I have had children who cry at naptime and I have found the best thing to do is to just let them cry it out. They will learn to fall asleep and the other children will learn to sleep through it. I do not allow anything in their playpens except for their blankie and a stuffy and/or a soother if needed. Are the books maybe keeping them awake or preventing them from falling back asleep?

The only time I go in is when one of my 2 year old's is not settling down. She will horse around about once a week and call out the other children's names. They sleep through it but when she is like that, I just go in and lay down on the bed in there and she falls asleep within 5 minutes and then I sneak back out.

I have 3 in the naproom and one in the laundry room which is on the way to the naproom. When I have my non-napper we come upstairs because she watches a movie or does her workbooks. I bought a video baby monitor and this works great!