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KIDZRMYBIZ 10:45 AM 10-02-2013
Interesting tidbit we providers already knew, but CONFIRMED by SCIENCE!
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep...olers-20130924
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep...olers-20130924
nothingwithoutjoy 10:57 AM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by KIDZRMYBIZ:
Interesting tidbit we providers already knew, but CONFIRMED by SCIENCE!
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep...olers-20130924
Halleluiah!Interesting tidbit we providers already knew, but CONFIRMED by SCIENCE!
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep...olers-20130924
Shell 11:01 AM 10-02-2013
Oooh! I'm really tempted to email this out to all the parents. I have one family in particular that swears if their child naps here, she won't fall asleep until after 10 p.m. It's kind of their indirect way of saying, "we'd prefer if she didn't have a nap at daycare". This article might make them change their minds!
KIDZRMYBIZ 11:13 AM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by mrsmichelle:
Oooh! I'm really tempted to email this out to all the parents. I have one family in particular that swears if their child naps here, she won't fall asleep until after 10 p.m. It's kind of their indirect way of saying, "we'd prefer if she didn't have a nap at daycare". This article might make them change their minds!
Yep! All 3 of my own kids stayed up with us until 9:30/10:00 (waking up around 8am) when they were preschool age and taking a 2-hour nap during our dc day. Almost all of my dcp within the last 5 yrs or so are HORRIFIED at this notion! They want their kids in bed by 7:30, and then are so frustrated that they wake up around 5:30. Then they hint around that maybe they don't need a daytime nap anymore. Not gonna happen!!!Oooh! I'm really tempted to email this out to all the parents. I have one family in particular that swears if their child naps here, she won't fall asleep until after 10 p.m. It's kind of their indirect way of saying, "we'd prefer if she didn't have a nap at daycare". This article might make them change their minds!
Shell 11:19 AM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by KIDZRMYBIZ:
Yep! All 3 of my own kids stayed up with us until 9:30/10:00 (waking up around 8am) when they were preschool age and taking a 2-hour nap during our dc day. Almost all of my dcp within the last 5 yrs or so are HORRIFIED at this notion! They want their kids in bed by 7:30, and then are so frustrated that they wake up around 5:30. Then they hint around that maybe they don't need a daytime nap anymore. Not gonna happen!!!
Yep! All 3 of my own kids stayed up with us until 9:30/10:00 (waking up around 8am) when they were preschool age and taking a 2-hour nap during our dc day. Almost all of my dcp within the last 5 yrs or so are HORRIFIED at this notion! They want their kids in bed by 7:30, and then are so frustrated that they wake up around 5:30. Then they hint around that maybe they don't need a daytime nap anymore. Not gonna happen!!!
A lot of parents only spend dinner, bath, and a short book before bed time and then repeat the same routine day after day. You would think they would enjoy the time with a well rested and happy child! I find that the kids that don't nap here during rest time are like zombies by the end of the day, and then they seem to catch a second wind, and are bouncing off the walls!
Josiegirl 04:36 PM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by mrsmichelle:
A lot of parents only spend dinner, bath, and a short book before bed time and then repeat the same routine day after day. You would think they would enjoy the time with a well rested and happy child! I find that the kids that don't nap here during rest time are like zombies by the end of the day, and then they seem to catch a second wind, and are bouncing off the walls!
Either a second wind or they end up falling asleep on the way home, dcps can't wake them up for supper and it messes their whole nightly routine up. A lot of parents only spend dinner, bath, and a short book before bed time and then repeat the same routine day after day. You would think they would enjoy the time with a well rested and happy child! I find that the kids that don't nap here during rest time are like zombies by the end of the day, and then they seem to catch a second wind, and are bouncing off the walls!
Leigh 05:52 PM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by mrsmichelle:
A lot of parents only spend dinner, bath, and a short book before bed time and then repeat the same routine day after day. You would think they would enjoy the time with a well rested and happy child! I find that the kids that don't nap here during rest time are like zombies by the end of the day, and then they seem to catch a second wind, and are bouncing off the walls!
They DO catch a second wind. Their bodies produce melatonin in the daytime to help them go to sleep. If they don't sleep, the melatonin levels drop, and then the second wind comes into play. After NOT using the hormone to go to sleep, their bodies "wind up" to get them through whatever is was that was so important that they couldn't sleep. Leaving you with a wild child who didn't get to reset their body's systems, and will then have TROUBLE falling asleep at night. A lot of parents only spend dinner, bath, and a short book before bed time and then repeat the same routine day after day. You would think they would enjoy the time with a well rested and happy child! I find that the kids that don't nap here during rest time are like zombies by the end of the day, and then they seem to catch a second wind, and are bouncing off the walls!
Blackcat31 11:25 AM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by KIDZRMYBIZ:
Yep! All 3 of my own kids stayed up with us until 9:30/10:00 (waking up around 8am) when they were preschool age and taking a 2-hour nap during our dc day. Almost all of my dcp within the last 5 yrs or so are HORRIFIED at this notion! They want their kids in bed by 7:30, and then are so frustrated that they wake up around 5:30. Then they hint around that maybe they don't need a daytime nap anymore. Not gonna happen!!!
My kids went to bed at 7:30....but they didn't have the luxury of staying asleep until 8am. Yep! All 3 of my own kids stayed up with us until 9:30/10:00 (waking up around 8am) when they were preschool age and taking a 2-hour nap during our dc day. Almost all of my dcp within the last 5 yrs or so are HORRIFIED at this notion! They want their kids in bed by 7:30, and then are so frustrated that they wake up around 5:30. Then they hint around that maybe they don't need a daytime nap anymore. Not gonna happen!!!
I wonder if your DCP's put their children to bed at 7:30 because they too have to be to work much earlier than 8.
KIDZRMYBIZ 11:39 AM 10-02-2013
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
My kids went to bed at 7:30....but they didn't have the luxury of staying asleep until 8am.
I wonder if your DCP's put their children to bed at 7:30 because they too have to be to work much earlier than 8.
That was one of the best parts of in-home dc-didn't have to get my own up and ready and out the door in the mornings. They all slept till the dcks started rolling in, sometime between 7:30-8:00.My kids went to bed at 7:30....but they didn't have the luxury of staying asleep until 8am.
I wonder if your DCP's put their children to bed at 7:30 because they too have to be to work much earlier than 8.
Sadly, no. None work before 8:00. I open at 7:30. It's more what MrsMichelle said: pick-up, dinner, bath, bed, repeat. Especially now with all the new season shows.
EntropyControlSpecialist 11:46 AM 10-02-2013
Posted to my business FB page.
AcornMama 10:01 AM 10-03-2013
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
Posted to my business FB page.
Great idea!Posted to my business FB page.