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I was curious about where you all have your children nap at naptime. Is it in the main daycare area? In your own rooms? Finished basement? Do all of the children sleep together in same room or seperately? What about you childcare providers with very limited space(apartments etc.), what do you do? Do you all use playpens or are there other options also?
I have the oldest child nap on a nap mat in the playroom (basement daycare space) one child naps in the basement bedroom in a playpen and the rest nap upstairs in my bedrooms in play pens. Everyone has their own room. I have a bungalow and we spend our days in the daycare in the basement and the kids only go upstairs for a nap.
I live in a spacious 2 bedroom condo. My 15 month old son and the 14 Month old DCB sleeps in my son's bedroom...
My full time 2 1/2 YO girl and the drop ins ( when i do have some) sleep on mattresses in my bedroom. We tried putting everybody in the same room, but after 2 weeks i decided to put the youngest one together and i find that they sleep better since! The bigger girls, usually talks for a bit before going to sleep as for the babies, they are OUT within minutes!
All the kids are in the same room in playpens in a bedroom off the daycare playroom in the basement. It is quiet and dark and they sleep well. The older kids rest on the couch in the daycare playroom with low lighting.
I built my daycare in my basement, it has its own entrance to the backyard and so I do not use the rest of the house for my daycare. I have a big playroom and they all sleep on nap mat here and there (two almost 2y.o. in playpen). Everybody sleep and its nice and cozy for 2 hours ;)
I have three dedicated sleeping rooms. One nursery, one "big kids sleeping room", and one office that is for one kid. The playrooms are separate from the sleeping rooms.
if they are 15 months and over then on a sleep mat in the living room/daycare area. If they need to be in a playpen then in one of the bedrooms.
I have 3 bedrooms with a playpen in each and 2 playpens in our family room in the basement (around the corner from each other so they can't play :)
everyone sleeps in one room, my ds bedroom. he is still in a crib, 2 in playpens and 2 on nap mats. it works well and leaves the rest of the house free for my daughter ( 4 yo and doesnt nap anymore) and myself during nap time.
I currently have all my kids in one room in the basement, except for the 12 month old as she is transitioning and still needs 2 naps. Once she is down to one nap, she will be in with the others.
Playpens in family bedrooms for those under about 18 months and/or doing two naps. Older ones on mats in our diningroom which is our mainfloor playroom. Gradually I will transition the toddlers to the main naproom by bringing their playpen down and have them get used to being in the room but sleeping with the others. When I am happy that they are understand the concept of naptime I move them to a mat as an earned privilege putting them back into the playpen if they won't stay on the mat - since there are enticing toys around they have to be mentally able to understand the concept of stay put.
I don't use the basement for naps as I like to be on the mainfloor during nap and need to close and lock the door to the basement for my own daughter (special needs) who is not allowed on stairs alone but of course doesn't nap.
When I was with an agency the rule was no more than 1 floor and 1 door between me and any sleeping child ... so I stay on the main floor when ever anyone is sleeping and the children are upstairs with the youngest two being in pack n plays in the bedrooms and the other three are on the three landings on daycare cots .... as they wake up they come to the main floor until we are all up and then we can go to the playroom downstairs.
I tried having a 'group' sleep room when I first opened but it resulted in the younger ones being woken by the older ones who need less sleep which made for long afternoons ... so I prefer them to each have their own 'space' to sleep where they cannot see or hear if another child is awake and just resting because they tend to fall back asleep and sleep the full quiet time for me than ~ when they would see their friend was 'awake' they would force themselves to stay awake and 'stare' at each other ~ swear kids can talk to each other with their eyes sometimes!
All the kids sleep in our family bedrooms in a pnp (playpen) until they are about 2 - 2.5 years old. Then they move to a cot still in our family bedrooms. I have anywhere between 1 - 3 children/room.
I have a large 2 storey apartment but I don't use the upstairs for daycare, that's my bedroom, etc. So I use my living room as my daycare room and we do an entire cleanup after lunch and circle time, then I set up all the playpens in the living room and in the dining room. I get my heavy lifting workout setting up and putting away playpens daily, hehe. Three-four children sleep in the living room and the newest one sleeps in the dining room until they are all old enough to sleep on cots in the living room and playpens aren't needed any more.