Hellobee Boards Topic: if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?

Hellobee Boards Topic: if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 07:50:27 +0000 kml636 on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1872077 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:37:10 +0000 kml636 1872077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ thanks ladies! Cole on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871958 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:39:31 +0000 Cole 1871958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As a nanny I can't say I have ever had a problem figuring this out. Some kids have gotten drowsy enough while taking the bottle that I can either lay them down like that or I can bounce/rock them the rest of the way down. Others have dinner more of the eat, awake, sleep schedule and we typically find a method of rocking and then patting or something similar. I would give your nanny a few pointers and then expect the first week to have crummy naps. They will quickly find their groove though and then it should be smooth sailing. Good luck! mrs.shinerbock on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871935 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:09:38 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1871935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The nanny put her down in the pack 'n play and pats her back - she figured it out after about 2 days. She goes down much easier and quicker for the nanny than she does for me now. (Probably because they are on much more of a routine schedule at the nanny share than we are on the weekends.) katsupgirl on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871912 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:34:53 +0000 katsupgirl 1871912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When she was an infant my mom would time the bottles and she would nap after she had a bottle with some rocking. Now that she's a real toddler (almost 2) she doesn't nap till I get home. I have to figure out a new nap strategy. Canoli on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871901 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:11:01 +0000 Canoli 1871901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My son naps in a swing at daycare, grant it they are short naps but we'll take it. I agree, they do different things for different people. mrsjazz on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871896 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:57:12 +0000 mrsjazz 1871896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our LO just figured it out. She took bottles easily and our nanny would rock her to sleep and then put her in bed. And then when we switched to a nanny share, our former nanny couldn't rock both girls to sleep, so LO learned how to nap in the pack and play, the nanny would just pat her on the back. I think kids adapt and sleep differently for different people. Mrs. Tiger on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871878 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:25:43 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1871878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My DH/MIL would rock DS1 while giving him a bottle and he would fall asleep the same as nursing. Good luck! kml636 on "if you nurse to sleep/ap how do you handle daycare/nanny?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-nurse-to-sleepap-how-do-you-handle-daycarenanny#post-1871866 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:11:05 +0000 kml636 1871866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD#2 is 9 weeks old. She will be getting a nanny 2 days a week starting at 12 weeks old. Until now, I've nursed her to sleep because it works and she sleeps 8+ hours at night. I'm starting to really worry about leaving her though... naps will be an issue. If you did the same, how did baby do? Did she just figure it out? She takes a bottle okay but seems to need me to nap.