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Napping at daycare question

jaxmom1jaxmom1
in Babies: 6 - 9 Months

DS has always been a great sleeper.  Slept all night very early (sorry).  Now that I've returned to work DS (8 months old)  is in daycare and he is used to being held/rocked to sleep.  Any suggestions other than CIO to help him learn to fall asleep on his own?  I can't imagine the DCP having to rock him to sleep :(

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Re: Napping at daycare question

  • 08summerbride08summerbride member
    I think for the most part they figure out their own routines there. For instance, DD supposedly needs a "blankey" to snuggle with at the sitters, but doesn't need one for her night time sleep, or her naps during the weekends at home. If they don't have time to rock him before every nap, I am sure they will get something figured out. For what its worth, when I went back to work when DD was 5.5 months, I sent in the T-shirt I had slept in the night before per the suggestion of my day care provider and it seemed to help a lot at nap time. The T-shirt transitioned to a blanket after a couple of weeks. 
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  • sschwegesschwege member

    We used the pick-up/put-down technique (recommended by the Baby Whisperer).  So we would put my DD down awake and stay with her.  When she started to cry we would pick her up, soothe her and as soon as she stopped crying put her back down.  We kept doing this until she fell asleep.  Soon after we modified this so we weren't picking her up anymore, but staying with her as she fell asleep.  So we would put our hand on her and comfort her, but not pick her up.  Now we leave her and she might cry for about 2-5 minutes and is asleep.  Sometimes she doesn't cry at all, just 'talks' until she is asleep.

      

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  • mrs.kapowmrs.kapow

    The daycare will figure it out.  DD was the same way just for naps at home, so we told the DCP that she could have a boppy in her crib (to feel more secure) for naps or could sleep in the swing.

    She still isn't the best napper, but she gets some time in each day. 

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  • jaxmom1jaxmom1
    Thanx ladies!
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