"Cathy Weeks" <kathyspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:7ae7e34a.0306150524.51c749d7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi all,
> Kivi, who is 18 months old, has always either nursed to sleep, or if
> that didn't work, we walked or walked with her until she fell asleep.
> She also goes to sleep in the car.
>
> Now, it's not really a problem that she goes to sleep this way. Chris
> and I don't mind. BUT, she just started daycare 2 days a week, and
> they get the kids down by having them lie down on cots, and
> patting/rubbing their backs until they go to sleep. On the first day,
> I spent most of the day with her, and I got her down in the usual
> manner, but that's going to be tough for the daycare. They'll do it,
> if they have no other way, but they'd like to work toward the patting
> method.
If you don't mind, then don't stop. Daycares deal with this problem all
the
time. Your daycare will find their own method, and that method may be one
that works for them and not for you. Also, you don't have the advantage
of
peer pressure. Often, seeing the other kids lay down to sleep is enough
for
your little one to do the same. DS will do things for daycare he wouldn't
do for me at home (like eat tortillas, quesadillas, meatballs and tacos).
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