Does your {my} child(ren) have to.....

Mainly I adapt to theirs , but for special occasions I don’t mind adjusting things. For example my sons bedtime is 5pm , on Christmas Eve we will be going to tractor run that’s starts at 4.30 so I know we won’t be home till gone 6 pm , we’re taking him in his pjs so he can fall asleep in the car lol

I operate where during the week we get good naps so that on the weekends we can be more flexible 🤷🏻‍♀️

Depends! We mostly adapt and accommodate for literally anyone in our home with a pressing need but are very go with the flow in that sense. My son has always been able to fall asleep in loud environments if he’s actually tired enough to need a nap, so like it’s fine by me if I have to wear him on my back in a restaurant, would’ve been doing that at home too anyways.

It really depends, I'm ok with keeping her up past her bedtime, but not everyday of the week. When she was a baby she used to come out for meals, visit friends with us etc . Naptimes I have never made sure I am home for them, it is too restricted, and she would sleep on the go, or I would grab and coffee and a sit down somewhere whilst she napped

I adapt to theirs. I tried once to balance both of them and didn’t work so since then I am only focused for her wellbeing 💗

I personally wouldn’t want to go out in the evening or leave early if it was a special occasion like Xmas. Nap times were flexible. The only concern I would have is them falling asleep at 4. One of the other things I never worried about my kids being around others when they were younger and their environment like my oldest went to a disco birthday party and my then two month old slept through it (might be as they were born pre covid).

I generally don't do things super late with her, but nap time moves around for her to adjust our schedule, and so does the wake up time but she usually does good with it. Bedtime is the one that messes us up

I mostly adapt to my sons life. Poor dude didn’t ask to be born, least I can do is keep his naps regular 😂

Balance of both, if I can go out around his naps so he sleeps etc then I will but if there is plans when he should be sleeping etc that occur once in a blue moon then we will go out x

We rarely go out after 5pm but if we do, we give her evening meal beforehand then put her sleepsuit on as she'll fall asleep in car on way back then we just put her straight to bed. We've had to do this recently to do Xmas shopping around 6.30/7pm when my husband finishes work x

I adapt to theirs unless it’s something I know my child could nap through but no way they are missing a nap. For the sake of everyone involved lol.

We adapt the kids to our life. It works well for us and our kids can nap anywhere at any time. I was never a fan of strict nap schedules anyway because our careers don't allow for having anything scheduled lol

They fit in with mine but I take them many places for them, like playcentres and libraries and expos and family festivals and zoos and museums m - I wouldn’t really be going if it wasn’t for the kids. But naps- they nap wherever I don’t take them home when they’re tired they sleep literally wherever we are at the time. I’m the mum sitting there at the Playcentre/cafe enjoying my coffee w friends while my baby sleeps in the pram

Depends on the kid. Our son is a handful so we have to be mindful of time and give him at least 2 hours prep before we go anywhere. He sleeps anywhere so once we're out, it doesn't matter. I just learned our daughter, who is a "bring them anywhere" child needs to be in bed by 7/8 or I'm her pacifier for the rest of the night.

My life generally revolves around my children's schedules, unless there is something that needs priority like a medical appointment etc. if I need to do something past bedtime or during dinner time I will ask someone to watch the kids so I can do what I need to do without affecting the kids routine. X

Adapt to theirs in the examples mentioned. Which is out of necessity and which people without challenging sleepers may not really understand! I got so annoyed one time at a baby shower and an acquaintance was talking about how she just made sure to take baby places during nap time and if he needed to nap at Target he just needed to nap at Target. As if those of us not doing that were doing something wrong 🙄 Some of this is your own personality, of course, but a large piece of it is also based on your child’s temperament.

Bedtime we are pretty strict on and only stay out past it for very special occasions. Naps I'm not so worried about, they can nap in the car 😅! But I do fit them into my life in that, I continue to do the things that I enjoy and they tag along. I love hiking! Not giving that up because I had children. It's good for them, so I bring them along. I do have to do shorter and easier hikes now, so...balance 😂!

I adapted to them. If we want to go out and be out late or go out to brunch or whatever…we hire the sitter.

I’m very lucky in that when I make plans with family, they also adapt to my children’s schedules so I don’t have to worry abt missing out on stuff

During the day, we go with the flow. If I need to go do something, we do it. We have a strict bedtime though.

Fit in with our life

This so depends on the baby. When they are small (less than 4 months) you can do whatever but then they start to find their own routine. For me, my daughter would nap in the pram but only when I was walking so I couldn’t sit down and have a coffee. She would contact nap but only if it was quiet. She would stay up for hours and hours if we didn’t try to make her sleep. Other people have kids that fall asleep in their dinner. My girl would just keep going all night! So at some point you just have to follow their lead. If you have a chill baby who sleeps wherever then you’re super lucky 😅

Definitely a balance of both. But most places i take her too are at other people houses so she just goes to sleep over there