hot mess. The other part of me is freaking out about the money.

[Rockgirl]

OMG! I was thinking wrong. It was only 2:30. Now it's 3:10... Please sleep on, little children, please... .

Lol! We only made it an extra 10 minutes, but hey--it was MY 10 minutes.

[Unregistered]

I do this everyday !

[AmyKidsCo]

I always let them sleep later if they need it. Most of the time they're up at a certain time, but if they need more sleep I'm not going to stop them from getting it.

[Josiegirl]

I confess that I use my 4 yo dcg's inability to tell time to an advantage. I'll tell her if she can be quiet for 10 more minutes during naptime, she can go in the other room and play on her tablet. Ten minutes usually turns into 30-45 minutes.

Oops.

[sharlan]

I don't believe in waking sleeping children. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

[NightOwl]

I confess that, when mom of very difficult dcb sent me a list of her "concerns", I answered in a way that encouraged her to move on. Because I'm really sick of her being so high maintenance when her kid is by far the worst behaved here. You'd think she would be all peaches and cream considering what I have to deal with from him every day

[Thriftylady]

I don't believe in waking sleeping children. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

LOL my rule is "I don't kick big dogs or wake sleeping children".

[Rockgirl]

I have another. I use coloring books. That's right--coloring books! I know....it's not DAP. But I think it's okay to do some things that are purely for enjoyment. I go to Dollar Tree and buy 10 or so at a time. When a child wants to color, they choose a page and show me. I tear it out and they color it. I'll often color a page myself--it's very calming. Surely I can't be the only one!

[Josiegirl]

I have another. I use coloring books. That's right--coloring books! I know....it's not DAP. But I think it's okay to do some things that are purely for enjoyment. I go to Dollar Tree and buy 10 or so at a time. When a child wants to color, they choose a page and show me. I tear it out and they color it. I'll often color a page myself--it's very calming. Surely I can't be the only one!

I use coloring books too. Not a lot but I have them available. I think there is some benefit to them, they're learning how to hold coloring utensils and developing fine motor skills.

[Rockgirl]

I use coloring books too. Not a lot but I have them available. I think there is some benefit to them, they're learning how to hold coloring utensils and developing fine motor skills.

I was actually a little afraid to admit it!