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Does your child nap great at home but terribly at daycare? ?I am concerned because Riley naps great at home but at daycare she has only been taking 3 1/2 hr naps sometimes not even a half hour. ?By the time I get home at 5pm she will nap and then go to bed at 7:15pm. ?I am wondering if she is not getting enough sleep at daycare?? ?Thoughts?
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Re: napping

  • flyer23flyer23 member

    My daughter is normally watched by a SAHM, so she can nap whenever she wants for as long as she wants. She normally takes one or two 1-2 hour naps each day.

    We've done drop-in daycare a few times over the last few months when her normal provider isn't available. The first time, she napped for a grand total of 25 mins! She's gotten better and will now take about a one-hour nap... but she was there Mon/Tue of this week and back with her normal provider today, and today she took a 3.5 hour nap Surprise So I think she was a little tired from the daycare days!

    Curious to see what others have to say. We're thinking about putting her in a daycare center regularly, and I'm worried about the no-sleep thing, but I wonder if it would get better over time.

    Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)

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  • vagirl06vagirl06

    At our daycare the kids in her room nap everyday from 1-3pm.  Her sheet ususally says she naps from about 12:50 to anywhere from 2:30 or 3:00.  That's all I have to go by but she still is ready for bed around 7:30 at night.

     On the weekends, she'll usually take an early afternoon nap (anywhere from 1-2 hours) and then an early evening nap for about the same time.  Of course she knows her mommy will lay down and nap with her...so maybe that has something to do with it.  :)

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  • vagirl06vagirl06
    forgot to add - your daughter is still really young though.  as long as she is napping some during the day, i dont think the 7:15 bedtime is unreasonable.  when my riley was that age, there was 0 predictability in her nap schedule.
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  • mamaD1103mamaD1103
    My dd naps really well at dc but when she gets be at home with me she doesn't want to nap and when she is at home with daddy they usually sleep at least 3 hours.
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  • mrsnewlywed2005mrsnewlywed2005
    dd was like that around that age.  if she's not getting enough sleep at dc, she'll adjust and nap longer on the weekends.  now she's a napping champ (3 hours) at dc.  they'll adjust.
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    Both of my kids nap better at home than at daycare.  I think its really normal.  M y 2 1/2 year old will take 1-2 hour naps on the weekends and I'm happy if she naps an hour at daycare.  My little one ends up taking more short naps at daycare and takes only 2 longer naps at home.  Kids often have different behavers at home and at daycare
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