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[quote=Anonymous]My nanny generally does a fantastic job.  She is extremely interactive, warm, and dedicated.  My problem is that we can't seem to get on the same page regarding my DS's sleep.  She's with him 3 days a week during the day and I take care of him the other 4.  He naps well for her, but she tends to nap him at different times than I would.  I use a "time awake" rule where I put DS down at intervals between sleep periods.  I've told her the intervals, but I don't want to micromanage.  So I've mentioned before that he takes his first nap 2 hours after waking up, second nap 2.25 hours after waking up from nap #1, and third nap 2.25 hours after waking up from nap #2.  I put him down for bed 2.5 hours after nap #3 and bedtimes later than 7 seem to cause problems, so he really needs to be up from his nap by 4:30.  I've mentioned all this, although there's always a chance I've been misunderstood.

My problem is that even after writing things like "We really need to be consistent with 2/2.25/2.25/2.5" in the parent notes section of the log and verbally mentioning it the nanny still isn't consistent.  So she'll be off by 15 minutes here or 30 minutes there.  And then DS ends up napping until 5, it messes up bedtime, and night sleep seems to be affected.  Since I'm with DS the majority of the time I've paid a lot of attention to what helps him sleep well for both naps and nights and it would be very helpful to me if the nanny worked with me on it.  I'm open to her suggesting changes, but I'd like things to be consistent from day to day.  At the same time I don't want to micromanage.  I just want my DS to sleep, especially at night.  I'm one tired mama.[/quote]

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