Napping Together?!

[angelina]

I only have 3 toddlers in my care (2 my own, 1 dck) and my living room is the sleep area, i just put the curtains down. 2 of them - my own kids ages 3 and 2, and my dck is 3.

I put Treehouse TV, they seem to have shows about sleeping bear at noon, perfect ! and they all fall sleeping, and i turned off the TV after, i put my feet up, and have my quite time. I use to turn off TV, but then they start talking. So, i figure that putting the TV on get their attention and they fall sleep fast.

my living room has no couch, so that gives me space for playpens. Now, the 2 - 3 year old's are in their cots, so I have one playpen. I have one big chair to sit for my quite time.

At some point, these toddlers were talking, even with TV on so, I send one of them in the basement as it is also a playroom. Which one? I toss a coin, or whoever is the loudest sleeps or have quite time in the basement.

At some point, I was in your situation, and I get so exhausted at the end of the day, because i did not have down time.

Hope it gets better.
Angie

[monkeymama]

All my dck sleep in the same room. my ds sleeps in his crib, 2 dcg (18 mos and 22 mos) sleep in playpens and 2 sleep on mats (dcg and dcb who are 3.5) this works well for me in that they are all in the same room and leaves the rest of my house free for me to clean up and eat my lunch and leaves my playroom free for my dd (4) and dcb (4.5) who do not nap.