What you will find is that over time nap times change and playgroup times do aswell. Often they clash. Can you get you DD to have her nap in the pram for that day so you can just walk across when it it is time for playgroup to start? She can then just sleep in the pram till she is ready to wake. I used to do that with DD1 and I notice at our new playgroup, that is mixed age, there a many young ones sleeping in prams.
Yeah. Well if I'm up & remember next week I'll go.
DD is awake, its DS who's 5 months old that has a nap then.
He was a great sleeper til 10 weeks then a pita. He's just started settling down again & I'm worried it will stuff up all my hard work. lol.
He is difficult. He won't be rocked or fed to sleep & is really hard to get to sleep out of his cot. I've been strict on every nap being in his cot to get him sleeping better & out of our room.
Last edited by Astrolady; August 19th, 2008 at 12:44 PM.
I have the same problem with my ds.. he won't sleep ANYWHERE but his cot!, even my sister who has the same cot as me, i tried to put him in there but he jsut wouldn't have it.. in the end i was fed up with not going anywhere because ds needed to sleep so i just went out anyway with him in the pram.Now he is starting to learn he can sleep in his pram while we are out.. he may cry and whinge a fair bit, but he will eventually fall asleep and then when he awakes all is good again..
TBH, if it were me and it's only one time per week. I would be going hun. We go to a p/group which doesn't fit the best with sleep times, but we just work around it all and go cos it's not only good for Oskar, but good for me too. We both like to get out of the house for a while
Well, I'm going to differ in opinion and say that I would always put DD's sleep before anything else. She would never sleep in her pram and I felt it was important to keep her routine the same whenever possible as she wasn't a great sleeper either. I did have the option of quite a few different groups though, so I could shop around for a good time. It's up to you in the end - if you go, and are worried the whole time, it's not really going to do much for you. There's no harm in giving it a go though, it's not like you have to go back if it doesn't work for either of you.
I actually stopped going to playgroup for this reason, amongst others. For us, we had DDs preschool drop offs and pick ups clashing with nap times too so in the end, I decided to simplfy our days and it was the right choice for us.
Having said that, i am thinking about going back in the new year when DS will probably be down to one nap in the middle of the day which will make life a lot easier.
I say do whichever is better for you - if you think you'd stress too much about his sleep (and I truly understand this) then don't go. If you can tell yourself it's just once a week and you need to go out, then go.
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