Nap Time Question

[MommyMuffin]

Where do the older kids lay on their mats?

My oldest dck is 2.5 yo. All my kids are in pnp or cribs in the bedrooms. I know I will be moving the oldest to a mat soon.

Where do the children lay on their mats? Do you have them in your living room and then you just be quiet yourself? Do they stay in a bedroom? Does the room have toys..and do they not play with them? Do you have a baby monitor or do you just keep the door open?

I am just wondering because at nap time I have a 4 month old and we hang out and play, I do dishes and make phone calls, watch a show....so I dont see how I could do that and make dcb sit on mat and sleep.

[AnythingsPossible]

Daycare kids, with the exception of infants all sleep on mats on the living room floor. My living room is right by my kitchen/dining area. I am generally pretty quiet during nap time. I read a book while they are falling asleep, once they are asleep I clean up the dining room and work on lunch dishes. I don't watch tv during daycare time. While i do try to be quiet so they don't wake up, i still do what I need to do. My husbands lunch hour recently got switched and he comes home while they are sleeping. I have one little girl who usually wakes up when he comes in, but she isn't a good sleeper anyway. I turn on relaxing music and find that they sleep fairly well despite my wandering around. I like them being where I can keep an eye on them. If they were in a different room, I wouldn't be able to relax, I would be in there with them. I also think everyone being in the same room under my supervision makes the nap time fooling less of an issue. If they wake up early I remind them that it's rest time and they need to rest quietly on their mats till their friends get up. I have an almost 2 hour quiet period. Shades go down between 12:30 and 12:45 and they get opened at 2:30. The kids know once the shades go up, they are free to get up, but need to still play quietly if any of their friends are extra sleepy that day.

[My Lil' Monkeys]

My oldest is 3 (M-Th). She naps on a cot at the end of my hallway my other dcks are 2 and under so they sleep in pnps. One in my room, one in my older son's room and my 2 yr old sleeps in his bed. I watch TV, clean up living room (main daycare area) and do dishes and whatever I have to do. I try to be quiet but all of my kids are really heavy sleepers. On fridays I do have a 6 yr old and she naps on a blanket with pillow in my living room. I allow her to watch a movie as along as she's quiet.

[DCMomOf3]

My mats are on the floor of the playroom. I have a nap room for cribs though. I don't let them touch toys during nap. I sit in my glider monitoring them, and posting on here or doing other computer work, until they are all asleep. Then I leave to do my other tasks. Some days I have to stay in my chair because of bad nappers though.

[newtodaycare22]

I have all 3-5 year olds and they sleep on mats in the living room. I generally lay on the couch and do computer work during nap, or clean up in the kitchen (which is right off the living room). If i need to do something louder, like a phone call, I'll go back in the main daycare room where I can still hear them if they need me (even though they should be sleeping), but it's far enough away that I shouldn't disturb them with my voice.

[DCMomOf3]

My mats are on the floor of the playroom. I have a nap room for cribs though. I don't let them touch toys during nap. I sit in my glider monitoring them, and posting on here or doing other computer work, until they are all asleep. Then I leave to do my other tasks. Some days I have to stay in my chair because of bad nappers though.

Oh and mine are 22mo, 22m0, 2y, 3.5y, 4y, all on mats.

[Unregistered]

I have everyone from 8 months-5 yrs. They all sleep on a mat in their "own space". Oldest has downstairs bedroom to himself. Infant is in office in crib. 3 yr old in our bedroom on mat on floor. 2 y olds are on opposite sides of our large play area. My own 1 1/2 gets his own room. Once someone gets up they can come upstairs to our living room to read and play quiet. Then they don't bother the others. I am pretty quiet but the kids are used to me wandering in and out to check all the time.