At 32 months old, Ben is still taking about 2 hours nap during the day time. I am so so so thankful for this as I get to relax a bit in that 2 hours.
But there are times when Ben was so playful and hyperactive that he refuses to take his nap when the time comes. I normally will tolerate for about half hour past his normal naptime (which was quite bad actually since he'll be awake at a later time) but anything past this hour will guarantee me forcing him awake until we have our dinner and then we'll let him sleep earlier at night to compensate for the missing daytime nap.
I remembered a few weeks ago, no matter how I coaxed him to sleep, Ben refused to take his nap. After a while, I realised it was very very quiet in the room. I looked out for him and caught him lying on our spare mattress (which we used to block Alyson's playpen as there are some space between her playpen and our bed).
You know what I saw?
Ben fast asleep...
Since it was just half hour past his normal daytime nap, I gently carried him up and transferred him onto our bed and let him continue his nap.
So how about you? Do you have any rules on daytime nap for your child?
If you are in my situation, what will you do?
Do you wake your child up or let them continue sleeping?
