I want to reassure you that you can still have a great sleeper even if your baby or toddler follows a different schedule on daycare days. What can I do if daycare requires my child to follow a schedule different than the schedule we follow at home? # anchor Give your little one and yourself lots of grace during this adjustment, and be sure to check out my tips for how to help your baby or toddler nap at daycare. Starting daycare is a big transition for you and your baby or toddler. It depends! While some little ones may adjust after a few days or weeks, others may take a couple of months to adjust to napping at daycare. How long does it take a baby or toddler to adjust to napping at daycare? # anchor Be assured: your teacher wants your little one to get good naps too! Share with your child’s teacher about strategies that help your baby or toddler to nap well at home (your nap time routine, wake windows, environment, etc.). (For babies 5 months and younger, we may need to offer both the catnap and the early bedtime.) Instead, forgo the catnap and offer a bedtime as early as 6:00 pm. I know it can be tempting to offer a catnap when you get home from daycare, but this will push bedtime later. Because night sleep is more restorative than day sleep, an early bedtime is the best way to help an overtired baby or toddler. Here are two ways to help ease the transition to napping at daycare: Little ones may also experience separation anxiety as they adjust to their new environment and caregivers. An overtired baby may sleep poorly at night, which can result in nap struggles again the next day. At first though, some babies get hours less daytime sleep than they would at home. Babies and toddlers typically take some time to adjust to napping in a different child care environment.īUT can I tell you something? Daycare sleepers typically become the best nappers. Sometimes, daycare sleep can impact nights and naps at home. Will my child have a sleep regression after starting daycare? # anchor You can still make progress towards great sleep and maintain your great little sleeper even if you don't have control over what happens during the day. If you’re using any of my classes, it’s just fine to focus on nights at home and let go of naps at daycare. YES! We have so many daycare babies with parents on the Taking Cara Babies team and in our community who have successful nights even with irregular nap schedules at daycare. Can we still have a great little sleeper if our baby needs to be at daycare? # anchor
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