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[quote=Anonymous]People forget that a 3 year old usually still take an afternoon nap. Remind her. Did she let he kids skip naps?

For vacation, I would be a bit flexible about it. 
it is like this with my family. 3 siblings with kids who refuse to nap so they break down about 4pm or when we are about to head out to dinner!  I on the other hand have a 6 year old and he's much more active than all of the other kids and last longer with physical activities. So, I have to remind myself that the other kids are 4 and below. But, it's not only the difference in age. The physical movement of the kids vary. All the kids are very sedentary and so are the parents. With us, we are the opposite. We are out the door at the beach by 9am while others don't make it out there till noon.

I am strict about the sugar intake too but on vacation, I don't make it too big of a deal. While the other kids consume a lot of juice and cookies, candies, cakes. Not a big deal-almost like I've given up cause my DH doesn't want our child to feel left out cause everyone else is having ice cream, cake or whatever triple loaded with sugar. That's when I just turn to my kid and say, you know what, make your own decision (he's 6). Just remember if you have cake at lunch, skip it in the evening-something like that.

So, work out the schedule that fits you and keep reminding her that if the kids cry, what am I going to do about it? are you going to help me calm them? I guess sleeping at the beach is ok, not too bad.

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