Hello,
I am mum to a boy, 3, and a girl, 14 months.
I work full time and rely on family members to look after the children while I'm in work. This was all going well....we had the children in a routine of bath time, story time, bed time....the boy by 8pm / 7pm on a school night and our daughter by around 6.30 / 7.
Around a month or so ago we realised that our little one would come home from wherever she had been that day and would still be awake...sometimes until gone 10pm!! We also noticed that she would 'tantrum' more often and became quite disruptive on times (Not like her).
After a few weeks we had a routine health visitor check up and I mentioned the late nights and bad behaviour and as we suspected she thinks it is down to being allowed to nap to late in the day. She suggested not to allow her to nap after midday, something I have tried and it works!
I have mentioned in conversation that the health visitor suggested keeping her awake after midday and that we struggle at night. My husband and I rarely eat together or get to even talk because she is awake and quite disruptive.
How can I re-enforce the no nap after midday rule without sounding ungrateful for them watching her while I work? HELP PLEASE!
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user1477401725 · 25/10/2016 14:41
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