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I work with 2.5 to 3.5 yr olds, have around 16 of them staying in my room for nap and afternoons....
there is a huge difference between a 2.5 yr old and a 3yr old or definately a 3.25+ for napping YES - right now, kids that would fall asleep once their heads hit the pillow at 1pm for 1.5 hr nap at 2.5 or even nearly 3 and are now 3.5+ are just having to leave the room while we settle the smaller ones.....
BUT - yes, we take into account the kids needs, moods, OTd days (help us, today after the long weekend every single one of them was cranky and OTd) and what the parents want.
Some parents think 3 is a magic age - My child just had their birthday, no naps now thank you....UGH! And others, more in tune with their kids, say Well my kid is up until 9 or 10pm, please curtail the nap to 45 mins at most etc etc....
Oscar began dropping the nap at 2 yrs 9 mths but with wicked EWs again last summer he was still napping 5 out of 7 at 3 yrs 3mths...
In his nursery group (the next one up from mine) they haven't even bothered with rest time since Christmas which reall irks me....one of my biggest issues right now with Oz is all down to a lack of downtime after lunch.....when I manage nursery (did 3-4s for the past 6 yrs) I ALWAYS insist on downtime for these kids at least thro to May when most of them are 4-4.5 already....
hope you get to hear of a rest time being an option at least as this may be enough for Stan on his nursery days ....
S x
ps. how many days does he do? Oz at this age was doing Mon,Weds, Fri mornings only and napping in the pushchair and then from 2 yrs 8mths the same 3 days but 8.30am to 3pm so had three days no naps and 4 days with long (2 hr) naps to make up for it....
