I try to get the kids in my care to nap but when I talk to the parents about napping only a few of them say there kids will. My own children go to bed by 7pm every night and sleep through the night, when people find out what time I put them to bed they think its too early but my kids need to be woken up to get ready for school so apparently they need it. We just started putting our 7 month old down in his crib and letting him cry himself to sleep, I hate hearing him cry but we check on him a few times and soon hes fast asleep. Kids need sleep, or else they become miserable or out of control, I try to have a quiet time where the kids lay on mats for an hour each day just so they have some sort of rest period.

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