Dilemma? Maybe…
Parenting January 4th, 2011YES!!! (with clenched fists withdrawing to chest and a HUGE Grin on my face…)
Finally! Both boys are in the morning session. A full 4 hours of delicious ME-TIME! Yummy!
So what did I do with my 4hours today? I permed my hair again! *laugh* Followed by couple-time with Allan…*whoo-la-la* *laugh*
Alright, alright, this blog is not about me, but the kids. So, here is a question for all you lovable Mommies who have children in Primary School, morning session:
“Does your kids take nap?
If yes, when?”
Ok, why do I ask?
‘Cos Keatkeat would need to wake up at 6am and when he does, the 7 year old’s whining easily wakes Binbin, thus both will be up at 6am. When they are up so early, they need a nap in the afternoon.
But,
should it be BEFORE Homework?
or AFTER Homework?
Today, we tried the ‘Nap BEFORE Homework’ plan:
-1pm KeatKeat’s lessons end
-1pm to 2pm Lunch time
-2pm to 3pm Travel Home for Shower
-3pm to 3.30pm Toss and Turn before dozing off
-5.30pm Wake them up
-6pm Start doing homework, etc etc
End result?
They have difficulty sleeping at night! *faint*
Binbin fell asleep at 11.25pm.
And now, as I am typing, Keatkeat is still doing his ‘human-size-sushi-rolling’ on his mattress. *eyes rolled*
Tomorrow, we are going to try the 1hour-Nap plan, instead of the 2hour-Nap…….hhmmm…
January 5th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
My children have yet going to Primary, but I’ll prefer nap before homework! After a long day of hectic and brain teasing school day, I’m sure they need a nap to recuperate for better performance!;D
LOL, yes, you should reduce the nap time to 1 hour! Best of luck!
January 6th, 2011 at 7:09 am
yes, nap before homework is better, else can’t concentrate!
January 7th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
I let my daughter nap for abt 1-1.5 hr first before going HW.
Usually my kids nap at 3-3.15pm and they take about 15mins to fall asleep as they are very tired. Then I will wake them up at 4.30pm without fail and give them 30 mins for tea break and start HW at 5pm.
I tried to let her do HW before nap, but she cannot concentrate as she is too tired (kept rubbing her eyes)