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Daycare Naps and Morning Schedule
chiboo9
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Hey all. I'm down to my last week of maternity leave, and off to work I go next Monday. And off to daycare LO goes. And off to anxiety land I go...
LO will be 12 weeks when she starts at a daycare center. Her naps have been hit or miss these last several weeks at home. Most times she'll only nap for 20-30 minutes and when that happens, I'd have to rock her back to nap for another 30 minutes or so. I'm worried that daycare won't have the time to rock her back for naps, which may leave me to picking up an overtired baby at the end of the day. I was curious to see how everyone's LO napped at daycare around this age and how they adjusted to napping at daycare.
Also, the commute from home to daycare is about 45-60 minutes. Work is only 5 minutes away from daycare. LO has been waking up on her own around 7:30am. With daycare, we'd have to leave the house at 7. Should I wake LO around 6:30am to feed her before leaving? Or should I just transfer her from crib to car seat and then have daycare feed her as soon as I drop her off between 7:45-8am? LO loves car rides and always sleeps so she'd most likely be asleep in the mornings on the way to daycare. What is best to do? If I wake her at 6:30am to feed before daycare, should I start doing that this week, to get her used to it?
TIA for guiding this anxious FTM!
ETA: LO is EFF.
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Re: Daycare Naps and Morning Schedule
There is going to be an adjustment period in the beginning with naps, for sure. DS was super tired the first few weeks he started, but she will get into a routine there and it will pass.
I personally would feed the LO before I left, just in case, because that would be a long ride with a hungry baby!
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My DD has been at daycare for almost 2 months now (started at 10 weeks) and is also EFF. I determine whether or not to wake her to feed depending on when she last ate at night. If it'll be more than 3.5 hrs since she ate when we get to daycare I'll wake her up and feed her. If not, then I wait and let them feed her there.
Most LO's have trouble sleeping at daycare. DD sleeps there but definitely not as well as she sleeps at home. Luckily, being at daycare doesn't mess up her weekend nap schedule. We just know that she'll be tired when we pick her up and will go to bed earlier than on the weekends. Your DD will probably benefit from the long commute home and will probably snooze the whole way.
Ditto others there will be an adjustment period and in the beginning LO may not be a good napper with the stimulation. However, DC's are awesome at following cues and getting LO on a schedule. As far as picking up an overtired child in the afternoon? That's what the 45 min commute is for-add'l nap time.