Afternoon naps

[Fairy]

westmom:

Fairy:

Hi,

My daughter is 12 and still taking her afternoon naps! Her school's single session and dismiss at 1.30pm. She'll have her lunch after she reaches home & sleeps till evening. When she has to stay back for supplementary class or CCAs, she'll reach home around 5pm & sleep till it's time for dinner. She wakes up at 5plus in the morning and sleeps around 9 plus to 10pm at night. She used to sleep at 8.30pm when she was in her lower primary. Don't understand why she needs so much sleep!

My son used to sleep as much as my daughter when he was in primary school. Now in sec1, he simply has no time for such luxury.

Fairy - Your dd's pattern is unusual ! I assume she is in P6 and most P6s do not have the luxury of sleeping many hours! She must be quite smart to be able to afford to \"sleep\" much more.

PSLE is so near. Yet she is still not 'bothered' by 'it' till now! I don't detect any anxiety, excitement nor worry regarding the impending Major milestone in her life. She simply don't feel much about it. Her sleep & rest are more important to her. Those times when I 'pushed' her to do some revision, she'll give me the grouchy, unhappy and reluctant look and will make so many mistakes :x that I'll rather she have her sleep. Sigh, that's why I mentioned in the 'puberty' thread that she's quite 'naughty' & difficult to handle. :?: Yes, she's smart but not the top of the cohort type because she's unwilling to put in effort in her studies.

My son used to be a Sleep-king too. During his PSLE year, he also continues to sleep as much. But at least, towards the 2 months before PSLE, he will return home from school & tell me one thing or another about about what the teacher said about PSLE that day. ie. He was still aware that the Big-day was around the corner. My daughter... I have to keep asking her if she remembers that she will be taking her PSLE soon.

[westmom]

Fairy:

PSLE is so near. Yet she is still not 'bothered' by 'it' till now! I don't detect any anxiety, excitement nor worry regarding the impending Major milestone in her life. She simply don't feel much about it. Her sleep & rest are more important to her. Those times when I 'pushed' her to do some revision, she'll give me the grouchy, unhappy and reluctant look and will make so many mistakes :x that I'll rather she have her sleep. Sigh, that's why I mentioned in the 'puberty' thread that she's quite 'naughty' & difficult to handle. :?: Yes, she's smart but not the top of the cohort type because she's unwilling to put in effort in her studies.


My son used to be a Sleep-king too. During his PSLE year, he also continues to sleep as much. But at least, towards the 2 months before PSLE, he will return home from school & tell me one thing or another about about what the teacher said about PSLE that day. ie. He was still aware that the Big-day was around the corner. My daughter... I have to keep asking her if she remembers that she will be taking her PSLE soon.

Boy...I can understand your frustration. Hang in there! My dd is in P6 too and honest enough to tell me she should be motivated but she does not understand why she is not. She is average performer so far. She does her school hw (scared of teacher scolding type) and hurriedly completes her tutor hw (wants to get it over and done with) so end up also not effective. She can ask me question about TV show happenings while she is doing her hw! Faint...I've come to the stage where I tell myself, I did my best (give her good tutors as I am a FTWM)and just accept the outcome lor and prays that she matures over time (I mentioned before that she's kinda \"babyish\" still ...physically and mentally!)

[buds]

pea:

Hi. Was wondering how old your children were when they stopped taking their afternoon naps. :snooze:


My boy, who is turning 3 soon, has been enrolled into a preschool afternoon session. Unfortunately, its morning sessions are full and I've been put on waiting list, so I decided to try out the school's afternoon class first. The class runs from 1 to 6pm. Which means he can't take his usual afternoon nap.

Any parents out there facing this same problem too? Are your children able to miss the afternoon nap with no problems?

My girl used to attend PM pre-school session as well.
It works fine cos she doesn't wake up so early, just
nice for late brunch before sending her off to school.

It was an ideal arrangement for me, cause i like it that
the pre-school had only academic hours for PM session.
No naps included. I don't see the point of having to pay
for her to go cc to sleep half the time. So, when she
arrives for PM session, it's nice, quiet and more peaceful
to run lessons as the other full day kiddies are asleep after
their shower & lunch. Everyone will wake up in like 1.5 hrs
to 2 hrs for tea break followed by enrichment programme
hours till pick up time.

Works for me!

[pea]

Hi buds. Thanks for your feedback. So your girl just had 1 long sleep at night without any daytime naps? How old was she?


I've registered my son, but not started yet because I want to check out other options first. The thing that's nice about this pm class is that the class size is very small compared to the am class (pm class not so popular), only about 8 children instead of the usual 14 children (with 2 teachers).

But got to do some sleep training first. Let's see how it works out.

Cheers.

[mathtuition88]

I think afternoon nap is ok even up till adult age (provided one’s schedule allows for it).


It may seem like a waste of time, but research has shown that it rejuvenates the mind which will increase efficiency. It is a worthy investment to spend 30min to 1 hour to increase efficiency, rather than work in a zombie-like state with low efficiency.

This is especially true for night-owls, who are forced to wake up early due to Singapore’s extremely early school hours. It is useful to take an afternoon nap to recharge one’s batteries.

[dottypooh]

My DD stopped taking naps when she started her N1. She attended class fom 830am to 1130am and slept by 830pm at night so that she could wake up at 730am the next morning. Don’t know where she gathered her energy from. LOL!!!

[janet88]

it’s hard for my kids to get school homework done and revise without taking any nap.

[Coolkidsrock2]

My p6 will nap for about 2 hours 3 weekdays as he reaches home by 4.30pm. Other 2 days, he has swimming and tennis in the evening. He sleeps after dinner on these days.


The sec 4 one naps on 2 days when she is home earlier.

[Funz]

DD and DS go to bed at 9pm. 10pm the latest for DD sometimes if she has more work to complete. They are up at 5.30am on school days. Neither of them have the habit of napping.


Both of them stopped napping by the time they were in K1. I guess they take after me in this aspect. We don’t need that much sleep.