Hello!
I have a 3 year old that is in a daycare center. I am concerned as to what is going on with naptime and wanted to check with others out there as to what the norm is or what is really supposed to be happening.
My daughter will nap a good 2 hours at home as there are no interruptions but at daycare, we've been lucky if she's napped for longer than an hour and half. She gets a full night sleep of 10-11 hours and we have a very regimented schedule for sleeping. Same routine, same time, etc. My concern is not the length of nap but thought it good to know that it is shorter than the standard 2 hour rest that centers have. We've known that always to be the case and have been fine with it. She recently transitioned to the 3 year old room. Now, she doesn't call for us at home when she is in bed and ready to get up. She doesn't get out of bed when waking up, she just lays there and will lay there until we go in and get her. So we have to really watch the monitor for when she is awake as she will lay there very still and silent. She's been potty trained for a year now.
Fast forward to today. She pooped at daycare at naptime. The teacher said she did it during nap, but we are doubtful that she slept for 2+_hours and did it during sleep? My husband said he has walked in at the tail end of nap and they make the children stay on the cots, resting the entire 2 hours. They aren't allowed to make noise, move, or speak. I get that you don't want them bothering other kids but she just pooped her pants! And, I find it hard to believe that she did it during sleep. I'm really struggling with this one as it seems to us that they are making them stay there and quiet. Seems like they are conditioning them to not talk, not move, not do anything until lights come on. So, what do you expect?! She's not going to tell them she has to go. This isn't like her to all of a sudden poop herself.
How do you handle the daycare? How do you handle that at home you have to watch her constantly when it is getting close to the end of naptime. We've tried talking to her to ask her to call for us or tell us that she needs to go, etc. It doesn't seem to help.
What would you do in this situation?
What should I know that I may not be knowing?
How would you handle this?

Thank you in advance... a very frustrated mom.

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