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    HI everyone

    I was wondering wear all your mindees take a nap, do any of you use travel cots ,or something else like a wooden cot already up

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    Travel cots in the living room.

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    travel cots in bedrooms.

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    Same here travel cots, usually upstairs with a baby alarm

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    Lie flat buggy and travel cot, one upstairs one downstairs

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    Buggy laid flat.

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    travel cots in DS's bedroom with a listener.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharonmanc View Post
    Lie flat buggy and travel cot, one upstairs one downstairs
    Same here. One goes upstairs in a travel cot, the other prefers the lay flat buggy which I usually put in the lounge. I do have another travel cot but she prefers the buggy.

    xxx

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    I have one wooden normal cot, one pop up tent type cot and lots of sofas.

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    The two babies have a travel cot each in their 'own bedroom' and the 2yr old sleeps on an airbed in the lounge-they all nap at the same time.Monitors are used in each of the babies bedrooms x

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    Travel cots in the bedrooms, but my development officer did suggest the front room if I didn't want to use the upstairs. Another CM I know does a mix of travel cots, free standing cot and buggy. She even had a written agreement from a mum to allow one to doze on the sofa, as it was the only place he would nod off!

    Sam x

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    3 year old in my son's bed (he's away at Uni)
    22 month old in travel cot in daughter's bedroom (she's in USA at college)
    11 month old in pushchair, laid flat, either outside on decking or in playroom
    8 month old in wooden cot in dining room.

    and I can get all 4 asleep at the same time
    littletreasures xx

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    2 x littlies


    1 has travel cot in daughters bedroom the other a travel cot in sons bedroom both rooms have monitors xxx

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    Thank you everyone for your replys you are a great help

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    If we are at home they sleep on my sofa with parent's permission-ofsted had no problem with that.

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    Do you need permission from parents for children to sleep/nap on the sofa?
    My mindee 33mths has napped on my sofa since he was too heavy for the travel cot. I haven't got signed permission from parents, in my opinion this is the best place for him to nap. He sometimes naps on the sofa in the conservatory too... again I haven't sought permission from parents!
    Carol x

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    Ofsted didn't ask to see written permission and were happy with me saying all parents were happy but you may get a strict one so best to add it to your permissions forms.

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    they needed a copy of birth certificate and a copy of my driving licience . I havent had a call to say anything else is missing so hopfully they will go through now

 

 

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