https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:58:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793114 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:19:44 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2793114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kiddos are older now, so skipping a nap isn't a HUGE deal...LO2 is just crankier than normal...but he's 2 years old, not 6.5 months.</p> <p>I was always all about keeping my kids as close to their schedule as we could when they were younger. One skipped nap could throw us off for a week. You do what you need to do and put him down when he needs to go down for his naps. She can deal. My only other suggestion is to possibly hold him for that last nap or have her hold him. This way, he still gets his nap in, but she gets a snuggle with him for a half hour. If you feel like that will end badly, then stick to your guns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793095 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:28:49 +0000 Becky 2793095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids don’t want to sleep on holidays and I don’t push it, and I also want to enjoy the time so I let them stay up late. They’ll be up very late Christmas Eve due to a holiday tradition, Fourth of July is obviously late because of fireworks, Halloween is a bday for us and trick or treating, etc. It’s much less of a gamble as they get older (they’re 20 months and 4 years), but even last year at 8 months DD2 refused to nap, nurse, or eat on Christmas because she was so excited and we all survived (on hindsight I wouldn’t have tried to get her to nap or eat as it took away from time with everyone else). Your little one sounds itty bitty still though so I’m sure he’ll be wanting to sleep (so unlike when they’re older, it won’t be a struggle for you to try to get him down). 30 minutes is a blink of an eye and I’m sure she won’t even notice it go by. You can also explain that you need that 30 minutes to get dinner together and tidy up. </p> <p>I agree with everyone else that many grandmas just don’t remember what it was like to have kids. How hard it was to work and have kids, to travel, to do all the Christmas activities. My MIL is super laid back now and I feel so much pressure to live up to that but my husband always says she was crazier than me when he was growing up. It’s infuriating but there’s nothing we can do about it 🤷‍♀️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793062 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:26:14 +0000 LemonJack 2793062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, no...you are at your own house. I would definitely be doing the nap! When our older daughter was an infant her naps were thrown off at Christmas. We weren't at home and she resisted napping elsewhere. She napped a bit, but not as long as she needed. She did reasonably well for a couple of days, but on the third day of a messed up schedule she melted down and screamed/cried for three hours straight. Poor kid. It wasn't her fault! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793056 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:21:52 +0000 alphagam84 2793056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I wouldn't change the nap time either especially since it is at your house. She will be fine not seeing the baby for 30 odd minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793049 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:26:39 +0000 Ajsmommy 2793049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stick to the schedule. I am a nap/schedule stickler until they are older, ie my 4 yo doesn't really nap anymore but I do try to get her lay on the couch and relax in the afternoon for a bit, just for some down time. </p> <p>We got informed that this year at IL's get together a photographer is coming to take photos but won't arrive until 6 pm. Well we will be leaving at just about 6. DS bedtime is 6 and the get together is 2 hours away. Luckily DH handled the situation and told his mom we would be missing the photos. I guess she made the photographer change time to earlier :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793028 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:58:18 +0000 Tanjowen 2793028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsBAM: My family did the same to me, and my response each time was that they were welcome to stay the night and take care of my cranky kid if they wanted to mess with his schedule. I never got any takers :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2793004 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:16:25 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2793004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsBAM: I would play it by ear the day of and just put lo down when needed. It's half an hour, she will get over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792974 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:33:46 +0000 lioneyes 2792974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only now at 3yrs a I slightly less rigid about naptime.... at that age, I would have been flexible by about 5-10 mins at most! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792968 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:20:53 +0000 psw27 2792968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kids need to sleep when kids need to sleep. Anyone who tries to argue otherwise is nuts or has amnesia about what their kids were like as children.... Let the baby sleep if the baby needs to sleep. Would she suggest you not feed your child if it was inconvenient to her as well? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792933 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:43:07 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2792933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What? I understand how you can skip a nap, but actually getting your kid to nap at a different earlier time seems like it would be a challenge.</p> <p>When we had family over a few weeks ago LO’s sleep schedule got blown up. We are still paying for it. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792926 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:08:05 +0000 Anagram 2792926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No one bothers us much about our kids nap routines on either side of our family. But I have kind of a know-it-all attitude about parenting my own kids, so I would like to just see them try.</p> <p>Anyway...your kid, your rules. The fact that your mother inserted herself into something that doesn't concern her in this way suggests to me that this is something she does (and possibly, that this is something you have grown up with and maybe, just maybe, you sometimes cave to her "requests", or at the very least, they get you really riled up). I would not ask for input and also not take any input if given unasked. Just say, "I've got this covered, Mom. If I need some advice, I'll ask." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792923 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:59:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 2792923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My older daughters first Christmas was when she was about 5 months, and we travelled and were staying in a rental house with DH’s whole family. I got a LOT of “she has to nap AGAIN?! But no one gave me much of a hard time beyond that. And keeping her on her routine meant a reasonably cheerful baby in an unfamiliar place with lots of new people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792915 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:22:31 +0000 looch 2792915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My experience with my mom was basically that she forgot what life with a child under 1 was like. Once she was around him, though, it's as though all her memory came back and she was encouraging his naps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792914 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:11:51 +0000 gingerbebe 2792914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: We had this issue once with a family gathering - we got up an hour earlier in the day, ran him ragged in the morning, and put him down for nap an hour earlier than usual. So instead of 1230pm for nap, he went down at 1130am, we got him up at 1pm, (the gathering started at one), and we just showed up 30-40 minutes late. He was a peach the entire time and then we bailed as soon as we could (i.e. I would never stay until 8pm, we'd be out at like 6pm). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792913 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:07:28 +0000 Pollywog 2792913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm annoying my MIL with this right now. My 22 month old NEEDS at least a 90 minute nap, but can easily go an hour longer. He naps at 1 and they live 45 minutes away and want us there from 2-8 (Max bed time). We are going to try a car nap and I'll wait in the driveway until he wakes up. Otherwise he will be a mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792911 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:04:54 +0000 SweetiePie 2792911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think by now you know my opinion. Hell to the no. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792901 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:46:12 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2792901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I’m the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792898 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:38:55 +0000 birdofafeather 2792898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m not a strict nap person but if I’m at my own house, no way would I skip a nap. Even when we were out and about, we’d break out a carrier and nap the kid in there. Even up to 2 years old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792895 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:28:53 +0000 gingerbebe 2792895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to be a non-issue. Grandparents who don't see their grandkids often have these grand plans and ideas about spending quality time, but they have no idea how exhausting it is for THEMSELVES as well as the child to visit with each other. Everyone is going to WANT that short break every few hours. </p> <p>My in-laws were thought we were nuts about DS1's schedule as a baby, but as they've had more grandkids and the boys have grown, they are pumped our kids are the ones on schedule, always cheerful and well-mannered, and give them a reliable time to rest every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792876 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:56:52 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2792876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If my mom gave me shit for removing my baby from her line of vision for *30 minutes* so they could NAP I would be pissed. </p> <p>I hate when grandparents think of themselves and their wants before their grandkids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792875 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:56:25 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2792875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Next time say ok time for nap! See you in a little bit Grandma!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792874 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:52:16 +0000 MsBAM 2792874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know!!! I’m going to nap him anyways.... otherwise he will be having a meltdown later rightfully so bc he would be so exhausted plus so many people around..... don’t think she takes naps seriously. He’s 6.5mo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792872 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:45:11 +0000 youboots 2792872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Then tell her that she doesn’t need to be there and she can join you at 3:30 after the nap is done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792871 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:43:50 +0000 elljay 2792871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry that your mom is giving you a hard time! But I agree with other posters that you need to do what's best for you and your kiddo. My DS has missed naps only a handful of times in his life, and every single time it's messed up his sleep for at least two days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792867 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:35:20 +0000 trixi 2792867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>half hour nap is nothing. If she complains tell her its a catnap, baby will be awake by the time you get a snack, go pee, and sit down for a minute. CHILL GRANDMA.<br /> As my son gets older I'm more flexible with him, but as a baby I knew the consequences of no nap or delayed nap. Not ruining my xmas for a catnap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792864 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:27:20 +0000 Ina85 2792864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would NEVER keep my baby up from 1-7! That's awful to do to lo. I don't know how old your baby is but if they're doing 3 naps, you need to keep it that way, baby's sleep doesn't care that it's Christmas. My babygirl is 11 months old and she would never stay up for 6+ hours nor would I try to do that to her-that would absolutely ruin her night sleep and probably roll into the next day of awful naps just because one nap got messed up/skipped whatever- it all leads to sleep disaster in our case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792861 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:23:52 +0000 maddyz 2792861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That 30 minute nap is totally worth a happy baby. Do what you need to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792860 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:23:44 +0000 Mamatimes3 2792860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do what you need to do at your house! I’m pretty flexible about my kids schedules. So I would play it by ear and see how it goes. There have been times my kids have melt downs and other times they go with the flow and have fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792859 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:22:59 +0000 raspberries 2792859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I would have even mentioned his napping schedule ahead of time - when we have guests over, I just take the baby back from whoever is holding him and say, "Time for nap, say bye bye!" Naps are non-negotiable in our house... it's just part of our daily routine. I wouldn't not feed my baby when he needs food, and I wouldn't not put my baby to sleep when he needs sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792857 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:22:23 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2792857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not going to be strict about naps this year because my 4 year old will probably snooze in the car and my 8 month old will do the same, or lay down at grandparents. I'm planning to play it by ear but I'm going to follow my kids' cues. I am being strict about getting home on time because that is the thing that seems to throw off my daughter's whole night! She does not like being out late so we're doing dinner just the 4 of us at home. </p>