What's you nap time policy?

[Crayola kiddies]

I had a parent tell me their child wouldn't go to sleep at night and that they wanted him to nap from 12 to 1:30 only .... so I tried that one day and it was a nightmare ...the kid was exhausted and didn't like being woken up so he screamed for the rest of the after noon and so from then on I put him down at 11:30 and woke him at 2:30 cause he got picked up at 3. and after the first week I asked the parent how the new nap schedule was working and they said it was perfect.....they were never the wiser.....its all in their head. tell your parent you will wake the child after 60 mins and they may look at books quietly but they must stay in the desiginated area until quiet time is over ....but yes the only time I don't insist on a nap is the summer before a child heads off to school and even then its only for the last three weeks of summer. you will need to be firm