I am of the school that the children do need to be quiet during nap. She has books on her cot if she wakes up, she doesn't need to sing and be loud. The kids all sleep in the play room so I don't want to start allowing them to go and play or there will be no break, just kids playing with me checking on them constantly.

All the kids here learn to be quiet during nap time. For the most part it works really well until I have a bad day here or there. I guess because I am used to the 2.5 hrs of quiet time, when it doesn't happen I notice it! I think I will try and run a humidifier near her to work as white noise. If she quietly sings to herself I don't care...it is the belting out in song and waking the other kids that doesn't work for me.

Aside from my daughter or my bedroom we don't have anywhere else that would fit a cot/be dark. My laundry room is off the kitchen and bright. I already use things in the playroom as visual barriers, I move the playhouse out to block off one playpen from the other, put the trampoline in front of another etc.