I have a 4 month old who lacks any type of nap routine/schedule. Will sleep wrapped or rocked. Will sleep alone for 45 min. Monday I decided I was going to do CIO with her. In bed at 9 out at 10-10:30. She will fall asleep at this time with only a little fuss.
In bed at 12 for afternoon nap is a whole different thing. She is getting better about CIO and is crying much less time than the past few days. I have been leaving her a bit and if she doesn't sleep after a while I take her out of pnp, and keep her in the office with me and try agian. Lights out, I leave, and we start over after about an hour or so of her being awake with me. The afternoon is the worst. She will fight and fight until pick up at 4:30. Needless to say she looks like she is very tired a pick up- there is no hiding it really.
I send home daily sheets with parents and they are starting to question why she is not napping here anymore. They keep saying she is so fussy at home in the evening/night now b/c she is not napping here. They want me to put her in the swing so she can sleep the 3 hours she used to (with me holding/coddling) and like she does at home. I refused. I explained that I can't per licensing, eventually she will be too big for a swing and we will have to go down this road anyway, it's not safe for sids, and the other kids bug her when she is in the swing so she wouldn't be able to sleep 3 uninterrupted hours there anyway. The kids don't bug her but they aren't going to be quiet in the common areas while she is sleeping like the parents would like.
So do you stop telling them she isn't napping well? How when I send home daily sheets? Do you lie and write down what she "rested" while in the pnp working on falling asleep?
I don't want to lose a client but I am not willing to concede on this. NO napping in swings. NO holding for 3 hours. This is daycare not nanny care, Period. I can't really afford to lose them, I only have 2 families in care so this family is half my income. YOUR IDEAS?
In bed at 12 for afternoon nap is a whole different thing. She is getting better about CIO and is crying much less time than the past few days. I have been leaving her a bit and if she doesn't sleep after a while I take her out of pnp, and keep her in the office with me and try agian. Lights out, I leave, and we start over after about an hour or so of her being awake with me. The afternoon is the worst. She will fight and fight until pick up at 4:30. Needless to say she looks like she is very tired a pick up- there is no hiding it really.
I send home daily sheets with parents and they are starting to question why she is not napping here anymore. They keep saying she is so fussy at home in the evening/night now b/c she is not napping here. They want me to put her in the swing so she can sleep the 3 hours she used to (with me holding/coddling) and like she does at home. I refused. I explained that I can't per licensing, eventually she will be too big for a swing and we will have to go down this road anyway, it's not safe for sids, and the other kids bug her when she is in the swing so she wouldn't be able to sleep 3 uninterrupted hours there anyway. The kids don't bug her but they aren't going to be quiet in the common areas while she is sleeping like the parents would like.
So do you stop telling them she isn't napping well? How when I send home daily sheets? Do you lie and write down what she "rested" while in the pnp working on falling asleep?
I don't want to lose a client but I am not willing to concede on this. NO napping in swings. NO holding for 3 hours. This is daycare not nanny care, Period. I can't really afford to lose them, I only have 2 families in care so this family is half my income. YOUR IDEAS?
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