Q: My oldest child is going to be in first grade and gets out of school at 2:30pm, my youngest child usually takes a nap from 1:30 until 4pm. How can my youngest get his nap, and my oldest get picked up from school?
A: There may not be a perfect solution to this problem, but here are some ideas:
-Find someone to carpool with. You take the kids to school, and she can bring them home. Protecting the afternoon nap.
-Have a relative stay at the house while you go pick up your oldest. Again, protecting the afternoon nap.
-Try having your youngest take the nap earlier, and then wake him up to go to the pick-up. Or have him take it later, get there early, so you can get out of the parking lot back-up quickly and home to start the nap (this may push back bedtime too late, where the earlier nap may make bedtime earlier).
-Since sleep debt is cumulative, if he is missing sleep time during the week, make sure he has really good naps on the weekends... Try to make sure he gets the needed amount of sleep regardless.
Any other ideas? I am sure plenty of moms have had to deal with this one.
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