With my three older children, I was pretty loosey-goosey about naps and bedtimes. If they got naps, that was great. If they didn't, no biggie. Until they became school age, at which point I tightened up bedtimes, I tended to let them stay up in the evening until they actually acted sleepy, But when they were babies and toddlers, we had very flexible sleep routines - certainly nothing resembling a "schedule." That worked fine for them, and fine for me. With their one year old sister, however, we actually have a schedule and frankly, I am rather rigid about it.
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