Would you not go with a nursery for this reason?

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Went for a visit for our baby and whilst there, the children were in a middle room and they were preparing to have their snack. Then was shown into the other room and a baby was in the push chair sleeping, unattended and also had a blanket and a soft toy tiger in with them. I would say the baby was around a year old. Would this raise concerns to you? Everything else seemed good.

If the baby is a year old, no, I wouldn’t be too worried about this.

If baby was under 6 months then I would be.

Ok, I couldn't be 100 percent sure on the babies age tbh, it was hard to tell with the blanket on etc.

Are babies allowed to sleep in pushchairs in nurseries? That would be a concern for me - aren't they supposed to be in cots (or floor mats for older toddlers)?

The unattended part is normal I think. Usually babies sleep in a sleep room and are checked regularly by staff.

No. Why?
DD is about to start nursery. They've got a sleep room and I'm going to send in a pillow, blanket and sheet for her "floorbed" there. She'll also have her snuggly unicorn with her.
DS used to sleep in a pushchair when he first started nursery. DD also sleeps in the pushchair in the front garden at home quite regularly. I'm certainly not sitting next to it watching her nap...

It can be quite common I think. One of the nurseries we looked at often put the babies in pushchairs to rock them off to sleep if they struggled, or they may have been for a trip out in the pushchair and fell asleep so were just finishing off their nap.

Again, age makes a big difference. I wouldn’t have been happy with it if a young baby, but my daughter is 1 and she does sleep like this so wouldn’t worry me

I wish you'd enabled voting!

I'd ask about the pushchair.. mine slept better after a walk than being put in a cot.

Maybe they went for a walk and the child fell asleep so they let him/her sleep?

It would put me off. I visited one where a little one was asleep on a mattress with his head hanging over the edge. No blanket. Made me feel like crying thinking this was someone’s precious child. The one we chose was a bit on the scruffy side but the staff said we have cots, travel cots or our arms for sleeping. They seemed much more nurturing. Go with your gut.

You'd be surprised how many children won't sleep in a cot, the parents are almost certainly aware.

Sorry , should have said. They don't have cots there, just push chairs for the babies I think. Toddlers have the floor mats

I think that is due to lack of space in the baby room.

There is no dedicated sleep room for any of the rooms. The babies just sleep in the push chairs in the baby room. The middle room is for food time. Then the other room upstairs is for the 15 months-2 yrs. The 2-3 year olds are downstairs and they sleep in the same room as they eat, all the tables and chairs are just pushed to one side and the mats go down.

How do the 15-2yos access any outdoor space?

It all sounds very cramped tbh.

They have a small area but its not very big at all. Much smaller than the 2-3s and preschool area