Originally Posted by Play Care:
Why can't she be somewhere else that you can see her but away from the others? If she's on a mat, that can be anywhere? The kitchen, hallway, laundry room, etc?
Licensing in my city is pretty strict about where the kids can be. The issue I'm having with using the dining room is that I have my own child (five years old) who doesn't nap and shouldn't be sealed up in her bedroom for the entire 2-3 hours that this child sleeps once she does finally nod off.
I think I'm gonna use Midwest's "nap time time out" method for a few weeks and see if we make any progress, then try moving her to the dining room. I'm going to get licensed. . . eventually. . . when I get around to it, but in the meantime I have only 2 full-time kids and she's half of them.
I do really like her and the parents so I don't want to term over this.