Advice/Help re grandparent childcare..

[GalaxyGirl24]

First let me say, I am incredibly appreciative of the fact my my mum and dad are doing childcare for me before anyone tells me this...

So, my DD is going to nursery when she turns 1 next month for 2 days a week, and then a day with my mum and a day with my dad (4 days total). Well, the advice I need is around the time she will spend with my Dad. He only really looked after us from age 2 onwards and whilst he is confident he will be fine (my parents are quite fit and healthy 50s) I am just mostly worried about him getting her to sleep etc....

We have tried to get her used to sleeping in the travel cot there but she's just not having it! I wonder if it's because I'm there and she knows?

Anyway, any advice on how your parents/ILs got your DCs to nap?

I would suggest he takes her out in the pram/pushchair for a walk each afternoon. Even if she doesn't sleep there was a scientific study showed that just being outside led to better sleep overnight. (Article in Daily Teleg circa 2004) FWIW mine started dropping naps from 1 and completely quite any semblance of daytime nap by 17 months.

Thank you! I will advise him to do that as she may drop off and if not will probs feel better for it at least x

Yes a nap in buggy is just as good

Tho will say my toddler was still napping over 3 for 1.5/2hrs daily
And slept 12hrs at night ,

Only stopped as I stopped her nap in summer hols last year knowing she was staring pre school so no nap

Not all stop early. Equally. Not all nap after 3?

Wow @Blondeshavemorefun that's a good napper!
We usually get x2 good naps here but I know she will struggle to settle away from me so definitely going to advise my parents to try a buggy nap x

Sleep breeds sleep

Plus it’s my job :)

She now at 4 goes to bed 630 latest and sleeps till 730 usually

DD won't go down for me easily. Naps are on me, in car or sometimes in pushchair. On me naps usually involve boob. I was worried as you are but both my mum and mil are able to get her down pretty much all the time for a pushchair nap, sometimes outside but often inside. In fact she will often decide she is tired and go to the pram herself. If I am there however that all goes out the window!