A parent of a 2 year old that I mind has asked me this morning not to let her sleep when she's with me as she's not going to sleep until 9pm (I have her from 7.30am until 5.30 Thurs and Fri).
I asked her what I should do if she falls asleep on the 3pm school run as I knew by then she would be well over tired and she said just to wake her up.
I really don't agree with this! If a child falls asleep of their own accord they should be allowed to sleep as long they want! My partner says that that's easy for me to say as I'm not the one being kept up at night. He also says that my job is to do what the parent asks, but what about what's best for the child?
She's only just turned two and after we've been to a group in the morning and had lunch she's shattered! At 1.30pm today she even asked me to go to sleep and I had to say no. As I knew would happen she fell asleep as soon as she was in the pushchair for the school run. The run takes 50 mins in total (3 schools!) so by the time we got back she had slept for all that time. I did wake her then even though she slept through 5 very noisy mindees singing and shouting when we finally got in from the rain.
When I told Mum her face was a picture! I think she was shocked that I let her sleep and even said "what a naughty girl" to LO!
What are your thoughts? Is there anything I can say to her to make her see that cutting her daytime nap may not be such a good idea? Or should I just grin and bear it?
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