To not want to put up with one mum's faddy habits at nursery?

oh, and btw, our nursery (chain) has at least a couple of babies a year who move from the nursery (independent) down the road because their baby sleep room is TOO DARK and many children hate it. others need it if that's what they're used to.

back to the original question - i agree with you empie
i would be cross too.
let her little darling get used to how the sleep room is now, or let her find a one on one nanny.

You may be ranting about nothing. When my DD1 was at nursery, the sleep room wasn't big enough for all the babies to nap at the same time. DD1 only got 30 minutes of sleep during the day whilst at nursery. Once she was bigger, the children seemed to sleep in large bouncy chairs.

My DD continued to nap for two hours on the days that she was not at nursery. Nursery days did not affect her usual sleep habits.

I would be glad of blackout blind, as her childs' yelling becoause its too light would interupt my los sleep...

empi - I didn't get annoyed when you said your dd was a good sleeper. But I did get annoyed at your implication that your dd is a good sleeper because of the way you've brought her up - it just seemed, well, a bit smug

I agree with Filly, that it's largly down to luck how well your child sleeps.

empie, you haven't been flamed. All that has happened is that people disagree with you.

Even if your child is nursery full time she still spends most of her life with you. You spend more time with her than nursery nurses do.

Anyway your child will out grow day time naps before you know it ... lol!

I wouldn't worry, you said your dd is a flexible sleeper so I doubt it will affect her sleeping patterns

God I love that bit newgirl, like sardines - only in a nice way.

it will change as your littlie gets older - they tend to have sleep rooms when babies and then they are on the floor on mats when toddlers! its very cute - they all lie down together and fall asleep - freaky but true!

If you don't want opinions that are contrary to your own, dont post in the "Am I being unreasonable" topic or, infact, on Mumsnet at all because opinions is what you'll get!

you said you'd brought her up to sleep well

like thats possible

no, you're lucky.

Empie - it really won't be in the dark. As others have said, black out blinds do not make a room dark. I have a specially fitted black out blind for my dd's room. In order to make it dark I also have curtains with black out linings and 5 or 6 towels an blankets stuffed down the sides and along the top of the curtain rail. With all that in place it's dim, but not dark - dd (22 months) wakes up in the morning and talks about the "lights in her room" meaning all the light streaming through the non covered bits of the window. Short of boarding up a window; 'blacking it out" is a physical impossibility. Don't worry.

FWIW my dd can sleep anywhere when she's tired, but always longer and more deeply if not in bright daylight. That's true for me too tbh. That's why I have curtains in my bedroom.

Has this thing kicked off yet?

Woohooo. Lots gone on since I was last here.

"I've brought my dd up being able to sleep anywhere, at any time.."

now

this is your first child, yes?

no offence but...I'm right, aren't I?

IME babies are sleepers or not, end of.

Well her DD may have real sleep issues and she may be a bit of a fussy type who worries a bit. Doesn't really matter that it's not the usual thing does it? I'd be grateful she thought of it if my DD shared a nursery with her DD.

But I don't think that is 'bending over backwards'

It is ununsual though for a mother to go to a nursery and put up black out blinds. Most parents just accept what is at the nursery, or choose another nursery.

I don't think she is:

By empie on Wed 25-Apr-07 11:40:36
Yay! Sympathy! I love you! . I'm not battling, just holding this secret opinion that she is BU not me because she expects everyone else to bend over backwards to keep her precious DD happy, whereas (I imagine) if I had not known what I know and just assumed that this was how nursery was, I wouldn't have an issue x

I think empie must be getting the picture.

Exactly it wouldn't be pitch black, just nice and dark enough to get a decent kip in the middle of a blinding sunny day. If your child can sleep int eh dark or the light what on earth is the problem? Bet she'll sleep for longer and be better rested in a dark room than a bright sunny one anyway.

Besides, this is all nonsense. Black out blinds make minimal difference, really. The room would not be pitch black and frightening.
Perspective ?

the curtains at home in my girls room do make the room very dark which is useful at this time of year. I think the quality of sleep during the day is different and have never been bothered about blacking out the room then, though I would normally at least half close the curtains. dd2 never slept in the day from about the age of 2 but dd1 had a nap every day until she was about 3. i spose they're all different.