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This post is going to make me sound like an an unappreciative you-little-shite-taking-us-for-granted son in law…
As a possible sign of lousy parenting on our part, we still have not worked out a good sleep routine for Caitlin. And as a result, she suffers when we wake her in the morning; and I dread how she copes with classes during the day.
As you know we have already started her on preschool, where the hours are 8:15am - 12:30pm with a break in somewhere in there. Given the travelling time, we have to leave our little nest by 7:45am. Her grandparents will pick her up from school, whereby she may tag along to wherever they need to go (grocery shopping, lunch, etc). She also sometimes has homework to complete.
Thus, given she needs to be up by (the latest) 7:15am, I have asked that they time Caitlin’s afternoon nap so that she is up by 6pm, since I want her to be in bed by 9:30pm for the next morning.
This request is because, just like Daddee; having had too long a nap or too recent a nap, Caitlin has trouble going to sleep at night.
But given her busy little schedule, you guessed it- she is sometimes still sleeping when I get there from the office; sometimes still sleeping by 6:30pm. For me, it will seem like an impossible task to sleep again in only 3 hours’ time.
This then has prompted me to think of alternatives.
My questions, then, are:
- What is the “standard” amount of sleep for afternoon naps and overnight sleep?
- How much total sleep should a preschooler get?
- At what age should toddlers start not having afternoon naps? And if so, how much overnight sleep should she therefore get?
My sleepy / cranky / Daddee-made-me-do-it / let’s get this over with / he’s got the camera again / I thought we’re in a hurry? pretend smile
Oh, I so know this bad nap times. There are days Micah would not want to nap but play until he’s exhausted and falls asleep like at 5pm and wakes up about 7pm. Then he will go to be at 12+am and the next day he will be up like 9am. There’s no way if I need to, to wake him any earlier without him throwing a tantrum in bed, half asleep.
Maybe, if there is a way, try not napping for a day and see how she does with her sleep time. Occasionally I let Micah skip a nap and he falls asleep about 8pm. If it goes well, he will sleep till next morning. But it has happened that he will have bad dreams (maybe too tired) but otherwise ok.
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OK….I can’t give you any solid nap-ping advie. YOu wouldnt listen to even if I did, me being just a young 6 mth old mother!
BUT I can tell you this…the picture was worth taking. Little one looks so CUTE in her uniform!
Looking forward to seeing her and Caleb (if he can come out of prison) soon!
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Haha! Thanks, ladies!
I, too, know all about waking a cranky kid when it isn’t time to wake up yet! These are when I get back from the office to find her still sleeping since the afternoon. If she had started her nap late (ie still insufficient), we ALL gotta prepare for Ms Crankiness’ onslaught!
Regarding the upcoming gathering; you are right- Caleb won’t be joining everyone. We just have to decide which “prison” he will be in during that time- my inlaws’ or my parents’.
Aww.. Ok. Guess it’s safer for him, but I shall miss seeing your little cutie. It would obviously be most inappropriate for a little one to be hassled through party with 10 adults and 8 kids!! (Yeah, that’s the total of our party…)
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Well, first of all, Dr Pixie did advise that babies under 6 months should remain at home as much as possible. Something about reducing their exposure to whatever may be in the air when they go out..
I am sure there will be future opportunities to meet the little man