Tell me about "Quiet Time"

[AirMiami]

There are days, like today, where my 2 year old falls asleep in the car for 15 minutes and then refuses to nap for the rest of the day. I am a little frustrated and in need of a break, so I told her it was "Quiet Time" and put her in her bedroom with the door closed. No tears, she actually sounds pretty darn happy in there, and I'm hoping she kind of just falls asleep on her own. As long as there are no tears, I was thinking about getting her after an hour. Is this something other parents do? Did I do a horrible parenting thing?

[belltree]

As long as your DD is happy, I don't think there is anything wrong with quiet time. I hadn't done that yet myself. It seems you feel a bit insecure and guilty about your decision.

[Zimbah]

I'm hoping to put quiet time in place, DD is 2y3m and naps roughly every 2 or 3 days now.  On the days she doesn't nap she's really whingey, I know she needs to go through the process of giving up a nap but it's hard!  I really look forward to her naps so I can get a break.  So I'm going to try to get her to play up in her room for a little while on the days she won't nap just so I can have a DD-free rest as I'm 6m pregnant.

[Zimbah]

Just to add, I've just been reading this thread

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1293478/all-books-tossed-on-the-floor-how-to-respond

which has some good ideas for helping to institute quiet time - I'm going to look on amazon now for some audiobooks as I think DD might really like them, especially if I get something she's already familar with from stories.