Daycare ?

Lelo2006 · May 2014

Daycare peeps - does your baby transition to a mat from a crib at 18 months?

That seems so young! Like they would just get up and walk away.

heyhaylee · May 2014

The one where my nephew goes starts transitioning at 10 months so they are ready at 12 months to be in the big kid room. I don't see how, but they say all of them do it no problem.

My lo is starting Mother's Day Out in august, and she's supposed to be sleeping on a mat by then. I'm worried.

martyn17 · May 2014

Mamasighs said:
13 months at my daycare. It's crazy what they can get the kids to do. All in the routine.

Ours too. I'm gonna have to see it to believe it.

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PrimRoseMama · May 2014

MrsGiantPenis said:
I could get the most determined to stay awake child to sleep on a mat during my day care days. Yet I can't get my own kid to even sleep in a crib. Wtf.

It's programmed into their DNA to defy us. DD naps better for my friends, baby sitters & cousins than for me. DS does too. It's just this fucked up joke that the universe plays on us.

Also, my toddler will eat better for H than me. It's this giant WTF.

MRads · May 2014

Our DC has pnps in the one year old room, but a lot of my friends go to DCs where they are on mats by 18 months. It really is crazy what peer pressure will do, both good an bad, from an early age.

Stina2012 · May 2014

Nap Ninja! She still won't sleep in her crib at DC. Heaven help her new teachers!

JTA2426 · May 2014

12 months at mine. The ones who have already transitioned in the twins' classes seem to do it just fine. It's the 1 nap a day at <1 year that I'm having issues with now.

thewif85 · May 2014

Our daycare does the transition around 18 months, but is pretty flexible (let younger ones take nap in cribs in another room) with it.

NKF312 · May 2014

Mine does these flat beds ( basically a mattress on the ground) and they sleep in a glass room, so they can still see everything.. ( Montessori daycare, supposedly this encourages their curiousity, and security ).. I thought for sure she would never fall asleep in there, but she naps better at daycare then at home, ( we started at 8 months)

DenverBride2005 · May 2014

12 months = nap mat with crib sheet and blankie at our DC. I thought the same thing--I can't believe he will stay on a mat! But they do.

lexielovebug · May 2014

Calista is already on a mat at daycare.

ETA: she sleeps like a rock on it. I don't know how, but she does.

bobcee · May 2014

Yep, daycare teachers have some special kind of voodoo. I was convinced DD would not stay and fall asleep on the cot, but at 12 mo they switch to the cot and she stayed and slept. Then daycare switched to mats and again she was fine. She stopped napping at home at 22 mo, but at 3 yrs 4 mo, she'll still nap at daycare. Go figure.

blairwitch · May 2014

Our center moved from cribs to sleeping bags on the floor at 1 year. That was state law as well...no child under 1 year could sleep on the floor. Most kids did/do really well with the change. We did sometimes as parents if they could introduce the sleeping bag at home before they moved to the 1 year old room to help with the transition.

I wish the magic daycare voodoo worked for me at home

hollandmama · May 2014

oh my! I'm sending LO to daycare at 14 months... it will be fun!

danigirl7181 · May 2014

PrimRoseMama said:

MrsGiantPenis said:
I could get the most determined to stay awake child to sleep on a mat during my day care days. Yet I can't get my own kid to even sleep in a crib. Wtf.
It's programmed into their DNA to defy us. DD naps better for my friends, baby sitters & cousins than for me. DS does too. It's just this fucked up joke that the universe plays on us.

Also, my toddler will eat better for H than me. It's this giant WTF.

DD will eat pretty much anything MIL puts in front of her, me not so much. But MIL is an amazing cook.

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