https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 18:58:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-nap-woes-any-advice#post-2112339 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:07:00 +0000 SeptMomma12 2112339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure how helpful this is, but my LO was a terrible napper in the infant room. Basically just took cat naps from 3 to 12 months. But as soon as he moved to the toddler room where they all take one nap together from 12:45-3:00, he became an awesome napper. He's 2.5 now and his teacher says he's always the first and easiest to get to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-nap-woes-any-advice#post-2112261 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:52:11 +0000 matador84 2112261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's tough because naps at daycare are such a crapshoot because it can be so loud. Both of my kids had to have a schedule written out up until a year and the workers tried to follow it as closely as they could (I was totally flexible if they couldn't--it's just part of daycare regulation here that all infants must have a written schedule up until 1). </p> <p>If they have swings, I'd def see if they could at least put your LO in a swing in the afternoon and see if they go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-nap-woes-any-advice#post-2112234 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:33:01 +0000 CakeLady 2112234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 9.5 months old and in daycare 3-4 days a week. He is a bad napper at home and at daycare, but at least at home we have a little control. On days that he's home he takes 2 naps usually with the first 45 min in his crib and another 45 being held, more or less on a 2-3-4 schedule. Today at daycare he took a 15 minute nap and a 40 minute nap both before 12:30 and didn't nap at all the rest of the day. Sadly this is typical. This morning I asked that they please try and have him take an afternoon nap. Clearly that didn't happen.</p> <p>I'm thinking of asking them to put him down at specific times (9 and 2) - is this a terrible idea? I'd love to nap train him but there just isn't enough consistency between home and daycare. Maybe if we have set nap times that are the same all days it would help? Thoughts? </p>