Comments on: Napping Nazis – Can we Relax a Little About Nap Time? http://www.mydadblog.com/nap-time/ My Perspective on the Bizarre Encounters of Fatherhood Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Casey http://www.mydadblog.com/nap-time/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Casey Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:34:27 +0000 http://www.mydadblog.com/?p=167#comment-249 Having a 15 month old, she really set her own schedule, starting when I was still wanting to rock her to sleep when we moved her to a crib, and found she put herself to sleep better than I ever could! We have an outline of a schedule, but by no means does the world collapse when she wants to sleep in until 10am instead of her typical 7/8am, or doesn't get to her nap at 2! She can get cranky, but patience wins over frantically pulling my child out of a playdate or scheduling all apointments around her naps! But i'm pretty lax about bedtime and I know people who gasp when they find my daughter isn't in bed by 8pm! Nine is out bedtime, but my husband not having a typical 9-5 is away from home a day or two, or home late. So there are days she dearly misses her daddy, stands at the door/window saying dada, and for me, her spending 30 minutes or an hour passed her bedtime to spend time with him is a million times more important than keeping to her schedule! Having a 15 month old, she really set her own schedule, starting when I was still wanting to rock her to sleep when we moved her to a crib, and found she put herself to sleep better than I ever could! We have an outline of a schedule, but by no means does the world collapse when she wants to sleep in until 10am instead of her typical 7/8am, or doesn’t get to her nap at 2! She can get cranky, but patience wins over frantically pulling my child out of a playdate or scheduling all apointments around her naps! But i’m pretty lax about bedtime and I know people who gasp when they find my daughter isn’t in bed by 8pm! Nine is out bedtime, but my husband not having a typical 9-5 is away from home a day or two, or home late. So there are days she dearly misses her daddy, stands at the door/window saying dada, and for me, her spending 30 minutes or an hour passed her bedtime to spend time with him is a million times more important than keeping to her schedule!

]]> By: Darryl Lepik http://www.mydadblog.com/nap-time/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Darryl Lepik Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:59:12 +0000 http://www.mydadblog.com/?p=167#comment-233 Its all about the schedule boss...kids work best when well scheduled. I didn't really buy it till we started scheduling naps, dinner, bedtime, etc....it made a world of difference in the happiness of our kids. Now that said I do know a few moms myself who could stand to turn the rigidity dial down a few notches... D Its all about the schedule boss…kids work best when well scheduled. I didn’t really buy it till we started scheduling naps, dinner, bedtime, etc….it made a world of difference in the happiness of our kids.

Now that said I do know a few moms myself who could stand to turn the rigidity dial down a few notches…

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