MB say charge napping too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a 4 month old baby be drinking 6oz of milk already at one feeding??? That's how much my 15 month drinks and sometimes 7. When I nannied for my last newborn he drank 3-4oz at 4.5 months. Is this baby big for his age?

OP here. He isn't a big baby. How long has you been a nanny? You should know that every baby is different. Some eat more than others. He eats 27-32oz of a milk a day, which is appropriate for his age.

To pp - sleep begets sleep. They need to sleep well during the day to sleep well at night, and vice versa.

Also, not to be snarky but a 4.5 month old is an infant, not a newborn. A child is no longer a newborn after 12 weeks.

No kidding? He was a newborn when I started with him, but I was referencing his 4.5 month old age hence me saying "at". Because my charge now is not the same baby and I mentioned 2 different children. But yes the amount of food they take does make a difference. If this baby is sleep 10 hours per night and not needing a feeding, why is the mom even concerned about this nap thing? Does she not know that brain development occurs during sleep?

[Anonymous]

Your MB clearly doesn't quite understand how much sleep babies need. Ask for a sitdown and present them with research - print out a couple of charts and articles.

Or just stop waking him up and lie to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your MB clearly doesn't quite understand how much sleep babies need. Ask for a sitdown and present them with research - print out a couple of charts and articles.

Or just stop waking him up and lie to her.

Op here. I'm going to lie to her.

[Anonymous]

Op here. She feel she will start to wake up and not STTN. It's ridiculous considering he slept terribly until I start with at 10 weeks. I started letting him nap regularly and then he started sleeping through the night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. She feel she will start to wake up and not STTN. It's ridiculous considering he slept terribly until I start with at 10 weeks. I started letting him nap regularly and then he started sleeping through the night.

I got cut off. I have provided numerous documents about sleep. She won't listen and I can't tell her how to parent.

To pp - Some babies are terrible sleepers but for the majority, "sleeps begets sleep". I've worked with dozens of babies that slept terribly until I started helping them nap or STTN. Parents raved of how their babies changed for the better.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your MB clearly doesn't quite understand how much sleep babies need. Ask for a sitdown and present them with research - print out a couple of charts and articles.

Or just stop waking him up and lie to her.

Op here. I'm going to lie to her.

I'm not going to lie to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

I do like that he is getting the required sleep he needs in order to grow and develop. I am happy that he isn't cranky because he is sleep deprived and exhausted. I've seen a baby that was very developmentally delayed because the little sleep she got. I am glad that he is getting the best care he needs and deserves.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't sound like he is actually getting extra sleep anyway if he just pretty much combined his first and second naps. That is around the age where they typically condense to 3 naps. Plus, he may be having a growth spurt anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

I do like that he is getting the required sleep he needs in order to grow and develop. I am happy that he isn't cranky because he is sleep deprived and exhausted. I've seen a baby that was very developmentally delayed because the little sleep she got. I am glad that he is getting the best care he needs and deserves.

Developmentally delayed because of sleep? That's really hard to believe, TBH.

[Anonymous]

I would have a talk, present her with research and come up together with an action plan and the chart everything and do the plan for 2 weeks. If she wants shorter naps, then after 2 weeks he will either be sleeping longer (not gonna happen), or will be overtired and revert to overnight wakeups (likely). And you will have evidence because of the charts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

I do like that he is getting the required sleep he needs in order to grow and develop. I am happy that he isn't cranky because he is sleep deprived and exhausted. I've seen a baby that was very developmentally delayed because the little sleep she got. I am glad that he is getting the best care he needs and deserves.

Developmentally delayed because of sleep? That's really hard to believe, TBH.

Do some research. It's quite common. Babies grow during sleep. Babies who don't get the required sleep needed have been shown to be delayed with rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking, talking, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

I do like that he is getting the required sleep he needs in order to grow and develop. I am happy that he isn't cranky because he is sleep deprived and exhausted. I've seen a baby that was very developmentally delayed because the little sleep she got. I am glad that he is getting the best care he needs and deserves.

Developmentally delayed because of sleep? That's really hard to believe, TBH.

NP here. It's really not that hard to believe. Infants (all of us actually) need the right balance of food, sleep, exercise, etc. in order to function at our highest levels. A baby's only job is to explore his world and learn. If he is constantly sleep deprived, he's not going to practice rolling over, grasping, crawling, self-feeding, self-soothing, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps she doesn't like paying you if all the baby does is sleep the majority of the time.

And perhaps you like it that he sleeps so much because it makes your job a breeze.
(No offense!)

I doubt it. They pay me well but I don't sit on my butt. I am doing laundry, organizing his clothes/closet, sterilizing toys/bottles, looking up activities, emptying the dishwasher, tidying up the house, etc. I get about an hour to myself a day when he naps, which I eat lunch and snacks. I wish he was up more. I enjoy getting playing with him and getting him out. I constantly find myself occupying myself with tedious tasks.

I do like that he is getting the required sleep he needs in order to grow and develop. I am happy that he isn't cranky because he is sleep deprived and exhausted. I've seen a baby that was very developmentally delayed because the little sleep she got. I am glad that he is getting the best care he needs and deserves.

Developmentally delayed because of sleep? That's really hard to believe, TBH.

Do some research. It's quite common. Babies grow during sleep. Babies who don't get the required sleep needed have been shown to be delayed with rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking, talking, etc.

If it continues long enough to cause SEVERE developmental delays long term, there is likely an underlying issue causing problems with sleep (and delays), not vice versa. Please show me one iota of evidence that there is a child who was otherwise typical but didn't get good naps as a baby and as a result has major developmental delays and that's the proven cause.