dcg will be two mid-February; she's been here for a year so she's knows the routines pretty well. Lunch is at 12:30; naps immediately after at 1.
She used to be good with this routine like everyone else. Lately, she gets EXHAUSTED by lunchtime and is falling asleep on the floor. Like now; it's only 11:30 and I just had to wake her up. When you wake her up, she cries for ten or fifteen minutes and I have to keep getting her up because she keeps falling back asleep.
I've been considering moving lunchtime back...partly to accommodate her and partly for other reasons (like not having to deal with AM snack). Would you move lunch and naps back? What time would you move it to? Noon, or 11:30?
My main concern with moving naps earlier is the two kids that don't sleep very long...earlier nap will means that they're up earlier. Is there a chance that they will sleep longer if I have naps earlier?
Or should I just leave the timing the way it is and put her down for a nap 1.5 hours before everyone else naps?
The other concern is that half my kiddos don't even get here until 9:30 or ten. I worry that an earlier lunch and earlier nap will mean that they aren't going to fall asleep as easily.
Gah! Why can't things be easy? I HATE having to change routines!
She used to be good with this routine like everyone else. Lately, she gets EXHAUSTED by lunchtime and is falling asleep on the floor. Like now; it's only 11:30 and I just had to wake her up. When you wake her up, she cries for ten or fifteen minutes and I have to keep getting her up because she keeps falling back asleep.
I've been considering moving lunchtime back...partly to accommodate her and partly for other reasons (like not having to deal with AM snack). Would you move lunch and naps back? What time would you move it to? Noon, or 11:30?
My main concern with moving naps earlier is the two kids that don't sleep very long...earlier nap will means that they're up earlier. Is there a chance that they will sleep longer if I have naps earlier?
Or should I just leave the timing the way it is and put her down for a nap 1.5 hours before everyone else naps?
The other concern is that half my kiddos don't even get here until 9:30 or ten. I worry that an earlier lunch and earlier nap will mean that they aren't going to fall asleep as easily.
Gah! Why can't things be easy? I HATE having to change routines!
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