From my experience, at 2 years old, they still need to nap, and early nap too. My younger daughter is sleeping from 830pm to 800am, and have a 1hr - 1.5hr nap from 1pm. She is such a beautiful sleeper and never make any sound at night. She sleeps completely by herself at night.
The problem I see with many chinese babies (including those here in Canada), because Chinese people tend to have a very late bedtime, like 930, 1030 or even 1130...Chinese kids then tend to sleep very poorly. But for those Canadian who have a very early bedtime like 730, 830 and early nap time, like 1230pm, 1pm, those babies sleep beautifully.
When I had my elder daughter, I followed the Chinese way at the beginning, like "little nap during the day, hoping they sleep better at night.." I was suffering. My elder daughter slept so poorly like waking up in the middle of the night and take 1-2 hrs to go back to sleep again...napped poor etc.
But once I learn the Canadian way of early nap time, early bedtime, both my kids sleep very well....
I know it's hard for you ladies to work in HK, but if you can, just let them nap early and sleep earlier... I GUARANTEE you will see better results.
原文章由 YukiMommy 於 08-2-18 10:57 發表
From my experience, at 2 years old, they still need to nap, and early nap too. My younger daughter is sleeping from 830pm to 800am, and have a 1hr - 1.5hr nap from 1pm. She is such a beautiful sleep ...
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I always heard other parents complaining about not being able to have an earlier bedtime and one of the reasons is "having shower/bath after dinner"....
My approach is shower immediately after school. That way, the kids will be all cleaned and no more germs spreading in the house. Also, this will give you more time to spend with the kids after dinner. Read books, brush teeth, then go to bed.
Get the kids caregivers (nanny or grandparents) to shower them before dinner. That will save you guys so much time.
Hi Poohpoohlee,
for your case, I can only suggest you to give her an early nap. Start her nap sometime between 1230-1pm. The later she nap, the later their bedtime (for most kids). Earlier their nap, earlier their bedtime.
I totally understand what you working moms are going through. HK lifestyle is really different than Canada. I guess you guys can just do what you can with whatever time and resources you have.
Zzerong, being a full-time mom was a hard decision for me too. I was working hi-tech before I had my first child. I was working long hours and tight deadlines too here in Canada. Though I got off work at 6-7pm, I still had to work at night at home.
Once I got pregnant, I decided that I have to put my career "on the shelf" as I think being around my kids when they are young, is very important.
Though I had no regrets that I stayed home for the last few years, we suffered too, financially. But that was a cautious decision I made and we just had to suck it up. Glad that the young one will soon go to school full day, and I plan to relaunch my career then.
In your cases, I can only suggest do whatever you can, especially over the weekends. They did not rest well already during the week, perhaps you guys can have a more relaxing weekend and everyone go to bed early?