EASY and Childcare/Family???

[ada320]

I am just wondering if after going through all this crying and trying to put him on easy and doing it certain ways, "if someone else watches your child for a day or night and they don't follow everything you do in your routine will I have to start from scratch?"  Do you normally make your sitters or family do it exactly your way or do you let them do it there way?

Also, if say I have a day that I just can't be at home for him to sleep in his own bed, will that get us way off track or can you just pick it back up the next day??

Thanks!

[*Natasha*]

If we had a day of shopping or activities my DD would settle straight back into her routine the next day.

[momofclaire]

I usually write dd's routine for family who watces her overnight.  They think it's great cause she's easy to read and follows the sch so naturally. It really makes life easier for them    My DD sleeps in her pack and play when we go on overnights and does fine.   You can make it work. Teaching a child to adapt is also a great thing. IMO
Good luck

[kim&savannah]

I've always written out dd's schedule exactly for anyone who has to put her down for a nap or nights (not too many people since I haven't really left her a lot) --and the people who follow it usually have a pretty easy time--my brother always caves into anything she asks for and he pays for it--she will not go to sleep for him

They seem to adapt and get back to normal pretty quickly if the disturbance isn't anything huge, so don't worry about the occasional nap out or night away.  You may have to do a little retraining, but it won't take long if your lo is already used to a specific routine.

~Kim

[* Paula *]

We wrote our routine out for MIL when I went back to work.  Although they always said he would not sleep, or has only slept for 30 mins etc. but we always found that they over stimulated him way too much.

We did find that it was easy to get him back on track, and once they started following his cues, things did get much better.

I would not worry too much if your day does not go too much to plan, or if there is any AP involved, things will get back on track.

I agree with momofclare, that it is great for them to be taught to adapt.  We never went out during nap times at all, now as a toddler we cant get DS to sleep in the push chair.  If we are out and it is nap time, he will not sleep until we are either in the car or at home.    But on the bright side, he is a fantastic sleeper when we put him in his bed 

[MDHmommy]

Not sure how old your baby is, but we worked hard to really engrain EASY during my maternity leave so that our son would naturally follow it when he went to daycare - and it worked.
Since the daycare kind of let the babies lead the way as far as bottles and naps, he just kind of kept his same routine during the 3 days a week that he was there. I did request that they give bottles at certain times, and they were able to do that.
I totally agree with PP re: naps other places besides in own bed. It's a huge lifesaver for us. This summer I worked on teaching DS to sleep in the stroller. We'd go out every morning for morning nap and he'd go to sleep in the stroller, then I'd move him to his bed. Worked great. Now he'll sleep pretty much wherever if it's nap time.
HTH

[estherofi20]

i also write down DS routine to my mom...

[ada320]

Thanks for all the advise.  Its good to know that all this hard work will not be for nothing if I have to be out and about one day.  Thanks again!