Morning naps and playgroups management etc

I try to wake her up and feed her earlier on days we have activities. They do still take in around 60% of what’s going on when asleep though so don’t stress too much

My son is now 14 months and we’ve only JUST managed to start baby groups. His nap usually falls at 9;30 (when they begin or are about to begin) so I’ve just had to keep him up until we get home (at 11) then he’ll go down. I was always worried he’d be Whingey at groups, but he definitely perks up when we get there and holds out till we get home!

I wish a lot of these baby groups also did early afternoons as we have the same problem. I also have to work while she naps on laptop from home in morning when I can so we’re missing out on so many of these baby groups with them all being in mornings too

That is annoying, can you maybe do a short buggy nap on the way there and catch the second half? Thankfully my local playgroups were in the afternoon for 0-18m and in the morning for the 1-5 year old sessions.

Yea I try to get mine to nap on the way to playgroups (means we're a bit limited to stuff within walking distance) and that also requires a lot of getting ready quickly in the morning which I'm not the best at lol x

We miss every baby class as it falls smack bang at her morning nap and she’s sleeping so well at night so there’s no way I’m going to mess that up 😂 I feel like we miss out too but I take her out and about in the afternoon so she gets to see stuff and go places

You could try waking your baby a little early, so that they nap early. Tbh, it's easiest to go with the flow a bit and let them adapt. If your baby is having fun and it's almost nap time and you know a class is scheduled for that time, if it's the type of class you find they enjoy, they might easily be able to be sustained by their interest. I missed out on a number of classes and opportunities, by worrying about schedules and timings both in the morning and afternoon, and when I stopped things fell into place. Just adjust your timings to suit you, your baby or both of you depending on your priorities and it'll be fine.🙂

This has been tricky for us so we stopped going to our music group as it was quite overstimulating and just wasn't working. Hoping to start going again when my boy is of toddler age. We take him to watch his brother at gymnastics which he seems to enjoy. That starts at midday so somewhat easier.

We have this issue with the groups my toddler goes to. It depends on the day but same as above either wake them earlier and nap earlier/before. Get them to nap en route and abit whilst we’re there. Or wake up later about 7:30 ish and nap when we get home xx