DCD Wants DCB Out Of Pack N Play For Naps But He Is Still In Crib At Home..Opinions?

[Soccermom]

I have a just turned 2 DCB who has been napping for hours here in his pack n play in the afternoons. He goes down so nicely and just loves to sleep.

DCD just told me this AM that he wants me to put DCB to sleep on the floor from now on because they need the PNP for new baby sister.

DCB still sleeps in crib at home. I normally always wait until they have been in their big beds at home for at least 2 weeks before I transition them out of their PNP here.

I don't want to go out and buy a PNP for a DCB who may only use it another few months and there is a part of me that is tempted to ask DCPS to transition him @ home first.

Opinions?

[Blackcat31]

I think you answered your own question.

You don't normally put DCK's on anything other than the PNP until they've mastered the skill at home.

Why would this case be any different?

I also have issue with parents telling ME what to do so that THEY can reap the rewards...kwim?

If they want to sleep train their child on a mat or toddler bed, they are free to do so. I don't see how this has any bearing on you, other than them wanting YOU to do the hard work.

I have several mat sleepers here that still sleep in cribs or PNP's at home but ONLY because them being transitioned worked for ME.

I don't really ask parents where their child sleeps at home. It doesn't effect me here so it isn't info I necessarily need.

[sharlan]

I would tell them - too bad - I am not transitioning him at this time.

I know others move earlier, but I don't as long as they still fit comfortably in the pack and play.

[Play Care]

I have a just turned 2 DCB who has been napping for hours here in his pack n play in the afternoons. He goes down so nicely and just loves to sleep.

DCD just told me this AM that he wants me to put DCB to sleep on the floor from now on because they need the PNP for new baby sister.

DCB still sleeps in crib at home. I normally always wait until they have been in their big beds at home for at least 2 weeks before I transition them out of their PNP here.

I don't want to go out and buy a PNP for a DCB who may only use it another few months and there is a part of me that is tempted to ask DCPS to transition him @ home first.

Opinions?

Is it your PNP or theirs? I supply the PNP's here and children stay in them until *I* see it's time to move them out. If they are essentially asking for their PNP back, I would give it to them - after I had purchased one for me.

[Kimskiddos]

I usually transition my kiddos to nap mats around 20-24 months (depending on space and/or climbing ability), never worried about what dcps are doing at home. So many give bottles, paci's etc. so much longer than I do here.

Good luck, I am moving a 23mo to a nap mat with the older kids after the first of the year. Hope it goes smoothly. BTW dcb's parents still having him using sippy cups, paci and crib at home. We've given up 2 of the 3 here with no issues.

[itlw8]

I would say I will try and see how it goes. Lets give it a few weeks and I will get back to you. Have you moved him to his big boy bed yet at Home??? That will help a lot with switching him here. Let me know how that is going and we will keep in touch. Hopefully it will be an easy process.

[daycarediva]

I would do what works for you, but it the parents want their pack and play back, you have to give it back. I don't/won't use them at all anymore and all of my dck's (18m+) sleep wonderfully on nap mats. Half are still in cribs at home (one is 3.5 and still in a crib). It makes zero difference to me what parents do at home with this. ALL have been skeptical about nap mats and all have been proven wrong.

[caregiver]

I also provide all the pnp here so that I have my own. I would suggest that you buy one for yourself so that you do have one when you need it and don't have to depend on DCP's to bring one. I have had parents that have not wanted me to take their child out of the PNP until they were almost 3 yrs old and some that have asked me to do it when they turned 2 yrs old. I have had a few 2 yr old's not want to stay on the bed or sleeping mats for naps when I have transitioned them and would get into things that they knew they were not supposed to play with. So then they went back in the PNP until I could trust them.
I would give the PNP back to the parents and then go buy one for the child at you daycare.
I provide all my own daycare equipment so that I have whatever I do need and don't have to ask the parents for anything.

[melilley]

I would do what works for you, but it the parents want their pack and play back, you have to give it back. I don't/won't use them at all anymore and all of my dck's (18m+) sleep wonderfully on nap mats. Half are still in cribs at home (one is 3.5 and still in a crib). It makes zero difference to me what parents do at home with this. ALL have been skeptical about nap mats and all have been proven wrong.

Same here.

[melilley]

Two of my 2 year olds here sleep in a crib at home, but have a cot here. One child does really well and the other is "practicing". He does ok most days, but some days I either have to sit (depending on how many kids are here) with him or I give him so much time to go to sleep and if he doesn't, he sleeps in the pnp. This particular child LOVES the cot so he does really try to fall asleep on it, but sometimes it doesn't happen.

I would say do what is comfortable to you. When I worked in a center, we transitioned them to a cot when they moved to the toddler room and were walking, usually around 12 months and most did very well! But I also had other co-workers to help.

[DaycareMom]

I have a just turned 2 DCB who has been napping for hours here in his pack n play in the afternoons. He goes down so nicely and just loves to sleep.

DCD just told me this AM that he wants me to put DCB to sleep on the floor from now on because they need the PNP for new baby sister.

DCB still sleeps in crib at home. I normally always wait until they have been in their big beds at home for at least 2 weeks before I transition them out of their PNP here.

I don't want to go out and buy a PNP for a DCB who may only use it another few months and there is a part of me that is tempted to ask DCPS to transition him @ home first.

Opinions?

The new babysitter? I am confused...

[Shell]

I transitioned a 2yr old to a mat well before her parents were ready to make the move to a bed. I'm like some of the others on here, and do what I need to do- I needed her pack-n-play for a new infant that was starting. Dcd said to me, "Thanks! You put in the hard work, and now we should be able to put her in a big girl bed".
I also have been pleasantly surprised by how easily many of the kids take to sleeping on a mat.

[cheerfuldom]

buy a second hand PNP and save yourself the headache of dealing with the parents or transitioning this child before you are ready. I regularly see PNPs locally for $25 to $30 each. IMO, I would rather provide all items and not deal with items coming and going from my house. I do all car seats, all winter clothing.....the less coming and going, the better.

[Cradle2crayons]

I wish I could afford shipping. I have pack and plays coming out my nose!!!

Check craigslist and see if you can find one really cheap. I agree I would keep him in a pack and play until he's been transitioned at home. Truth is you have to give it back if it's theirs but I would ask them to transition he child at home first.

[melilley]

The new babysitter? I am confused...

:: The new baby sister, not babysitter... Sorry had to laugh...