Wwyd?

[rosieteddy]

What about letting them cut a piece off for nap time only?

[MissAnn]

I had another child who"had" to have her blanket. She was very into princesses, so I bought her a small princess blanket and told her blanket needs to stay home. She still brought it in their car but left it there. I might do that again.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I had another child who"had" to have her blanket. She was very into princesses, so I bought her a small princess blanket and told her blanket needs to stay home. She still brought it in their car but left it there. I might do that again.

Just ask them to do so. "Hey sue, that blanket really is too big for preschool and I can't have items like that being toted back and forth for sanitary reason. I am sure you understand! If you would like for Sam to have a blankey here please take a special shopping trip with him this weekend to find a special one to keep in his school cubby. Thanks so much! "

[Meeko]

I don't allow any lovey's from home either. They get chewed on, snotted on, cause problems if another child so much as looks at it....etc. If it's a blanket being dragged around, it becomes a tripping hazard for the other kids (and me) too.

[Leigh]

WWYD if a new parent tells you their child NEEDS their blanket for nap. He is 3 and hasn't started yet. I told her I don't allow items from home. She said he needs it to sick his thumb????? I'm thinking he can **** his thumb without the blanket. I ended up telling her he can bring it the first week which will be 2 days. What would you have done? This is not something I'm willing to budge on except for those 2 days.

I would have said no. Tell Mom it is a sanitation issue, and it's not fair to the other kids that also want to bring things from home. I'd have told her that he would be better off NEVER having it at your house than having it for 2 days and having it taken away.

[nannyde]

The parents get very attached to their kids comfort items. It makes the parent think the kid is still a baby. You get more attention if you are the parent of a baby than a parent of a preschooler.

I would tell her no.

[Heidi]

What about letting them cut a piece off for nap time only?

That's what I was going to say. Since it's huge, why not cut it in half, and leave half for naps only. You're going to give him a blanket anyway, why not his?

If you are going to say no, then say no completely. Letting him have it for 2 days, then saying no sounds like it'd be really confusing for him. I'd give him a choice of 2 or 3 from your stock.

[MOM OF 4]

WWYD if a new parent tells you their child NEEDS their blanket for nap. He is 3 and hasn't started yet. I told her I don't allow items from home. She said he needs it to sick his thumb????? I'm thinking he can **** his thumb without the blanket. I ended up telling her he can bring it the first week which will be 2 days. What would you have done? This is not something I'm willing to budge on except for those 2 days.

Funny, I heard a coworker tell another coworker the SAME thing just today! She said that when daycare told her the child could not have his blanket and handed it back to mom, the mom states she replied: "I told the DC good luck w/ that one" I laughed and told coworker #2 that at daycare things are different than at home. I said "In my house, they wouldn't bring their fave blanket" Why? Because I'm mean. No, just kidding. But when I was younger, and didnt' know better, I let parents do this, then they'd forget the blanket at my house, and feel the need to come back after daycare hours. Once a mom lost it, thought I had it, and I did not. Turns out she lost it after leaving my care to go to grocery store. They could not find it at the store. The kid didn't stop crying for weeks. There is something wrong with this picture. Another mom forgot the blanket and because I allowed her to bring normally, the one time she forgot it, the little boy wouldn't nap and that was a ROUGH day. All my fault for bending the rules a bit.

If it were me, I'd be firm about this.

[saved4always]

Two of my own 3 kids had special blankets or stuffed animals that were comfort items. I always allowed the children I cared for in my home to have a lovey at naptime. They stayed in their bag or bed until naptime....sometimes those items can be gross so I didn't want them carried around my home. But, based on what my own kids had needed for nap and nighttime when they were small, I never deprived a child of his/her lovey at nap. Plus, I have my own sleep idiosyncrasies like my long body pillow I sleep with and the fan I "must" have in order to sleep, so I would have felt a little hypocritical to insist a child do without .

When I worked at a center, we actually required the kids to bring their own bedding for their cots. The parents took it home each week to wash.

[saved4always]

Funny, I heard a coworker tell another coworker the SAME thing just today! She said that when daycare told her the child could not have his blanket and handed it back to mom, the mom states she replied: "I told the DC good luck w/ that one" I laughed and told coworker #2 that at daycare things are different than at home. I said "In my house, they wouldn't bring their fave blanket" Why? Because I'm mean. No, just kidding. But when I was younger, and didnt' know better, I let parents do this, then they'd forget the blanket at my house, and feel the need to come back after daycare hours. Once a mom lost it, thought I had it, and I did not. Turns out she lost it after leaving my care to go to grocery store. They could not find it at the store. The kid didn't stop crying for weeks. There is something wrong with this picture. Another mom forgot the blanket and because I allowed her to bring normally, the one time she forgot it, the little boy wouldn't nap and that was a ROUGH day. All my fault for bending the rules a bit.

If it were me, I'd be firm about this.

I must have had really good parents...I don't remember any of them ever calling me to come get something after hours. So, if they had, it must have been a rare occurrence for me. Guess I was lucky .

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I must have had really good parents...I don't remember any of them ever calling me to come get something after hours. So, if they had, it must have been a rare occurrence for me. Guess I was lucky .

I never did when I allowed personal blankets either but one DID tell me, "Oh my! Almost forgot the blanket! I would have come back banging on the door at bedtime tonight!" After that, and for germ reasons, blankets were banned. No thanks.

[AmyKidsCo]

I allow the children to bring "lovies" from home and have them anytime they want them except for meals. When I'm on a trip I always take my pillow with me, and I figure that if a 40-something woman needs her pillow, how can I tell little ones they can't have their blankies?

The children are all really good about knowing whose lovies are whose and when they find one on the floor they either give it to the child or put it in the child's cubby.

Most of my families bring something special that stays here but currently 1 family drags a large blanket and stuffed animal back and forth every day.