Nursery / Daycare

I hear they tend to be different with mothers vs with others. He may need a contact nap and snuggles with you because it’s you. Might go down much easier when it’s someone else and he doesn’t care about snuggles with them lol.

I could’ve written this and I’m so nervy about sending my son as we do the same! Everyone I’ve spoken to says they just find their way so I’m sure your son will be fine too x

My little boy contact napped with me until 1! But as soon as he was with his childminder he didn’t do it anymore! Usually it’s just the mum factor so you might be ok!x

@Skye our sons have the same name too 😂💜 when are you sending him to nursery?

@Beth omg haha name twins!! I’m sending him 9.5 months too in June!

I’ve always found my daughter to have low sleep needs and be able to stay awake (and happily!) for longer than supposed to. Always fed to sleep and contact napped as I was too scared to wake her 🤣 Or naps in the car / pram. She sleeps like a dream for her childminder, just goes in the pushchair with a blanket and sleeps for a decent while! Also always has 2 naps there whereas days with me, I only get one! I wish I could go back in time and tell myself that she would be okay and I wasn’t harming her by holding her close ❤️ We still contact nap when she’s with me, still too afraid to ruin the nap by putting her down 🤣 (she’s just turned 1)

Just asking, have you tried putting him down for a nap? Given the choice my 6 month old will contact nap, but recently she's got really good at putting herself to sleep in her cot at naptime (won't do it at bedtime, but that's a whole different problem 😅). Also, babies change so much in such a short space of time, he might be OK by the time he goes to nursery

My little girl is 22 months and would still happily contact nap all the time at home but at nursery she picks up her cushion, pops her head down and she’s off. It took a while for her to get used to it and for nursery to find what works but don’t worry, they really do adapt. They found they couldn’t put her in a cot (she has always hated it) so they pop her on a cushion and someone sat near her for a while to pat her if she woke up. I actually now do this at home to help her nap as she is a bit of a nightmare with sleep x

My daughter only contacted napped with me for like 1.5 years but they were so lovely at daycare. One woman baby wore or rocked her a lot, but she also slept in a bed pretty well. I think babies just adapt when mom isn’t there better than you’d think.

My boy is nearly 16 months now. He started nursery at 12 months had only ever contact napped and fed to sleep. He’d also never been left without me. He settled and slept fine from day 1, initially they rocked to sleep and now he just goes into the cot they pat him and he sleeps. Every LO is so different but they adapt so well x

I don't send my baby to nursery however my partner has been watching the baby on a Sunday morning so I can go to a cleaning job. I can't put my baby down when he's asleep, we contact nap and ebf to sleep (he's almost 9 months) however my partner gets him to nap and puts him down on the sofa! They're different for other people!❤️