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[quote=Anonymous]Our kid will be 4 in August.  She dropped her nap almost a year ago, but, when in preschool, she'd sit quietly on her cot and look at books while other kids slept.  When COVID struck, she refused to do quiet time in her room and we were often on zoom calls in the afternoons, so instead of enforcing quiet time, we just put on the TV from 2-4.  We couldn't enforce quiet time and deal with work calls at the same time since she was constantly coming out of her room/crying for us.

My work has calmed down, and I no longer have meetings in the afternoon.  So, now I can enforce quiet time.  How would you start?  She says she's "scared" to be in her room alone (and she legit seems anxious about it).  We got a "OK to wake" clock, but that just seems to make her more anxious--she cries "IT'S STILL RED" every few minutes.  Thoughts on how we can make quiet time less stressful for her?  I want her to re-learn how to self-entertain--e.g. look at books, play with her stuffed animals, etc.[/quote]

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