What are your state regs? In ours (Utah) we are asked to let < 2 yo nap and eat on their own schedule, we are asked to give awake < 2 yo positive interaction at least every 20 mins, and we aren't allowed to leave in equipment > 30 minutes, so here, we would not be allowed to do what you described, and for good reasons.

That doesn't mean that we don't do any training, especially of older kids. My toddler has a nap and meal schedule. But for an infant, I think that it would be in the child's best interest to be more flexible. It doesn't sound realistic to try to train an infant to a 2 hour nap once a day.

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