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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op we had a similar problem when we started at a center and moved my son at 6 months to a small in home daycare and it was night and day change for naps. First the home daycare had a separate room for naps so it was actually quiet during naptime and since it’s mixed age there was a rhythm to the day more than the center  that was just following individual infant schedules all over the place. That seemed to really help my son. Second because it was mixed ages (a few kids more toddler age) I found the caregivers had way more bandwidth to give individual attention to the infants because the toddlers were happily playing and just didn’t require such intensive 1:1. In the infant room in the center the ratios were the same but each infant had so many needs it felt like most time was spent just meeting basic needs.

I’m certainly not advocating making a change because that would be silly of me since I know so little of the situation, but wanted to share my experience in case it’s helpful as it’s still easy to switch at this age. I remember that intense stress of feeling my baby wasn’t getting sleep and it made going to work so much harder. [/quote]

Thank you. We’ve toyed with the idea of sending her to an in home daycare. We were told by other family members that “centers” are provide better learning than in home daycares.  But every child is different.[/quote]

My at home daycare provider was amazing about getting my baby, later toddler to sleep.  There was a separate, quiet room.  When my kid was a toddler, she would tell me about how daycare provider rubbed her back while she fell asleep.  I think she could actually do this for two kids at a time!  She had two littles, one older child and was licensed.  Just wonderful![/quote]

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