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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, totally normal for you to want your child to sleep better during the day. Is her lack of naps impacting her welfare overall? I'm a STM and also have a 7 month old currently at a center. On a good day she naps 1 hour. When she's with me on the weekends, it's closer to 3 hours during the day. I experienced the same thing with my now 3 yr old - she never napped at day care. Sometimes she would get 15 minutes.

She's fine now, and I think your child will be, too. If you don't think this is adequate, you need more individualized care, which you will only find with a nanny.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks for the words of encouragement. She’s currently teething and sick so she was up ALL night last night. I just wanted her to get some rest at some point today. BTW: your daughter sounds like mine. Naps great at home, but only sleeps for about 30 minutes or less for each nap at the center.[/quote]

If she is sick, why is she going to daycare? When kids are sick they prefer their parents to hold and cuddle them. Definitely need to work on self soothing. Even with 2 teachers and 6 kids imagine if each parent requested holding/rocking/soothing their child to sleep. If you want more individualized care you need to hire a nanny[/quote]

Clarifying: since this teething thing began, she’s had a runny nose. That’s what I consider to be a sick. That’s it. When she’s unwell,  like a fever or extreme cough, she goes to the doctor and stays home. [/quote]

Sick means.... sick.  Ill.  Shouldn't be at daycare.  A runny nose with teething isn't sick.

Most daycares don't do the individual level of care you're looking for.   You should have prepared her or found a nanny.

Now you need to decide how to handle it.  Either let her adjust to group care or get her a nanny.

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I agree. You need to understand that your child is now in group care and they can’t rock her to sleep. This is a habit they need to break quickly. Imagine if they had to do that for all the babies in their care, how would they ever care for everyone? Usually rocking kids to sleep is not a one minute activity it is several minutes and they can’t take care of all the babies if the rocking yours. Your baby will either have to adjust. If you want to really help your baby you need to stop rocking him to sleep at home as well.[/quote]

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