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  • MsLaura529
    New Daycare.com Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 859

    Infant Napping Room

    I apologize for all of my questions lately, but since I haven't opened yet ... I seem to have a bunch of time to sit here and think about questions.

    I just cleaned out our office room (we just moved into this house in December, and until today, the office was our "junk room" for things that didn't have a spot yet, because it has doors on it to be closed off and out of sight). We have a piano (part of the deal with moving into this house), and our small desk/chair/computer in there. I realized there would be room for two pack n plays in there, but I'm not sure how to go about having infants nap in the same room together ... is this a crazy idea? Or is it common? My older kids will be on mats in the daycare area. The office is just across the foyer from the daycarea area. It would be nice not to have to worry about getting my upstairs approved for daycare purposes, when I was just going to have infants sleeping up there anyways. I'm rambling now ...
  • Blackcat31
    • Oct 2010
    • 36124

    #2
    My infants all nap in PNP's right out in the open. Noise does not bother them as I have "trained" them from the beginning to nap through noise.

    Not all babies are the same so obviously not all of them would be open to this, but in all honesty that is just the way it is here and if I did have one that would NOT nap with all the noise going on, then I would term as they wouldn't be a good fit for me.

    Even my littles sleep on mats in one room and several times during the week, I vacuum and clean while they nap and no one ever wakes up.

    The trick really is to train them from the beginning.

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    • Chuckles
      Daycare.com Member
      • Feb 2013
      • 32

      #3
      It is best to have everyone nap in the same room. Noise is good for them and it makes them less likely to be startled awake. Also, depending on the rules for your state, it could be considered a supervision issue if you are not physically present in the room with them. As a precaution and from a liability standpoint, I would strongly encourage you not to have infants in a separate room. Infants are at an increased risk of SIDS and if you are not able to monitor them closely, you may miss something and lose your opportunity to intervene.

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      • Starburst
        Provider in Training
        • Jan 2013
        • 1522

        #4
        Originally posted by MsLaura529
        I realized there would be room for two pack n plays in there, but I'm not sure how to go about having infants nap in the same room together ... is this a crazy idea?
        I have thought about if I had an extra room having a 'nursery' for the daycare babies and having one or 2 cribs or pack n plays (maybe up to 4 if needed). In my state they just need their cribs to be 3 feet apart from each other and they cannot share the same crib. I also figured that can be a room with all the baby toys and supplies are kept and possibly have a rocking chair so that I can feed them, burp them, sooth them, or rock them to sleep. And also so nursing moms can come in anytime (if needed) and nurse in the room privately away from the other daycare kids during their breaks so they can just focus on the baby. I would probably also have a little desk for my laptop so I can go in there and get some paperwork done while they nap. Okay so it may be more like a nursery/office . I have a bunch of instrumental, nature, and spa CDs from the $1 store so I could probably get a cd player in there and use that as background noise to distract from random sounds that my disturb their sleep.But actually many babies aren't alarmed by sounds like adults are usuallly for the first year or 2. Background noise is actually soothing to them because the womb is very loud because the water magnifies the sound waves (like the fish tank in 'Finding Nemo').

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