Baby won’t nap in cot and starting nursery

[KO2018]

Hi all- so we are starting my girl in nursery in a few weeks and she only naps in her pushchair, and I’ve just found out nursery don’t use pushchairs for naps.

What are we going to do???

This happened to me years ago with DS.

You won't believe this, but they WILL nap in a cot.

Along with eating things they refuse to eat at home.

Yeah, just let them get on with it.

They'll be fine. Try not to stress about it but do make nursery aware that they're not used to sleeping in a cot.

Nursery workers are ninjas as getting kids to sleep. She might still refuse to nap for you anywhere other than the pushchair, but I bet nursery will get her napping not in a pushchair.

They all lie down on little padded blankets and fall sleep on the floor upon command. It's witchcraft.

It's magic how they get them to sleep at nursery

They will fall asleep, don't know how they manage it. So cute when they are all sleeping together on those little mattresses!

From experience working in a baby room you will be very surprised how quickly they get into their new nursery routine and they will sleep, if not in a cot straight away then likely in someone's arms/on a cushion/ on a mat. Don't stress about it!

Both of mine only ever fell asleep on the boob or in the pushchair/car for me, never in a cot/on a bed. Mostly, bar the odd day, they slept fine at nursery. They are miracle workers!

Nurseries have magic sleep ladies. Eldest was a bloody awful nap refuser and needed vigorous buggy rocking and white noise to send her off (while she howled in protest). Nursery nailed cot naps on the first day there with just the white noise and some bottom patting. She still only slept for half an hour but I was astounded at the Tapestry photos of her happily napping in a cot. She never once napped in a cot at home, ever.

I repeat: nursery ladies are MAGIC.

I was flicking through my daughters learning journey and found a picture of her first sleep at nursery, in the baby room, on a cushion 😁 apparently she didn’t want to go in a cot but they bewitched her into sleeping in there (despite the fact that it would have been busy!)

They have some kind of magic one. DD1 wouldn’t sleep in a cot at all, naps where cuddles or in the pushchair. For the first couple of weeks they rocked her in the pushchair and then she slept in a cot. One day they forgot to give her a dummy and she slept fine.

Yep, as everyone else has said she will nap in a cot there and you will consider the staff to have witchcraft/ninja skills!

Yeah nursery staff are utterly magic at baby sleep, I don’t know how they do it

Hah well I am still skeptical tbh but the vote seems to be unanimous so I will take everyone’s word for it. Will let you know how it goes….

You'll be surprised what your DD will do at nursery but not at home.
As others nursery workers are magic

Another vote for magic nursery workers. My DD started nursery at 1yo, having NEVER slept apart from on a caregiver, and her key worker said she was one of the easiest babies they'd ever had to get to sleep and that she was out like a light after a couple of nose strokes.

They have strange powers

Our of interest, if anyone out there works in a nursery, can you take your magic power home or doesn't it work on your own children?

Neither of my children ever napped in a cot
Nursery used to point at the mat and say sleep and they did!
They are nap ninjas!

@Glendaruel

Our of interest, if anyone out there works in a nursery, can you take your magic power home or doesn't it work on your own children?

It's not magic Just routine and consistency. And yes it does work at home!

I echo what has been said. Nursery staff are sleep magicians!

I agree. They are magicians and will do all sorts with your child that you will not believe possible!

Yup, just to add to the chorus. You will be AMAZED what nursery workers can do.!DS is still a godawful sleeper at home and he's 3 now, but as a baby he was utterly horrific, slept for no more than an hour at a time at night and never napped in the day. From literally day one at nursery they had him napping for two hour stretches twice a day in a cot. No idea how, but they did.

Most nurseries will have cots on wheels for evacuation purposes. These can be rocked like prams. There is also magic and witchcraft involved

They are miracle workers.
My son is horrendous at naps and he has a nap at nursery.
He also won’t eat sandwiches at home but eats them there!
It’s a total betrayal 😂