Possible termination coming

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I actually opened my daycare about 2 months earlier than I anticipated because I met a great family who needed care immediately. It ended up working out really well BUT for about four months I had my own 10 month old and my 11 month old daycare child who did not know how to nap and it was awful. I tried everything I could think of because I had never let me own kids cry it out and it didn't sit right with me. I came on here, sought advice and then took the advice that was overwhelmingly inn favour of the cry it out method and after about three weeks my own child was napping and after about 2 months the daycare child was napping.
I made up a naptime song and sang it right before naptime every day. After a few weeks , as soon as they heard the song they new what was coming. I would sing the song while changing them, sing it on the way to the playpen, give the child a kiss and hug, tell them to have a nice sleep and close the door. I also used black out curtains (actually I just taped garbage bags to the window to block the sun) and white noise. At the end of naptime I would put my cheerful face on, burst into the room with a big smile and a 'wake up' song and continue with our day. My own child goes to sleep so easily now and it is amazing! The daycare could has moved on to a centre but she became a pretty consistent napper, and if she didn't nap, too bad - she stayed in her crib until naptime was over. Good luck! I know how hard it can be when your break is spent listening to crying.