Routine for daycare?

FarmingBride · November 2013

I was wondering if you ladies ever give a schedule/routine to try to stick to to your daycare provider? My daughter has kind of been thrown off with daylight savings time I believe as she was doing well before at daycare, but the last week or so she hasn't been napping as well as daycare as before. She did well here at home this weekend. So I wrote some things down as far as times of naps and how long I'd like her to sleep in order for her to make it through the day without getting cranky/fussy/crying by the time late afternoon and evening comes. I didn't want to come across as trying to tell her what to do, but I feel if my daughter sticks to this setup that she is able to make it through the day without becoming overtired. I am just wanting to give her my thoughts and what we do at home so we are both on the same page, but I don't want to come across in another way. This is an in home daycare provider. Do you ladies ever give your daycare provider a run down of your son/daughters schedule/routine at home so she can know where things fall or do you let them do what they want to do on their watch?

LoCarb · November 2013

I use a center and follow their routine.

How old is your LO and how long has she been with your DCP? Does your DCP provide a daily activity sheet?

There is nothing wrong with asking your DCP to follow a schedule, after all you are the client. It's all about the approach.

eyenigh · November 2013

I tend to try to let day care set the schedule because he's there 5 days a week so it's easier for us to pick up their schedule just for the weekends. Like PP asked, though, I think that would also depend on how old your daughter is and how long she's been in this day care. A routine for a 2 year old is way different than a 12 week old.

Nechie122 · November 2013

Truthfully, I haven't. We always let DD eat and sleep on demand, so I just deferred to the DCP to watch her cues.

I do wonder about telling the DCP how long your LO should sleep. Is there a reason to think she's waking her up mid-nap? There's only so much control she has over your LO's sleep schedule.

cedenton · November 2013

When DS was in the infant room at his old daycare he didn't nap well, AT ALL! Even when they tried my "schedule". There was just too much going on. On the weekends he mostly napped great (two naps on a loose schedule).

At daycare he has been getting one nap/day on a cot, same time, quiet area for about 2.5 months and is doing really well with that. But, again, at home on the weekends he really needs two if we're just hanging out at home. If we're out and about and keeping busy he can do one.

Saturday we were out and about and he was fine getting up at 7am, napping 9-11 and then going to bed at 7:30. On Sunday he got up at 7:30, napped from 9:30-11:45 and DH didn't put him down later thinking he'd be fine (they were home all day). Nope. He got an early bedtime.

I say feel free to try to get her napping by agreeing on a schedule. Using an in-home daycare provider should make it easier. But if it doesn't work out, then understand that it's normal.

SLGILL1978 · November 2013

When my daughter was at a center the followed the babies schedules. Now that she is at an in home daycare we go by my babysitter's schedule. She has the kids all on a schedule for feeding and naps. She usually feeds when everyone is dropped off around 9-9:30. The babies go down for a nap from 10:11 am. They eat lunch at 12:00 and then everyone goes down for a nap from 1-3. After that the older kids gets snacks and she feeds the babies. I let her set the schedule she wanted because she doesn't have any help and it was easiest for her to set with 3 babies and 2 toddlers.

jnnfrrose6 · November 2013

When DS was in the infant room, they followed the schedule I provided to the best of their ability. Now that he's moved up, he's following the DC schedule, which we also try to maintain on the weekends, though we add in a morning nap that DC doesn't do.

mom2be614 · November 2013

We have an in-home daycare provider, and we stick with her schedule for naps, etc. When DD was an infant, the DCP followed her cues, but she's been napping on schedule for quite some time now.

Honestly, I value our DCP as a childcare expert since she's got 30 years of experience caring for babies and toddlers now and I have, well, three. We defer to her expertise on a lot of things. (We know she shares our values and parenting philosophies, too, btw.)

kjsmith9 · November 2013

She has never followed our home schedule at daycare. When she started at 9 weeks, we told them what our schedule was, but they're on their own schedule there and she has ALWAYS been a terrible daycare sleeper.

They know she naps x2 every day when we're at home, but they're lucky to get 45 minutes out of her in the middle of the day. When she moves up to the 1 year old room soon, she'll end up on their schedule, because I think all the kids lay down at the same time.

ccam · November 2013

We tried at first (6 months), but after a while, DS was just following their routine. He now only does 1 nap a day there during quiet time, but he still does 2 a day at home. As long as he comes home fed and happy for daycare, I'm ok with it.

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