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transition from napping at home to napping at daycare

brideatbeachbrideatbeach member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
I am currently looking for a job and hopefully will be back at work by the end of the year. However after looking at a few daycares I am a little worried about dd's naps. I can't for the life of me imagine her sleeping on a little mat for nap. The thought of it makes me laugh. I can see her getting up, running around and doing whatever she pleases. How did your little one do with the nap transition from thier crib to a mat? TIA!
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Re: transition from napping at home to napping at daycare

  • ironmommyironmommy

    I don't have any answers, but I hope someone does! Lily started daycare in August but she only goes for 3 hours a day. I pick her up, feed her lunch, and she naps at home while I continue to work (er, nest). We're thinking of doing a longer day when she's 18 months and I'm also really not understanding how she'll sleep - on a cot, with no pre-nap bottle.

    Hopefully some nestie has a magic solution!

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  • kgb1411kgb1411 member

    Is this the first time you have sent your daughter to daycare?  Because I have thought this about a million things.  No way they can get him to stop taking bottles during the day, no way they can get him to eat solid food, no way he will sit in a chair and eat without getting up and running around, etc. 

    I swear that the daycare providers have some magic fairy dust.  DS does stuff there that he would never do at home (including sleeping on a mat).  Your daughter will be fine.

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  • HappyNovHappyNov
    DD sleeps in a crib at home and a cot at daycare and she just knows to not get off of it until she is told.  Its amazing but it works!
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  • brideatbeachbrideatbeach member
    This will be her first time and I think she will do great but nap time just scares me! I guess I am more scared for them than me! Ha!
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  • FishstyxFishstyx member
    We just started daycare 2 weeks ago and I had the same fears!  But seriously, they get it pretty quickly.  DD didn't nap at all the first 2 days, then a half hour, now she's up to her normal 1.5-2 hr nap.  I have no idea how they do it, but cot naps work fine! 
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