Re: denise/sleepy Mommy

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Some children does not sleep at naptime in daycare or preschool. But

they have to stay on their cot for between one to two hours in dark

room. Teachers and aides do not have much break at all!!! But we do

give the children to rub back or arm, lay down with child,pat their

back or pat hair or head to give them quiet and sleep even it does

help. Sometimes they do not want sleep so we only set about 10 to 15

min with a child who did not want to sleep so we let them be alone

stay on cot and quiet. We also do have soft lubally music everyday

but myself sometimes I don't hear that quiet lubally music while lay

with them or busy do something for a break alittle bit. So it is some

of days that these different children are not want to sleep and are

sleep as tired. Some of them are never sleep at all at nap!!!! It is

different ages. So it is just some of these days. Colleen

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> Sleepy Mommy, If Ruby has to get up at 6 to be ready for the bus

at 6:35,

> that's not giving her much time to eat, get dressed, washed & all

that. So she

> might be waking up at 5 so she's time to do the necessary things

without

> being rushed. Being one of 5 kids & 2 adults sharing a bathroom

takes some

> scheduling. She's probably going down for a nap at pre school,

too. We even did

> that when I was a kid. Circadian rhythms (your waking & sleeping

cycles) CAN be

> changed, but you must be consistent about it. You don't stay up

until

> midnight one night & then go to bed at 8:30 the next. Won't work.

If you want to set

> her sleep rhythms, be consistent with when you put her to bed.

Not everyone

> needs 9 hours of sleep a night. 7 could be very adequate for

someone. Others

> need 10. Varies with everyone. But let's remember WHO'S THE PARENT

HERE. Try

> putting her to bed at 10 every night. She doesn't have to SLEEP,

but she

> does have to be in bed. She can read, play QUIETLY with a doll or

whatever, but

> she must be in the bed. Same for getting up. She can wake up any

time she

> wants, but she cannot get out of bed until you come get her. Or if

she's to go

> to the bathroom. She can play QUIETLY but she cannot wake up her

roommates.

> Not sure what you can do about naps at day care, or pre school,

since the

> teacher generally needs the break!! Good luck, but be consistent

with it. It's the

> same way you cure insomnia - go to bed at the same time every

night, whether

> you're tired or not & get up at the same time every day, whether

you're

> rested or not. Doesn't take long to reset the rhythms.

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> well, i felt the need to reply to you, since you took so much time

& thought

> into your posting ( & i thank you for writing down your

feelings)... i'll

> respond & 'fill you in' on everything you talked about so as to

not mislead

> anyone else in their thinking... first, ruby does get up at 6am &

leaves at

> 6:35am, but all she has to do's go potty, get dressed & her hair

spritzed... i've

> got everything laid out the night before, her hair's done the

night before so

> she's ready to go by about 6:20 or so, then we take the rest of

the time

> she's up to cuddle with mommy before the bus arrives... she

doesn't eat

> breakfast here on those mornings as they serve breakfast as soon

as she arrives at

> school since the kids get there so early... " one of 5 kids & 2

adults sharing

> a bathroom takes some scheduling " , it's not that way in our home...

you're

> right there are 2 adults here & we do have 5 children, but only 4

live here as

> our son's out on his own already... we've 2 bathrooms so there's

never any

> fight for a scheduling time... by 6am, brit's already ready for

school &

> waiting to leave (that makes her out of the way)... kiara &

karleigh aren't even up

> yet (that makes them out of the way), i get up about 15 minutes

prior to

> ruby so i'm ready (that makes me out of the way), her daddy's

usually just

> getting up & ready so he can use our bathroom making him out of the

way, but

> sometimes he's not even up yet (that makes him out of the way) so i

don't think

> she's worried to much about scheduling as she's got practically the

entire

> house to herself at that time in the morning... about going down

for a nap at

> school, yes, as i posted that in my orignal post that me skipping

her naptime on

> thursdays & fridays wouldn't be much of a benefit as she goes to

school 3

> days per week (monday, tuesday & wednesday) & they make her nap,

but she rarely

> does as they only give them 1 hour & she's usually not even asleep

yet...

> " Circadian rhythms (your waking & sleeping cycles) CAN be changed,

but you must

> be consistent about it " , i wanted to let you know that i'm about

the most

> consistant person you'll ever meet... our kids ( & us) have VERY

good schedules

> (ie: eating habits/times/what they eat, sleep times, activites,

daily

> routines, etc., etc.) so i'm sure consistency is NOT the problem

here... " But let's

> remember WHO'S THE PARENT HERE " , this' exactly what we're

doing!... " She

> doesn't have to SLEEP, but she does have to be in bed " , yes she

does need to

> sleep as she's not able to function very well throughout the day

as she's

> dogged tired & no, she won't stay in bed as she get up, climbs on

her sisters,

> wakes them up, etc.... " She can read, play QUIETLY with a doll or

whatever, but

> she must be in the bed " , no, she does nothing quietly AT ALL,

she's very loud

> as she's deaf & doesn't hear herself... she can't play with toys,

etc. as

> she's in the same bed with her sisters & we don't feel the need to

reward this

> behavior & allow her to get up & play... my goodness, they'd all

want to do

> that!... " Same for getting up. She can wake up any time she wants,

but she

> cannot get out of bed until you come get her " , that's great in

theory, but she

> does get up... don't get me wrong, she's quickly put back &

scolded, but she

> does get up... " She can play QUIETLY but she cannot wake up her

roommates " ,

> again, she's NOT QUIET AT ALL!!!... " Not sure what you can do

about naps at day

> care, or pre school, since the teacher generally needs the

break " !!, yeah, i

> understand the 'needs a break' part, that's why i posted my

question, as i

> need a break... " Good luck, but be consistent with it " , yeah,

again, we're

> very consistant & you're right, you have to be when raising

children... " Doesn't

> take long to reset the rhythms " , well, in ruby's case, i guess

she's

> different cause to reset her rhythms, is does take this long...

again, thanks for

> posting...

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