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Losing hope on quiet time ever working for ds

SallyAnneSSallyAnneS member
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I posted a few weeks ago about trying to get my ds stay in his room for a 90 minute nap/quiet time. I have tried some of the suggestions and nothing is working. I try letting him take a fav toy into his room so he can play with it when he wakes up (he ignores it), I have tried role playing during the day about waking for the sun to come up on his clock so he can get up. Understands the concept during the day but not after nap. I have tried rewarding him, again no help. I thought maybe he would just get use to it and give up but no. Every single day he wakes up, gets out of bed, goes to the door and starts crying screaming "mommy open door". Sometimes this goes on for 30 minutes while I wake for the sun to come up and go get him.

Should I just give up? I am so frusterated.  He has never been a good napper and I am so sick of stopping whatever I am doing because he has woken up and needs me right away. But I feel mean to be making him scream in his room while I am reading a book or watching tv or whatever i do while he should be napping.
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  • SallyAnneSSallyAnneS member
    * I should add the "sun" is on his toddler clock. It is a moon when he should be in his room and a sun when he can get up.
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  • StefibethStefibeth member
    How long is he sleeping for while he naps?  And how long have you been attempting the current thing with the 90 min nap/quiet time and the clock?

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  • SallyAnneSSallyAnneS member
    He sleeps for about 60 minutes. It use to be about 45, so it is improving a bit.  And I think we have been using the clock for about 6 weeks now.
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  • SallyAnneSSallyAnneS member
    That is what I was thinking. It just is so frustrating because if I do goup when he first wakes up then his is so grumpy and just wants me to sit in his room while he sits in bed.  Which is annoying because he doesn't nap well and I thi k, if you are still that tired then go back to sleep.  I guess I need to get over that though. Or let him scream for a bit but have him happy and ready to get up when I do tonup there.
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    nowababy said:
    Honestly, if he's actually sleeping for 60 minutes (even 45), I'd let him out. If he wasn't sleeping that'd be different in my book. I've been enforcing a 2 hour quiet time when DD doesn't nap. But if she falls asleep, I let her out whenever she gets up.
    I agree.

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