My children all nap in two rooms, my living room/daycare room and my dining room. I have to set up the playpens before nap and take them down after nap but it's good exercise, hehe. My computer is in the daycare room where 3 or 4 of the children sleep depending on who is having a 'loud' stage. The loud ones are in the dining room and right now that's just my newest baby.

I sit at the computer and eat my lunch and check my emails and our private city forum in the pitch black room waiting for the children to fall asleep, then I leave so I don't bother them after they have all fallen asleep. Because I'm right here I can shush or deal with any child who is learning that naptime is for quiet and sleep. It works because when I put 5 children to bed now they are all asleep within about 10 minutes of each other, even the new baby who started in Sept.

I believe children are healthier and happier when they have routines. It isn't an accident that my dckids all fall asleep at the same time. Their bodies are used to the way our day transitions, from busy morning to lunch to circle time to naptime and so on.