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LSP wrote:I made my boy lie down for a 'quiet time' even when he remained awake. He could do anything, like listening to a story CD just so long as he does not bother me.

For me this period between 'no naps' and 'school' was the most difficult as I had no time to myself at all. I consoled myself with, "Ah! This will not last forever. Soon he'll be at school."

sp

No such relief for those of us planning on home-ed...

I actually think that my approach to parenting has become quite different to those who know their LOs will be off to school soon. No bad thing, just a different approach. I plan to keep at least 1 of E's scheduled nap times until she is quite a bit older.

Notice to any toddlers who no longer want their naps during the day. Can I have them? I get tired and grumpy mid-afternoon and need somebody to insist on me having a nap. W.

lol!
my darling put herself to bed this afternoon then shouted "bot-bot! bot-bot mummy! ta mummy, bot-bot!!" at the top of her voice over and over again until I took one upstairs....




along with a nappy 'cos she'd sort of forgotten abou the need for that.

My daughter (who's two next week) had decided she didn't want naps and now about 6 months later she's having them again, mainly as she's so knackered from all the running about.

Thats good to know! I wont give up hope yet then

Trouble is I need a nap in the day from all the running about too...

"Chase Daddy Chase!"

cavscott wrote:Trouble is I need a nap in the day from all the running about too...

"Chase Daddy Chase!"

My parents were still having naps when I was already a teenager!

Oh, sorry - that's called "power sleep" now, or something posh like that...

Annpan wrote:

LSP wrote:I made my boy lie down for a 'quiet time' even when he remained awake. He could do anything, like listening to a story CD just so long as he does not bother me.

For me this period between 'no naps' and 'school' was the most difficult as I had no time to myself at all. I consoled myself with, "Ah! This will not last forever. Soon he'll be at school."

sp

No such relief for those of us planning on home-ed...

I actually think that my approach to parenting has become quite different to those who know their LOs will be off to school soon. No bad thing, just a different approach. I plan to keep at least 1 of E's scheduled nap times until she is quite a bit older.

Good luck - we're planning on HE too and my older one decided to drop naps at 14 months - 1 month after the younger one was born!! Actually once I accepted this was the new reality I find it easier not having to work around a nap time for her (the little one has to sleep whenever she can these days) and finally bedtime kicked into place a bit, so it's not all bad news! She does still sleep sometimes (now nearly 2), especially if we have a long car trip late in the day, and then it's a nightmare.

I often have a nap in the afternoon, nowt wrong with that

Russ

Annpan wrote:

LSP wrote:For me this period between 'no naps' and 'school' was the most difficult as I had no time to myself at all. I consoled myself with, "Ah! This will not last forever. Soon he'll be at school." sp

No such relief for those of us planning on home-ed...

I used to write my papers, book reviews, peer reviews, etc. in 20-minute 'bursts' of cerebral energy when my son napped. So it was difficult when he stopped napping. But guess what? As I predicted, he now complains of not having enough sleep when it's time to go to school. It's going to get worse until they become teenagers when they don't wake up at all, I imagine.

Going off-topic here but: Does anyone here homeschool an only child? I've thought seriously about home-schooling and have 'threatened' both my son and the school with doing so if they do not 'deliver'. But not having a sibling, or even a cousin nearby, the social interaction he gets at school seems more important than actual 'book learning' now. My son enjoys time with his mates more than anything at school. He finds the going in class too slow for him.

my girls stopped sleeping in the day just before they were one year old,they get between 10~12 hours a night & recently I have made an effort to keep them up a bit later as they were asleep by 6pm ish (sounds great but by then I am exhausted so forget all the ideas about me having an entire evening to whoop it up,I go up 8~9pm myself )

At times back then I felt I would go bonkers but now they are older things are little easier They hop on the sofa & ask for a film to be put on when they want to slow down a bit.Sometimes they just cuddle a toy.Sometmes I suggest to them its time for a bit of quiet time but generally they decide themselves.It doest last long & soon they are off tearing around again wish I had their energy