Daycare Transition Guide — Free Sleep Guide

Starting daycare is a big transition — for your baby and for you. And if sleep is something you’ve worked hard on at home, handing naps over to someone else can feel really daunting.

This free guide will help you navigate daycare sleep with more confidence, so you know what to expect, what to ask, when to be flexible, and what to do when naps don’t go to plan.

What’s inside the guide:

• Before they start: what to tell daycare about your baby’s current sleep and the questions worth asking

• What to expect: why naps, nap lengths and settling may look completely different at daycare — and why that’s okay

• Working with daycare: when to be flexible with their routine and when it’s worth speaking up if sleep is affecting bedtime or nights

• Bad nap day Plan B: how to decide between a bridging nap, normal bedtime or bringing bedtime forward

• Age-by-age troubleshooting: quick daycare nap guidance from 4 months through to toddlerhood

• Practical daycare sleep tips: what to send, familiar sleep cues and a few things I’ve learnt from having two children in daycare

Because daycare sleep doesn’t need to be perfect — it just needs to work for your baby, your family and your daycare.