I don’t know what I can do about this...

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny in this exact position with a nearly three-year-old who rests but doesn’t nap and a nine-month-old who takes two very short daytime naps. The majority of days rest and nap don’t coincide and I don’t get a break. It’s okay - it’s temporary. Schedules change so fast and I’d rather have the time to read or play alone with the toddler when the baby naps.

Nannies understand this, OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:why not take a good advice and re-establish napping routine with 2,5 yr old.

Some of us don’t want “a good advice”. I love my nearly 3 yr old not napping anymore. He’s happy, healthy, learning, and falls asleep at night happily and easily.

A lot of parents are like that. They want their kids awake while in daycare/nanny care so that the kids fall asleep early at night and the parents get more “me” time. But the majority of kids should be napping until ages 4-5

Not true in our case. DS always goes to bed at 7:30 whether he naps or not. He goes in his crib for a full hour every day to rest and rarely falls asleep anymore - like maybe once every two or three weeks. He’s 2 years and 8 months and this has been going on for months. My nephew is the same.

Please stop being such a know-it-all. It’s so unattractive, PP.

Too much screen time or not enough physical activity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:why not take a good advice and re-establish napping routine with 2,5 yr old.

Some of us don’t want “a good advice”. I love my nearly 3 yr old not napping anymore. He’s happy, healthy, learning, and falls asleep at night happily and easily.

A lot of parents are like that. They want their kids awake while in daycare/nanny care so that the kids fall asleep early at night and the parents get more “me” time. But the majority of kids should be napping until ages 4-5

Not true in our case. DS always goes to bed at 7:30 whether he naps or not. He goes in his crib for a full hour every day to rest and rarely falls asleep anymore - like maybe once every two or three weeks. He’s 2 years and 8 months and this has been going on for months. My nephew is the same.

Please stop being such a know-it-all. It’s so unattractive, PP.

Too much screen time or not enough physical activity.

Wrong again, Miss Know It All! DS hasn’t seen a screen yet and plays outside, swims, and is on the beach (we’re in Southern California) for at least four hours every day and usually more.

Please stop embarrassing yourself, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a nanny in this exact position with a nearly three-year-old who rests but doesn’t nap and a nine-month-old who takes two very short daytime naps. The majority of days rest and nap don’t coincide and I don’t get a break. It’s okay - it’s temporary. Schedules change so fast and I’d rather have the time to read or play alone with the toddler when the baby naps.

Nannies understand this, OP.

+1. Another nanny here. It’s the nature of the professional.

[Anonymous]

The know-it all is here again. Then your son must be overtired. Sometimes when little kids are overtired, they have trouble with their naps. Still it's not good to let them play till they drop from sheer exhaustion.

[Anonymous]

There is a simple test. If you try to rock him and he falls asleep or looks like he is going to, then he does need a nap but just having hard time relaxing and going to sleep on his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a simple test. If you try to rock him and he falls asleep or looks like he is going to, then he does need a nap but just having hard time relaxing and going to sleep on his own.

Oh, Jesus - STOP!! My child doesn’t take a nap and doesn’t need a nap. Get the f over it!

[Anonymous]

PP, that's so rude. I thought you wanted him to take naps, I must have misunderstood.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, that's so rude. I thought you wanted him to take naps, I must have misunderstood.

NO ONE WANTS THE CHILD WHO HAS GROWN OUT OF NAPS TO NAP.


What is wrong with you?! Several posters have said their children have grown out of naps and yet you insist they are all wrong. You’re a fricking nightmare nanny or mother.

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny has a lot to learn. I am a nanny and I learnt how to gradually adjust naps so that afternoon nap happens at the same time. With 5 month old, the first nap is probably 9-9:30 to 10:30 am, then they need about 2,5 hrs of play time, so the second nap would happen between 1-3:30ish, should would fine for 2,5 yr old. Don't see a problem, I do it with multiple kids all the time.

OP err. No, dear, neither our nanny nor DH and I have “a lot to learn”. Our 2.5 yr old doesn’t nap anymore and our baby takes very short naps. Nanny chooses to read to 2.5 yr old when the baby naps and so do we.

NP here. You all are choosing to make yourselves exhausted and then acting like it's a crisis. I really have no sympathy for any of you. Parenting is a marathon, not a sprint. I guarantee you that the reason that Larla doesn't get into Harvard will not be that you or your nanny decided to let her play with some toys in a child-safe area for 30 minutes while you rested instead of reading her "Hop on Pop" one more time.

I went to Harvard and have kids this age and this made me laugh. Thanks PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The know-it all is here again. Then your son must be overtired. Sometimes when little kids are overtired, they have trouble with their naps. Still it's not good to let them play till they drop from sheer exhaustion.

Seriously, stop making a fool of yourself. You’re wrong and just making nannies look bad. Her child doesn’t need to nap.

[Anonymous]

I think there are multiple posters here who want you're kids to nap