Nap time was one of the more difficult things I had to learn when I first started. "How do you get 6 kids to sleep at the same time?" I had worked as a nanny for many years before and that is a totally different thing. But I have the answer now; routine. The same thing, same words, same order every day. I have often wondered if this is something that is lacking at home and why they don't nap/sleep there. We have lunch, then tidying the playroom to be ready for the circle/calendar with stories. Then everyone takes off their shoes, we do toilet/diaper, then teeth brushing then to bed. I put on the CD with waves and I read. I like kid's chapter books like Little House on the Prairie, right now I'm into the Wizard of Oz. And I read until they are asleep. Since I started this routine, I can count a couple of times when it all "went off the rails" but for the most part, it works beautifully.

torontokids- is your playroom dark when they're sleeping? Do you have any white noise or anything? When they are sleeping, are you in the playroom? Would it be possible to put dcg in a highchair or booster at the table with books and toys (or a playpen) while the others are sleeping. I don't mean as a penalty but since the rest are in the playroom, she obviously can't play there. If she's already awake, and likely won't go back to sleep, can she be somewhere else?