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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]pp, it does not sound so good to me, the baby in your scenario seems to be either strapped in the car seat, or carried in the carrier, or sitting in the stroller most of their day. Of course, if it is the matter of survival as a nanny it is OK, but definitely not the best thing for the baby.  Babies have to be on the floor most of their awake time, and be able to move freely. Also, are you saying your 2 yr olds napped in the morning AND afternoon?[/quote]

Not sure where you are getting that the toddlers had a morning nap?  No.  The baby had a morning nap in a stroller or car seat or baby carrier, depending on the outing.  The toddlers and baby had a big nap in cribs in the afternoon and the baby had a power nap in the carrier or bassinet shortly before dinner.  This is during the newborn stage, since OP mentioned an 8 week old. During the newborn stage I think daily floor time on the afternoons is plenty since they mostly want to be held anyway.

As the baby grew, they would play on the floor near me as I did food prep in the mornings, they would crawl around a bit after lunch , and they would have a longer playtime in the afternoons since they dropped the end of the day cat-nap.  Once baby was walking, they played with siblings at the park but by that time the twins were 3 and needed less help/supervision to play safely at a park.[/quote]

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