I'm sure this has been discussed before. I do not have a lot of experience with daycares so I am always curious about almost everything. Where do your dc kids nap? Right now I have the 3 yr olds in the living room, (sometimes my son will go to his room bc he is a bad napper and will keep the other one up). The 19 m.o. in a separate room in a pack n play. My 10 m.o. will either sleep on the living room floor or her crib, but usually she refuses to nap too. I am starting a newborn soon and trying to figure out the best place for her to nap since she will *hopefully* sleep more than the others. Also, do you use your playroom (if you have ob5e)as a nap area as well?
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I am legally unlicensed so not bound by licensing rules. My main nap area is the playroom on the lower level. This is reserved for my established nappers. Those that don't nap well are separated from the group (in pack n plays in bedrooms on main level). I always start a newbie in a separate area, guage how well they nap, and then move them to the main group as quickly as possible.
I have a tough group of nappers this go round but usually everyone naps well together in the same room.
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I use my playroom. It's large--there's plenty of room to space kids apart and have barriers to prevent them from playing with each other during nap. Soon I will have an infant starting, and she will nap in an extra bedroom, since her schedule will be different from the older kids.
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My preschoolers nap in the main daycare room (living room). My toddlers nap in the infant/toddler room (one of the bedrooms) and my infant sleeps in a PNP right in the kitchen/dining room area. My state requires direct supervision for infants at ALL times as well as physically checking on them every 10-15 minutes.
In response to the title of your thread "where do you nap?"..... I nap standing up. Usually in small increments of stolen time throughout the day. ::
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Originally posted by Blackcat31 View Post
In response to the title of your thread "where do you nap?"..... I nap standing up. Usually in small increments of stolen time throughout the day. ::
But I use the playroom and living room.
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Little ones in cribs in a spare bedroom. Older ones in the playroom. Infants in my dining room for first few months so I can have be close by as they sleep. If I have a troubled napper than they go in a bedroom. Some days I feel like I have kids sleeping everywhere but it works.l
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Any child over one sleeps in the play room on a nap mat with their favorite blanket. I also use a spare room right beside the play room to nap anyone under one in PNP's. I have also used the "baby room" to separate toddler nappers if one is having a particularly hard time laying down. These rooms are on my 2nd level. If I have a fussy infant while I have others sleeping, I will take them down to my main level. It is lots of steps to run up and down to check on them every 15 minutes, but then I get my exercise in
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Originally posted by a.lenz.girl View PostAny child over one sleeps in the play room on a nap mat with their favorite blanket. I also use a spare room right beside the play room to nap anyone under one in PNP's. I have also used the "baby room" to separate toddler nappers if one is having a particularly hard time laying down. These rooms are on my 2nd level. If I have a fussy infant while I have others sleeping, I will take them down to my main level. It is lots of steps to run up and down to check on them every 15 minutes, but then I get my exercise in
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Originally posted by momneedscoffee View PostDo you have a hard time keeping the 1-2 yr olds on a mat? I have a 18 mo that I want to transition from a pack n play to a mat. She is a great napper in the pack n play tho so i don't want to ruin a good thing I just want to open up a pack n play for the new baby rather than buy another and take up more space.
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I have all of mine nap in the play room, but I have a baby starting next week who I will be putting in our bedroom. The 2 & unders sleep in a pack n play and the 3 & up sleep on cots. I'd like to transition my current 2 yr old onto a cot though to save room in the play room since it's so small, but so far she's not even close to being ready
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