'Your expectations are not realistic': Entitled Karen Mom fights with daycare stuff over nap time

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    Plant - "I was furious and expressed my disappointment in the staff's lack of attention to my child's needs."
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    Font - AITA for getting into a dispute with the daycare staff over my child's nap schedule? Background info: I'm a working parent who values the importance of a consistent sleep schedule for my child. I've always been specific with the daycare staff about my child's nap schedule and needs and it's important for her health and happiness to have a consistent routine.
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    Font - My child (let's call her Emma) has been attending the same daycare for a few months now. I noticed that her nap schedule was being disrupted and I couldn't figure out why. I suspected the daycare staff were not following my instructions properly. I decided to set up a meeting with the daycare director to discuss my concerns. During the meeting, I found out that the staff were not adhering to Emma's nap schedule and were instead trying to make all the children nap at the same time, regardl
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    Font - Now, the daycare staff are mad at me and the director thinks I am overreacting. I feel that my child's well-being and development are being compromised and I am not being heard. Now the daycare staff are expecting an apology. Did I go too far here?
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    Font - StrangerOnReddit 18 hr. ago YTA. Surely you were given information about the nap schedule when you enrolled. Most daycares do not cater to each child's personal nap routine. They do one nap time for all and families have to just accept and adjust to that if they want to stay with that facility. 31.1k Share
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    Font - Illustrious_Pear4586 16 hr. ago Like do you know how nap time works in a day care? Usually it's in the main room... How exactly are they supposed to let each child nap at their parents preferred time. There's this thing called a schedule that they follow. Change your 2x/week schedule to match her 5x/week one. YTA. 12.8k Share
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    Font - Sinsemilla_Street 18 hr. ago YTA. If you have a very strict nap schedule, then hire a private nanny who will follow it. The daycare staff and all the children they watch are already used to a set schedule. You can't come in and expect everyone to change things around and adapt to a schedule you came up with for your child. 13.7k Share
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    Font - loverlyone 18 hr. ago . Right? Everyone moves together in daycare. Unless your child is in the infants room where the children stay most of the day, your expectations are inappropriate OP. You were, "furious?" That seems like a lot of emotion for the situation. YTA give your childcare workers a break. 3.2k Share
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    Font - tubesweaterguru. 18 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [34] LMAO. I can't believe this is real. Why in the world would you think a daycare would do that? Wait til you find out that they make everyone eat lunch at the same time in school too. YTA. 8.5k Share
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    Font - FiannaBurning - 18 hr. ago YTA Your child is going to be on the same schedule as everyone else at the daycare. If you want a nanny who will adhere to your wants, shell out the cash for a nanny - and pay them a proper wage. Otherwise apologize and deal with it. Your child's future isn't going to be ruined because of a different nap schedule. As long as they get the proper amount of sleep, they'll be fine. 3.7k Share
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    Font - Careless_Pick814 18 hr. ago Former childcare worker. Toddler rooms cannot have multiple nap times. Your expectations are not reasonable. If you want a specific schedule you need to have a private nanny. YTA. 3.3k Share
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    Font - fabulousautie 18 hr. ago. edited 18 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [31] How old is the child? Edit: YTA she's 18 months, old enough to follow the class schedule. 1.7k Share
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    Font - Dragonfly Mon83 18 hr. ago YTA, do you really expect them to follow EVERY child sleeping schedule? And yes, you should apologise. 964 Share
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    Font - idontcare8587 - 18 hr. ago YTA. The daycare has their own schedule, which you have no right to dictate. They can't put just one child down. What you're wanting is a personal nanny. 894 Share
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    Font - Ok-Status-9627 - 18 hr. ago INFO: How far off the schedule you've established is the schedule that the daycare want to operate? Why can't you try to adjust to their schedule? I mean, I can completely understand why the daycare can't readily operate multiple nap schedules to suit the parents, because awake children will be disturbing napping children. 726 Share ...
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    Font - CrystalQueen3000 18 hr. ago Judge, Jury, and Excretion... If your expectations are that rigid then hire a nanny or stay home. No daycare service is providing individual naptimes set to the parents schedule for multiple children, it's kinda nuts that you ever thought that would happen. YTA 642 Share

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