Quote Originally Posted by bonnie View Post
Thank you. Yes my 3 year old is high energy however, he does get tired in the afternoon. And it is very difficult for me to wake him up after his nap. He doesn't like waking up. I also know that he doesn't have a proper bed time routine at home. As in he is out and about with his dad doing this and that. Sometimes different family members take care of him while his single dad is working so I can't picture them putting him to bed early at this point. I hope that changes once he goes to school. So at this point I think I will keep him on his 1 hour nap unless something changes.

Thank you so much for all the different quiet time activities. I do see that he does get bored of his bin full of quiet toys. I'm not sure if that's normal for quiet time or not. But I will try out all the activity you have mentioned.

As for the backyard, I was more thinking backyard for an hour and quiet time for 1.5 hours to break up the time. My other kids nap for 2.5 hours. I'm not sure 2.5 hours is a long time to do quiet time should it come to that. How long is quiet time for your kids in total?
I currently have kids in different schedules but usually in a busy and active day is around 2 hrs. They wake up on their own usually. When we have long days (trail walk and picnic etc) 2 1/2 to 3 hrs (babies and nappers) Also they wake up when they're ready. Even in a long day and nap the kids are consistent going early to bed in the evening. The old ones we just relax unwind and do quiet activities.