To NOT want my child to sleep in a pushchair at nursery?

[Neney1]

The nursery we have chosen for my DS is all lovely and fabulous except in the sleep room, they had only 3 travel cots a few sleep mats and 3 double buggys for the kids to sleep in. Only one child was asleep in there and she was in one of the buggys.

When I expressed my concern for this they said "Only the bigger ones go in the pushchairs" Quite frankly, I don't want my child to have his sleeps in there at all!!

Now, I'm all in favour of leaving a sleeping child in their pushchair if they have fallen asleep there ie on a walk, but to be purposely put down in a buggy for a 1-2 hour sleep at nursery???? Please tell me this isn't normal practice!

i wouldnt like it, surely a double buggy is the same size as a travel cot? they could put more cots in the same room?

no nursery experience btw.

Awful! My dd 18 months won't sleep in a pushchair anyway. What would they do with her?

Occasional is OK, not every day

Agree with fizzbuzz.

How can they get away with that?

Ours asked how they normally had their sleep (buggy/cot) and assured me that they would do that there, normally the same cot every time too. He is only there one morning a week.

I'm not entirely sure what would happen if they had 7 cot sleepers all suddenly exhausted and only 6 cots, I assume the situation doesn't tend to arrive.

I wouldn't have sent him there if they told me he could end up sleeping in a pushchair - he doesn't sleep in pushchairs.

They put my ds in a buggy at nursery, he is 2.5 so in theory i guess is a bit beyond the afternoon nap phase but he goes into nursery so early he is normally shattered by lunch time. I would prefer for him to be on a sleep mat etc but understand that it is not always practical, he does not give into sleep easily so pushing him in a buggy for five mins is probably the least stressful way for them to do it.
That said, i dont think i would be happy about it if he was still a young baby.

My dd2 always had her nap in her pushchair as she fell asleep every day on the afternoon school run. So as you say, that was ok.

So what if this particular child would only sleep in a buggy?

I would stipulate that my child was NOT to sleep in the buggies and see if they agree.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions as some children settle more easily in a buggy. (Mine like the security and familiarity of their own). If you have strong feelings about it (which it seems you do) make sure you are happy that YOUR child will sleep in a cot. They may be more than happy to honour this.

The nursery have said that they'll put DS in a cot for his sleeps, especially seing as he'll only be 10 months old when he starts there!! They were very accommodating TBH.

I just felt a bit guilty thats all, there were only 3 cots, so what about the other kids?? Much like Flame said, what if there were more than 3 cot sleepers at once??

I just felt like I was being selfish... I just prefer the idea of my child not being restrained and being able to lie flat for scheduled nursery sleeps, am I in a minority here?? Do any of your nurserys use buggy's in the sleep room?

No experience of nurseries,but my children had their naps in their pushchair. It meant I could get them out in the fresh air while they were asleep.

As A CM, I was told by a Ofsted Inspector, I was never under any cirumstances to sleep a child in a buggy.

Each child had to have a cot to sleep in.

That's odd, Shoshe. A CM friend of mine put some babies/toddlers that she looked after to sleep in their pushchairs. Ofsted were okay with that for her inspections.

that's fairly typical, juule, Not one Inspector sings from the same song sheet

If you look amongst the CM threads you will see we all rant about this.

I suspected that might be the case. They seem to make some things up as they go along don't they

Our nursery only has cots (only 3 I believe). I wouldn't like the idea of a baby being put down in a buggy- different matter if they've gone to sleep on a walk and been left there rather than disturb them.

I would just make it clear that your child is to be put in a cot.

At our nursery the baby room children sleep in cots, or baby chair type things if that is preferred. But at 12-14 months they move into the toddler room and all sleep at 12pm on floor cushions with a blanket over them. 'Tis a sight to behold. A dozen toddlers all sleeping in a semi circle.

That sounds reallly nice Bozza, much better than buggies

You mention double buggies. AS far as I recall (I used to own two nurseries), the guidlines specify that there must be acertain distance between sleeping children (to prevent spread of disease). There is no way that would be the case with a double buggy.

As to whether bugiies are ok to sleep in at nursery (from an OFSTED point of view), my gut feeling is no. But I don't remember the legislation on it. I would guess that if the nursery could show that it was specifically following parent's requests to have their child sleep in a pushchair, they would get away with it.

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DD2's nursery has little mattress rolls and blankets, for over 18 months, they all sleep in a room together, nicely spaced out to stop general poking of each other and nicking of comforters.

Below that they sleep in cots in the cot room.

I agree that it is better than buggies because the child is free to move around and get a comfy sleeping position etc. But it is just such a sweet sight - all those sleeping infants.

DS's nursery has prams for babies plus some cots for those who don't sleep in prams. The prams are put outside so the babies get fresh air. The toddlers sleep on mats on the floor. I am quite happy with this set up.

Ds goes to a very small creche and I take him in his pushchair as they often go out for walks or in the garden etc.

They have a couple of cots in the sleep room and did ask how he had naps at home (chuck him in his cot when he gets tired) but he sleeps in his pushchair there. He is happy, he has decent naps. He seems to have different habits there than at home. When I pick him up after a half day he is usually snoozing as he has lunch and goes to sleep straight away, no fuss.

I'm not bothered, tis a small place, they know all the kids well and are very flexible.

My CM trained ds to go to sleep in his buggy: I actually thought it was excellent, as it meant he always had his sleeping place with him when we were out. And the don't nap for that long; it's not like spending the whole night in the buggy. And they don't get stiff in the way that adults do.

I would flip out if my childcare thought it was acceptable to actually put a child into a buggy for the sole purpose of sleep. Buggies are not designed for sleeping in! It can't be doing their little bodies any good to be sleeping in what is not in any way a bed every day!! Granted DD's nursery only takes children from 12mo upwards, but all the children sleep on mats on the floor. Mats make great sense since they are easy to set up/pack away. Even littler babies would be fine on mats, I would think, since there's no distance to fall.

My goodness, with all I hear on MN about nurseries with TVs, buggies to sleep in etc etc, I am so grateful that DD's nursery is so brilliant!!