tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post8250770075935887799..comments2023-05-31T01:38:48.081-06:00Comments on a queer family grows in redneckville: quiet timemama Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16387999962349978268noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-44684587888609068622010-03-22T12:37:38.083-06:002010-03-22T12:37:38.083-06:00I have no idea what planet kids who actually do qu...I have no idea what planet kids who actually do quiet time come from!! I know that mothers everywhere will shudder but seriously stick him in front of the tv...as we speak 2 of my boys are watching a movie while the baby sleeps. <br /><br />My 3 oldest kids all gave up their naps at around 2 years of age but they also started going to sleep at 7:30pm. I cherish my me-time but I really love it when the kids go to bed early. Definitely worth giving up the nap in my opinion(not that you asked for it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-75473179784780903912010-03-19T20:12:06.160-06:002010-03-19T20:12:06.160-06:00AGH! I am not alone in this craziness called "...AGH! I am not alone in this craziness called "rearing children"!!<br />xoDana Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17202772670874064660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-71128659430523666382010-03-19T17:21:44.061-06:002010-03-19T17:21:44.061-06:00Sounds like Sasha's rest time!!! He is startin...Sounds like Sasha's rest time!!! He is starting to get better though so stick with it...It's definately worth it. Sophia now almost automatically goes into her room right after lunch and plays quietly for an hour and if we happen to be out over that time when she gets home she'll take a rest time herself!<br />Try stories on tape (hearing someone's voice helps Sasha not feel alone) and on the days when he just won't stay in I am not above bribery with special snacks!!!Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-37153648975603669482010-03-19T16:00:57.261-06:002010-03-19T16:00:57.261-06:00We dropped Cormac's nap at around 3 and it was...We dropped Cormac's nap at around 3 and it was hard! But I couldn't cope with spending my entire day putting people to sleep! We switched to an hour of tv time while F was napping, also I kick them outside during that time (not sure what yard options are like for you). If it's any consolation, this is right around the age where they become much more independant, soon you will be looking around for O and he will be off on his own playing quietly. <br /><br />Our kids go to bed at 7 and get up at 6 and only freya naps for around an hour, we are just to busy for much more. Is it possible for L to get up with O in the night?<br /><br />Anyway my only suggestion other than TV (ha!) is to get some really hot shit toys (new lego sets or plasterscene and bionicles are big here) and making those for quite time only. Also books on tape. <br /><br />Good luck, I tried quiet time and it didn't work for shit. In fact it would never occur to cormac to ask if it was over. Our quiet time consisted dof me holding the bedroom door closed while trying to put freya to sleep in a carrier on my back, whicle cormac screamed and gouged the drywall with any remotly shart piece of plastic he coudl find. Needless to say that didn't last long.<br /><br />Also althought the nap is glorious so is the 7 pm passout :)<br /><br />PS it does get better<br /><br />pps it took me a 45 min wrestling/screaming match to get cormac dressed today (turns out I cannot overpower my 4 year old enough to get pants on him even if i sit on his chest :( at which point I threatened to strap him into the car naked. <br /><br />ppps i would like to point out that i am highlighting the worst not the best of my parenting moments here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384146645732466620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-35328101419148078662010-03-19T14:08:55.948-06:002010-03-19T14:08:55.948-06:00T, I am totally with you on the necessity of the n...T, I am totally with you on the necessity of the nap for me-time. My daughter, who is now 11, napped in the afternoon until she was almost 5, as I recall. We did do the quiet time routine for while at the end of that, as well, but she was an only child at the time and more chill about playing by herself. Not that you asked for my advice, but I'm going to give it anyway! :) If he WILL take a nap in the afternoon but it's keeping him up a bit later, I personally would probably keep him napping as long as I could, and put up with the later bedtime. At least you have L to help out with evening stuff so you're not dealing with it by yourself. I'd do just about anything to preserve that me-time though! :) Good luck with all of it. I feel you, sister! My LO is 15 months and transitioning from two naps to one...sigh.Katienoreply@blogger.com