Quote Originally Posted by babydom View Post
Feeling so frustrated! It's one of the biggest pet peeves of mine in this business!
Mom of DCG whose 17mths old comes in this am saying, (not asking) please wake child up earlier because she is not falling asleep till 9pm. She's only one! And only sleeps two hrs. 1230-230pm. She defiantly could sleep longer, she is so busy all am. I also do not want to wake her up earlier because I need that couple of hrs for my break and to get pm activities ready and she soooo needs her nap!

Just don't like how she "told" me to wake her. Not nicely explain and ask if I could. I find most parents view me as a nanny and not view me as this is my business. This is my quiet time rule. If u only want a hr nap, go find a daycare that has a one hr nap rule.

Sorry venting now. Lol. Anyways. She texted me again this am saying please wake her up early. I don't want to respond now as I'm fuming. So how should I word it nicely to her that this is my quiet time, my business etc??

Thank u!!!!!
Don't know about your province but here, registered providers must give child "rest period". There no definition of what that means but combine with requirement that child under two require crib with "appropriate weight blanket for season" is useful.

Parent here not always want a registered provider but do like when any provider follows regulations. It can be useful to pick and choose which regulations the parent is reminded about.

Not many parent understand or care the difference between registered and unregistered but when told that the day care regs require rest period, that often is enough to end the "no nap" requests.

Also, I find help to call it rest time not nap time.

With this parent, I would default to fact that it is a provincial regulation that a child so young is given a rest period. This would then suggest that there's no options.