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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Part of the issue is that he is starting to age out of naps.  I have been telling her that, but she refuses to believe me.  Instead, she insists that he still needs a nap, and then lays in bed with him for long periods of time trying to get him to sleep (often unsuccessfully).  [/quote]

Are you the one home during the afternoons caring for him if he’s crabby from lack of sleep? Or is that her? You may be right that he doesn’t need them, but she’s not wrong to try.[/quote]

Agreed. The transition is rough sometimes. Some kids also don't do "quiet time" well - my oldest was either asleep or fully awake and unable to sit still. He was in day care, so basically he complained about enforced nap time for months (you can't just stop napping in day care), then there was the pandemic, then I let him watch TV during his younger sibling's naps so I could frantically try to get some work done. Never figured out the secret to quiet time without screens or parental entertainment.[/quote]

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