S/O - Strict Schedules

iheartsippycups · August 2012

Are you a strict schedule keeping parent? I'm not talking about just having a routine, I'm saying, if little Johnny is having a birthday party right at your childs naptime- do you go, or not?

My Answer: yes, I would go. I am all for routine, but I don't mind having to adjust things due to whatever the case may be.

insertclevername · August 2012

I try to avoid screwing up his schedule because we pay for it later. That being said, I will occasionally push back a nap in order to make it to an important event.

hmp1 · August 2012

I just play it by ear. If DS is acting over tired and needs a nap, I would skip the party. I more try to avoid having something both weekend days during nap time. DS takes a lot of naps in the car, but I do try to make sure either Sat or Sunday we are at home for him to sleep in his crib.

RayRay007 · August 2012

I don't purposely plan things for DD's nap time, but if someone else has something planned I try to make it work.

pepomntpat · August 2012

Nope. We have a pretty solid routine, but I don't worry about it if it gets switched around now and then.

tarebear9891 · August 2012

As my kids are getting older I find myself less strict about schedule. They still have a set nap time/bedtime but every now and then we can rearrange stuff

When they were little and we were in survival mode we were really strict about schedule. Nothing was worth messing them up for a whole day or longer.

blondek8 · August 2012

Flexible routine.

We do have a no bullshit bedtime routine that we stick to for our sanity. Bath, jammies, 1 book, bed. We tend not to stray from the bedtime routine. However, the actual bedtime isn't static and is usually between 8-830.

driveshorses · August 2012

It depends. If there is a birthday party at nap time and she is in a good mood and I feel that she can handle it without becoming a monster, we will go. If she simply is acting like she cannot handle missing nap and is being a terror, we will stay home. No one wants to be around my kid when she's being a tired, whiny snot.

seahorse102410 · August 2012

No because I'd never get away with it.

CoffeeBeen · August 2012

I bet that we fall on the more flexible side of things. As a result we have a crabby toddler once in a while, but I feel like social obligations and special events are worth it.

AZ123 · August 2012

The best strict scheduler can create a new schedule for just one day that doesn't upset the regular schedule. So yes, I would go to a party during nap times. I just wouldn't do it 3 days in a row because that could set a new schedule.

MrsGoodkat · August 2012

Depends on how DS is. I can push naps back but I can't really skip them altogether without him melting down so we miss out on a lot. I figure it won't be much longer before he'll be able to go without a nap a little easier than he can now.

NerdyMama2 · August 2012

I would go, we have a strict schedule but it's flexible.

Manateearmz · August 2012

NY Mama:
I try to avoid screwing up his schedule because we pay for it later.nbsp; That being said, I will occasionally push back a nap in order to make it to an important event.

This. She is a beast if we get too far off her schedule.

Wufroggy79 · August 2012

I have been burned here and there by messing with either nap or bedtime, so I do everything I can to avoid being out when either one of those happens. I have been looked at like I'm crazy by friends, but then I also think they're the crazy ones for sending their toddlers to bed after ten p.m.

quidditchcapn1120 · August 2012

We don't do schedules at all. We have a bedtime routine we do every night, but the bedtimes vary so that DH gets a chance to see LO. He works an incredibly variable schedule. In addition, I like for J to go to as many social things as possible. If I had a less flexible child I would change my tune, however.

fancynewbeesly · August 2012

Case by case.

Typically as long as it isn't a normal every day occurrence we go. However, I also have a good sleeper at night, and right now she is in the process I believe of transitioning to an mid-day/afternoon nap as opposed to her one morning one.

If there is a party/etc in the middle of her nap, we do try to put her in the crib just as rest time before. However she LOVES excitement and usually just being out is enough to keep her going until we come home.

Bedtime at night is roughly between 6:30-7:30. We go by her cues and how she slept during the day, along with what time she napped at. If she took a late afternoon nap--she stayed up later. If she took a 30 minute nap (like today) she went to sleep earlier.

I won't really schedule lessons/classes (like gymboree, etc) during her regular nap time though.

synchrosally · August 2012

I try to stay on schedule as best I can and avoid going anywhere during DS's naptime. I did attend a birthday party during DS's naptime once because the birthday boy had been to DS's birthday twice but we hadn't gone to his. So I had him nap earlier and got there in time for the party.

I hate having to do that but I'm going to have to do it again tomorrow because we have a feeding appointment right smack dab in the middle of naptime. Blah.

ATMmom324 · August 2012

We are pretty flexible and go with the flow. I have been lucky to have a child who doesn't need a set schedule.

LadyXaverian · August 2012

I would try to make it work if at all possible, but if it meant she would have NO nap, we would have to skip it, show up late, or leave early to make a nap happen.

j_luvs_r · August 2012

My guy is pretty flexible and he also handles change in routine well. If an event that we really want to attend falls during his nap time in the afternoon, I will put him down for his nap in the morning and he'll sleep almost the same length of time as he would in the afternoon. It definitely means an earlier dinner & bedtime that day, but he handles it really well. He also does okay on short car naps if a full nap isn't possible, but I try to avoid that.

If he wasn't so easy going, I'm sure I'd be singing a different tune!

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