Kids seem to go crazy last 1hr and a half of day - any ideas?

[crafty]

I agree with Crayola, I would make them ALL go down at naptime. If they don't sleep then that's ok but with consitancy after a while, I'm sure even the older ones will sleep for 30 minutes. Sometimes we think that just because a child is very active he does not need to rest when actually he is actually actind up du to a lack of sleep.

As for the other problemes, was the 4 year old use to a daycare setting ? Maybe he also needs to get use to a daycare setting ?

[Dreamalittledream]

I agree with Crayola, I would make them ALL go down at naptime. If they don't sleep then that's ok but with consitancy after a while, I'm sure even the older ones will sleep for 30 minutes. Sometimes we think that just because a child is very active he does not need to rest when actually he is actually actind up du to a lack of sleep.

So happy you posted this Godsgirl and great advice crafty/crayola...I too struggle with my older ones. I'm exhausted with the fact that my attempts at quiet time with them have been so unsuccessful. Today, I took this advice and assigned them all separate rooms to lay down and have quiet time in (as opposed to throwing a movie on and reminding the 3 of them to "please settle down and be quiet" about 30 times!). There has not been a peep for an hour. Oh Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!!!!!!!!