When I have an infant starting, I usually like to have them nap in the hallway for the first week or so. This allows me to see their sleep habits without it interrupting the group in the naproom. It also allows me to comfort the new little one when need be. If they wake up screaming or wake up a lot earlier than the others, it isn't ruining naptime for the whole group. It also allows them to become adjusted to daycare (me, the kids, new surroundings, new toys, new routine etc) without the added stress of group napping. Than after a week, I decide if I should put the child in the naproom with the others or keep them in the hallway until they are bit older. Usually within a month or so they are introduced to the naproom. I've really only had one who stayed in the hallway for his time here because he woke up an hour into nap and altho he stayed quiet in his playpen for the last hour, he did like to chatter PLUS he always woke up poopy and there is no way I'm leaving a child in a poopy diaper for an hour or more, so this allowed me to go down and change his diaper and put him back in his play pen. In his last month here, I had introduced him to the naproom though as he was now 2 and slept on a cot.

If it's an older child, I normally just put them right into the naproom. I have the older ones on cots and they are in the naproom so that I can see them on the monitor in case they get up and get into things. Some older kids have come to me from daycare's so they are used to group napping anyways.