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CM,s-Where do your baby mindees nap during day?

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anniebigpants · 21/05/2010 23:28

DS2 will be 8 months when i return to work end of July. When i was speaking to the CM who will be looking after him, about arrangements for his daytime naps, she said she doesnt have a cot, so would it be OK for me to drop his puschair off with him so he can sleep in that during the day.
I dont have a problem with this but was just wondering if this is usual?

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looneytune · 22/05/2010 03:37

I personally have always had cots (I use mainly travel cots so can be put up and taken down). I've had 4 babies start from 5-8 weeks old and these have started in a combination of moses basket, bouncy chairs & prams, all based on the parents requests (I provided) and then depending on the child, would move to a cot upstairs in a darkened room at around 6 months old. Any starting after this age have tended to go straight in a cot.

StarExpat · 22/05/2010 08:12

I bought a second hand travel cot and gave it to my cm. She had one already but I asked if she'd like another one so she could have 2 in cots at once and she accepted. He sleeps in the cot in her room with the fan on low and shades drawn
You could maybe offer to bring a cot (if she wants it). I wouldn't be happy for ds to sleep in a pushchair for all of his naps (pfb ).

Danthe4th · 22/05/2010 09:06

Young babies I have a travel cot, but when the weather is nice we quite often go for a walk to the park, have a picnic and the children will sleep in the pushchair on the way home.

HSMM · 22/05/2010 09:32

I have cots and beds at home, but the children do sometimes sleep in the pushchair, or car when we are out and about.

looneytune · 22/05/2010 10:17

I think falling asleep in a pram whilst on a walk and keeping them like that is fine but I personally would never put a little one (unless a tiny baby) in a pram for DAILY NAPS. That's just me though.

JennyPenny23 · 22/05/2010 10:23

Why can't she have a travel cot? You can get them very cheaply in Argos? Think my spare one was about £20!

I wouldn't be happy with the buggy being the only sleep method. And does she not even have her own buggy? We have 2 travel cots and various buggies (singles, tandem, side by side) to suit different children.

ageing5yearseachyear · 22/05/2010 22:29

i agree that a cot is a bit of an essential. slightly diff in that my dd3 goes to nursery- when she got to 18 mths they suggested that she have her nap in a buggy instead. this lasted 2 days because she had changed from having a good solid 1.5 hrs sleep to very little. as a result she went quickly into total misery. They moved her back to her cot- she still kips in it at nursery at 2.5!

i really dont think that it is unreasonable to expect a cm to provide a cot for one so small. Is she more concerned that long naps in cots wont fit in with her routine?

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anniebigpants · 22/05/2010 22:48

Thanks for replies ladies.

Star-I think i,ll do as you did and offer her the travel cot we have at home.

Jenny-She has a double and a single buggy, but suggested DS may feel more comfortable in his own buggy.

Ageing-Im not sure on that one? Hmm interesting.., i do know she likes to go out to various playgroups etc.

Ds is a lovely happy baby, but is a complete nightmare if he isnt well rested during the day, as i suppose a lot of young children are. Ive no doubt she will take good care of him, im just worried that he wont get all the daytime sleep he needs with all the noise etc.

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JennyPenny23 · 23/05/2010 07:15

I would ask if you can provide a travel cot. They are cheap if you don't worry about brands etc. Obviously some sleeps in buggies are OK when out etc but not for all the time.

And TBH do you really want to have to get the buggy in and out the car everytime you pick up/drop off?

I think a CM should have a travel cot as a basic peice of equipment for caring for under 3s.

looneytune · 23/05/2010 08:30

Agree with Jenny. I have 3 travel cots, a wooden cot, 2 highchairs, 9 car seats and about 7 prams (don't ask, I'm selling some!! ) which include singles, doubles and a triple! Whatever 'equipment' is needed for the child(ren) I am looking for, I provide. Same as most minders I know. If you end up providing the cot, make sure that it's purely to be used by your own child.

looneytune · 23/05/2010 08:31

Ooops, meant - I am looking AFTER

compo · 23/05/2010 08:43

Maybe she is out and about so your child will sleep in the pushchair anyway? If she has older mindees she'll be going to toddler groups, children centres etc so won't want to be confined to the house while your child sleeps in a travel cot?

looneytune · 23/05/2010 09:06

Compo - most of us on here do all that too. If mine needed naps whilst out, there is a pram available or cosy areas at the groups but I think most of us manage a proper sleep (say after lunch, before the school run) where this would be in a cot. I got the feeling from OP it was more a case of the pram being used at her home for naps but I may have got that wrong. Maybe OP needs to get this clear from her CM.

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anniebigpants · 23/05/2010 10:07

Yes looney-CM did say she didnt have travel cot and Ds would nap in his pushchair, but if that didnt work out she would have to see about getting travel cot.

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MrsWeasley · 23/05/2010 10:16

I am a CM and where LO's sleep is discussed with the parents before hand.
I had one LO who always fell asleep in his pushchair whilst on the school run and mum was happy for them to stay in the pushchair so they werent disturbed by being moved.

I have had some wanting to be put upstairs in a cot or bed and others who want them in the main room.

Some are happy to go with the flow, I had one little one who would fall asleep whilst playing, have a good nap and wake up and carry on playing!

I have a travel cot that I can either set up in a different room (with baby monitors) or in a quiet corner of the main room.

Shoshe · 23/05/2010 10:24

I was told by a Inspector that a child should NOT sleep in a buggy, unless when actuality being pushed in it, and if that happens, should be transferred to a cot as soon as possible (Ok we all know that is not always practical, move and they wake and that is it!)

I am lucky enough to have a dedicated bedroom for the children, and have two wooden cots and two travel cots, so mindees always sleep in cots.

Waveawand · 30/05/2010 19:04

Hiya - re sleeping in buggys- if they recline flat and you are checking the temp of room they are in. I am not covered for upstairs use yet but recent 9month old slept in Mamas&Papas Pram (not buggy) which fully reclined (not part reclined) and I always put a fitted cot sheet over where childs head was resting- main thing is a)flatness of recline b) temp of area he is in and of course lighting/noise (doorbells turned off) hope this helps.

ChildrenAtHeart · 03/06/2010 23:52

Shoshe, I am interested by your inspectors commemnts and wonder where in the EYFS it states that? At my last inspection (Feb 08)I put 2 children asleep in a buggy (Mothercare Urban detour double - lie flat) in the garden after lunch. She asked what I would do if it were raining & I said 'put a raincover on obviously!' They slept for 2 hours and I got an Outstanding
I have 3 travel cots but neither of these children liked them and so I had discussed it with the parents and agreed on the buggy approach. Normally however I would say a buggy is not appropriate for long naps, especially if the seat doesn't lie flat

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