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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:	Parenting
Notice:	READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:	CSC32::DUBOIS

Created:	Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1364
Total number of notes:	23848

592.0. "Napping on the floor at daycare?" by NOVA::WASSERMAN (Deb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863) Thu Jan 03 1991 13:22

    Marc (14 months) currently does all of his napping/sleeping in his
    crib.  I've noticed that he tends to roll around a lot, often ending up
    sleeping at the other end of the crib, sideways, squeezed in the
    corner, etc. (and to think when he was born I wondered what the use of
    bumpers were since he stayed in the exact same place I laid him down
    :-)))
    
    Anyway, he goes to family daycare and also sleeps in a crib there. 
    I've been wondering how he will be able to nap on the floor if/when we
    decide to move him to a daycare center.  I can't imagine him sleeping
    on a mat on the floor -- he'll just stand up and walk away!  How do
    they get the toddlers to sleep on the floor?  What are people's
    experiences with this?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
592.1	Velcro??? :-)	HDLITE::FLEURY		`Thu Jan 03 1991 14:19`	1

592.2		RANGER::PEACOCK	Freedom is not free!	`Thu Jan 03 1991 15:09`	6
	Well, mine (21 months) takes naps on the floor quite often during the day. Some days are worse than others - she flops around a bit, but usually its not a problem. - Tom
592.3	follow the leader	ARCHER::PALUBINSKAS		`Thu Jan 03 1991 15:57`	6
	I don't know how they do it but they do it. I can walk into the daycare center during naptime and there are over 100 kids sleeping on mats including my daughter Kyla who I can hardly keep in her crib at home. I think they feel like a big kid when they get to sleep on the mats like most of the other kids, kind of like follow the leader.
592.4	Cribs all around	ELMAGO::PHUNTLEY		`Fri Jan 04 1991 14:08`	18
	In my son's (he is 18 months old) there are cribs for each child through age 2. I think this also helps Joshua know that even at day care he has his "own" space. All of the regulars have their same crib every day and the sheets are changed daily, so it helped me feel more comfortable about cleanliness, germs, etc. I like knowing that Josh isn't sleeping where someone else has been laying and it just is warmer up off of the floor. That's how it works at my son's daycare. Joshua is a real wiggler, too. In fact while on vacation him and I shared a bed, daddy in the other. Well, even though I put Josh next to the wall and me on the outside Josh managed to fall off the end of the bed, THROUGH THE COVERS!!!!! This past weekend we put a twin bed in his room but I think it will be a while before he uses it---don't think I am ready to keep putting him back to bed, yet!;-) Pam
592.5	Don't worry...	CARTUN::MANDALINCI		`Fri Jan 04 1991 14:52`	15
	I agree with .3 - Berk was an especially terrible wiggler when he was about 18 months. He started daycare at 27 months and I never thought he would stay on the mats. He was already switched to a bed then (a double with plenty of room to wiggle and not fall off). Well, he had no problems and the teachers never mentioned him being all over the floor (but the did comment on his snoring!!). I think he followed the crowd. I wouldn't worry because that's why the mats are on the floor. Worst possible case, he'll roll into some other kid. If it's bad they might put him closer to a wall or surround him by pillows as well. Berk outgrew the horribly wiggly stage about then as well but he still sleeps with his head on Dad and feet on Mom (forming an "H") when he sleeps with us if sick!!!
592.6	rock and roller. . .	TLE::RANDALL	Bonnie Randall Schutzman	`Mon Jan 07 1991 16:29`	11
	Kat never had any problem napping at school, which is amazing since when we've had to share a floor with her at night when we visit the in-laws, she sometimes rolls over the top of the person next to her and keeps rolling and squirming until something too big to roll over stops her. And once at Girl Scout camp, she rolled clear out of the platform tent . . . We wound up giving her our old queen-size bed, and now she doesn't fall out of bed any more. . . --bonnie