My daughter has always been a good sleeper, even at daycare until recently.. Starting about a month ago or so, she is only taking one nap that lasts 20-30 minutes. She is almost 11 months old. She started daycare when she was 5 months old and slept good, so I know she can sleep through noise and daytime lights (she has two older brothers too, so noise isn't the issue).
I need help on how to get her to sleep longer and get her 2nd nap in. The daycare & I have tried so many things. She isn't allowed to have anything in the crib with her when she sleeps per TX laws.
Kids go through sleep phases, just like they do appetite phases. There may not be anything you can do to change that.
Has anyone mentioned to you that at 11 months she may be ready to do away with the S. nap? It is pretty common at this age. I would look online into what most babies this age require, usually it's a total amount of hours. If she is getting that at night and with her one nap, that might explain why she is having trouble with her daycare nap.
I agree hat she could just be dropping second nap. I think I would encourage the daycare to put her down for "quiet time" instead of focusing on trying to sleep.
You have to understand a couple of things. You didn't mention them so I'm not sure if you already know them.
In child care at age 11 months those kids have to be almost down to one nap per day. They cannot take 2 naps when they move into the toddler room at 12 months. So you have got to drop that second nap now. If you are doing 2 naps at home she isn't going to be able to get her biorhythm figured out and settled down.
She should be getting up and going to child care, eat breakfast. Then have play time and having fun. Then a morning snack. After going outside she should have lunch then go down for her long nap. When she gets up and changed she should get an afternoon snack. Then go outside to play again. When she comes in they should have her doing activities that will help her grow and develop. Then when you pick her up she would normally fall asleep until you get home.
When she goes up to the toddler room in a month or so her schedule will be basically like I mentioned above but she'll start table time activities and a more structured daily schedule. We had our toddlers on 2 step ladders, in sectioned play areas/cubbie areas with cars and things in one area, blocks in another, maybe large 4 piece puzzles in another area with markers and paper and maybe even play doh. They should have a reading area and dress up clothes and more.
The toddler room should be more organized and structured. Then she will only get to lay down at a certain time and she'll have to get up at a certain time even if she's tired and wants to sleep. If a licensing worker comes in a kids are laying down in a classroom asleep they can give the center infractions and they can even get closed down. Most licensing workers take the regulations very seriously. That's why they they like their jobs. They know those laws keep kids safe. No one wants to tell a parent their child didn't get to go outside at play time because some other child was too tired.
It will work out and get better. She can't do that second nap anymore though, it's time to get rid of it at home and at child care. She doesn't need it. If it's dropped she might even start sleeping better.
is she sleeping thru the night? is she cranky?
i wouldn't worryabout it too much for now. whenever my kids hit a growth spurt or were gearing up for hitting a major milestone they slept alot less. but after hitting and showing off the milestone they went back to being good sleepers.
you could try dimming the lights and reducing the noise, she may not be able to sleep thru it anymore. peoples sleep habits change. ( i used to be able to sleep thru a freight train rolling thru and blasting its horns half a block over and now if the dog sneezes downstairs i will wake up)
That's not a very long nap but it's not uncommon for babies this age to sometimes transition to one nap. Depends how much sleep she gets at night.
Is she hungry when she wakes? Sometimes making sure they have a nice full belly before nap time helps (mine anyhow).
Good luck :)
have the provider wait at least 6 minutes from the time the baby cries until the provider goes to get the child, i have found that almost always they go back to sleep in that time and end up sleeping lots more
the provider may also be missing sleep signals and waiting too long to put the baby down for nap
you can't force sleep.
this is an age when many babies start foregoing a 2nd nap. rather than try to force it, why doesn't the daycare just let her have a quiet time? when you say you and they have 'tried so many things', what does that mean?
could well be part of the problem.
khairete
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