not as crazy as "your" crazies...

[NandaB]

But a regualr on the SAHM board on TB needed nap advice because her 3 yr old doesn't like to nap, instead she gets out of bed and plays quietly in her room. She tried spanking her but that didn't work.

When people pointed out that that was kinda not ok she defended it by saying it wasn't very hard and the kid needs to nap because she wasn't nice to grandma.

[Llama in Mules]

Link

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Link or it didn't happen

[NandaB]

Arg! I'm on my phone. Her name is Jen something. She posted today that her DD is napping so I had to post that hitting her must have worked

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Linky:
community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/66334502.aspx

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I love how many people just skipped over that part.

[NandaB]

Thanks tickled! I thought the same thing. I mean, I'm glad they were giving her helpful advice so she didn't have to beat her toddler into nap submission, but come on people! Makes me wonder if they had gone that route too.

[overture]

JFC. Couldn't resist a comment on that one.

[joolz]

Shoot, that link didn't work for me.

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I think it was DD

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Seriously, toddlers drop naps. I have never in the last 3 years spent 3 hours trying to get my kid to nap.

[Deleted]

I mean her kid is playing quietly! Not destroying anything, or breaking shit or writing on shit and she wants to spank her for it? Weird ass lady.

[statlerwaldorf]

It looks like it was DDed. I think a large number on there are pro spanking. Jen has had a lot of side-eye worthy posts over the years.

[Deleted]

My older daughter dropped napping about 5 months ago. Would I love for her to still map? Absolutely! But I am not going to try to force her or punish her because she developmentally doesn't need a nap anymore.

[Deleted]

I am not sure where I stand on the spanking thing, right now it's not for us (but my kid is only 10 months) and I would use all other methods before that. Even if I were pro spanking it wouldn't be for something so utterly ridiculous.

[Deleted]

I never napped when I was a kid. My mom just told me I had to be in my room and be quiet. 3 is a lot different than 1, right? Do they need to nap?

[NandaB]

I know spanking is not for us, and I COMPLETELY judge her for spanking a toddler for not going to sleep. I realize spanking is a discipline choice people make, but for not sleeping?? Although I guess if you do decide to spank your kid that's as sensical a reason as any.

[statlerwaldorf]

DD dropped naps shortly after 2. Every once in a while she will take a nap if she had a crappy night of sleep, but it's rare. We did quiet time in her room until we moved into this house a couple months ago.

[marissa]

My twins stopped napping at 18 months and my youngest still doesn't sleep well and he's almost 5! I never spanked the boys for not napping. Would I have liked my twins to nap? Yup! My MIL thought they were "too old" for napping when she had the boys while I was on bedrest with my youngest.

[Llama in Mules]

FYI... update
oh shit, look like she deleted that too, I'll cliffs notes it...
She typed out her frustrations in a post and that is the reason that today her daughter is napping.

Yeah, I pointed out the stupidity in that reasoning.

[EloiseWeenie]

Confession: I've threatened to take away cartoons if he didn't take a nap. Somedays he's so overtired and you can tell he NEEDS it, even though he fights it. No cartoons usually does the trick.

[Llama in Mules]

I've never been good at falling asleep, even when I was young, so I think it's wrong to punish a kid for not napping because you can't force your body to fall asleep. Trust me, I've tried! As long as the child as in their room playing quietly, I don't see the problem.

[NandaB]

I don't understand why she would post something like that and then delete it. I mean really, did she think people would be like "way to hit your kid! Why didn't I think of that!" I wish I could have seen if she responded to me or not.

[jenna]

Jun 3, 2012 22:39:38 GMT -5 @amishlovah said:

My older daughter dropped napping about 5 months ago. Would I love for her to still map? Absolutely! But I am not going to try to force her or punish her because she developmentally doesn't need a nap anymore.

How old was she? E still naps 2-2.5 hours.

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Jun 4, 2012 20:19:31 GMT -5 jenna said:

Jun 3, 2012 22:39:38 GMT -5 @amishlovah said:

My older daughter dropped napping about 5 months ago. Would I love for her to still map? Absolutely! But I am not going to try to force her or punish her because she developmentally doesn't need a nap anymore.

How old was she? E still naps 2-2.5 hours.

She just turned 3, yesterday.