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@BabyBoecksMom: weird, I always thought daycare helped with sleep routines. Good luck -hope it gets better!

Yes, it was hard at first. Our daycare does sleep/feedings on demand for the first year, but because of state laws, all children must sleep in a crib for every nap. DD was used to being held during naps, sleeping in her bouncy chair or car seat, etc... She slept alone in her cribs for naps before daycare, but usually only after being held/rocked for a pretty good period of time. When she started daycare she had a little trouble at the beginning, adjusting to new providers, a new environment, and a new sleep routine. Sometimes she'd even have to nap between when I picked her up from daycare and bedtime.

She did adjust in about a month, and now she naps like a champ at daycare. In fact, I really attribute daycare to recognizing when she was ready to nap on a cot instead of in a crib and when she was ready to fall asleep independently, instead of being rocked. It will get better for your LO, but it might take a little while until she fully adjusts.