What Do Your Kids Nap On?

[KEG123]

Just curious, do you have cots, sleeping bags or something else? I was thinking of buying some cheap mats, but then found a pattern I can make something similar to a sleeping bag. Do you think something like this would be sufficient? http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=221179.0

[SilverSabre25]

watching this for answers. I need to get my dcks out of pack n plays but haven't settled on a mat. The cots I find online are fricking expensive and I'm not sure I want to go there.

[Abigail]

Our daycare uses the Angeles sleeping cots. They come in a variety of styles, but all are up their in price. The nice thing though is you don't hear the squishy mats, they don't have any fold creases, and they're up off the ground. Each child has their own from age 12 months and up (whenever they get out of a pack n play successfully). They stack easily, but take up lots of floor space when they're stacked since it's not safe to lean them against a wall. I am going to spend the extra money when I open my own because I just love these. They're easy to clean.

As for the original post with the link. It' s cute, but not as practical because it adds extra laundry. If you want to get by with spending less, you can always find the 1 inch thick red and blue folding mats at Walmart for under $9 each. They usually are carried at back to school time and go on clearance after.

[nannyde]

http://www.fantasytoyland.com/elfacplayyar.html

JMson play yards. A full 40" x 28" and a whoppin 26 inches deep

[Greenshadow]

I went into Kmart, of all places, and found that they sell napmats. They are the ones that fold into thirds and store away neatly. You can put a sheet on them easily. They are great for kids to nap on. And affordable. Check Kmart. My kids are still in pnp but I'll have to change them out soon too.

[boysx5]

I use nap mats they are easy to store and not that expensive

[BentleysBands]

i got pnp's from yard sales/craigslist/thrift stores for CHEAP ,dirt cheap and just pulled out the bottoms. i made sure to get all the same style pnp bottoms so they fold togrther when not used. for a sheet i just use crib sheets and tuck around/under.....much easier for me to move a kid out of the pnp too. its what they have always slept on but now w/o the jail mesh LOL


i use to use nap mats but the kids picked those to death and were worthless.

[mac60]

http://www.fantasytoyland.com/elfacplayyar.html

JMson play yards. A full 40" x 28" and a whoppin 26 inches deep

I have one of these, and love it, but not the easiest to take up and down....but deep and they won't escape out of it.

[mac60]

I have made napmats using the eggcrate mattress pads from Walmart, you can get approx 4 mats for $12.

[Luna]

I have some in pnp's (btw, am I the only one who still calls them play pens?) and some on cots that slide right under my bed when not in use.

[My Daycare]

I have some in pnp's (btw, am I the only one who still calls them play pens?) and some on cots that slide right under my bed when not in use.

I still call them playpens. I had a parent ask to see it once. After they did, they told me they thought I meant something really old and metal.

Here we have to use cots here, no mats allowed, but the play yards nannyde suggested sound great.

[QualiTcare]

what happened to the old play pens? is there a reason they stopped making the old, huge ones? i loved those things - i'd get in there with my little cousins when i was a KID. they were huge.

[Luna]

Does anyone ask parents to supply such things? I do private child daycare and also daycare through an agency and the agency supplies what I need for those kids. I don't have any private kids right now, but when I did the parents supplied the playpen.

[laundrymom]

Why not put them against the wall? I invested in angel rest cots in97 have used them daily, and they are stacked against the wall. I will be buying new ones next spring (2012) I can't begin to say enough good things about them. But why not against a wall.

Our daycare uses the Angeles sleeping cots. They come in a variety of styles, but all are up their in price. The nice thing though is you don't hear the squishy mats, they don't have any fold creases, and they're up off the ground. Each child has their own from age 12 months and up (whenever they get out of a pack n play successfully). They stack easily, but take up lots of floor space when they're stacked since it's not safe to lean them against a wall. I am going to spend the extra money when I open my own because I just love these. They're easy to clean.

As for the original post with the link. It' s cute, but not as practical because it adds extra laundry. If you want to get by with spending less, you can always find the 1 inch thick red and blue folding mats at Walmart for under $9 each. They usually are carried at back to school time and go on clearance after.

[daysofelijah]

Just the trifold mats with a flannel sheet on it and a blankey. Cots would be nice, but they take up too much room. I have one left in a pack and play and can't wait to get rid of that.