*facepalm*

[mickyc]

Purple Bunny - I find with most parents that they just let their kids sleep when they want and get up when they want. In daycare I am on a set schedule. Nap is from 12:30 - 3, no question. If they are still asleep at 3 too bad I get them up. Most parents would just let their child sleep until they woke up. So on weekends they don't care if the child sleeps an hour in the morning and an hour and a half in the afternoon. For me I want the kids to sleep the full 2.5 hours in the afternoon, that is MY time.

I used to have one family whose boy would only sleep an hour for me everyday. He was only 12 months old. It was very disruptive to our day. I asked mom to not let him cat nap on the drive to daycare (30 minutes) and again on the way home. Her reply was "I can't not let him sleep when he is tired!". UMMM....ya just keep talking to him and keep him up. I struggled with that boy for 5 months until they left.

Now I just do my own thing. I quit worrying about what parents do during weekends and just worry about what I do here. It is similar to separated parents - you can't control what goes on in the other person's home LOL. I wean kids off soothers, bottles and morning naps way before the parents are ready.