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Post by tot2teen on Oct 24, 2007 21:11:40 GMT
Hi everyone,
am new to the site and am thinking of childminding (hubby has agreed and forms filled out etc.).
Was wondering where your mindies sleep? our home isnt that big and thinking about space for sleeping, space for everything else is fine but it's the sleeping i'm banging my head against a wall for, does it have to be in a seperate room? is it alright if a child is asleep and you just do quiet activities with others? Ideally i just want our lounge, bathroom and kitchen (all on one floor) done - would do bedroom if needs be.
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Post by angeldelight on Oct 25, 2007 9:09:17 GMT
Hello and welcome to the forum hope you are enjoying it here ?
I am lucky that I have a spare room downstairs for sleeping
But I never used to be so lucky and had to use one end of the lounge for babies to sleep in a travel cot
Older children are sometimes happy to nap on the sofa and actually prefer to be surrounded by other people in the same room
I have never used upstairs and have just used the same rooms as yourself in the past
I am sure some of the others will have ideas
Angel xx
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Post by heldraincloud on Oct 25, 2007 10:36:10 GMT
Hi and welcome to the forum, I only use my downstairs and it is open plan, I sleep the younger ones in a pushchair/travel cot, and the older ones on the sofa, my living room is kept for reading tv (limited) and sleep, I have a play room and a dining room for activies.. All of the kids fit in very well with this arrangement x
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Post by sarahnev707 on Oct 25, 2007 11:05:29 GMT
Hi and welcome to the forum  I don't use upstairs younger children but older ones go up, so I have had it inspected For sleeping, I put them in the other room (i'm lucky) but a buggy or travel cot in the hall would be fine - so long as you have discussed it with parents and they are happy - it's all about taking their views into consideration Sarahx |
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Post by tot2teen on Oct 25, 2007 13:13:05 GMT
Thanks everyone ;D Sounds good, glad they can just go in a buggy/travel cot or on the sofa, makes it a lot easier  Loving this forum, so glad i found it! Thank you! Gem xx |
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Post by louisec on Oct 25, 2007 13:26:17 GMT
Hi Gem, as long as you can demonstrate that you are aware that some children will need sleep, personally I dont really get the kids to be that quite, just tone the noise down abit and be aware that there is a sleeping child...at the minute I have a 2 1/2 year old sleeping in my dining room and my other mindee and my daughter are having a disco dance, Lucy my eldest is vacuuming her room upstairs.....If ofsted question it, I will just say that this level of activity doesnt effect my sleeping child and if it did I would take steps to accomodate the child differently......Ive always found that if a child is used to the noise they are rarely affected xx
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Post by rubybubbles on Oct 25, 2007 15:03:49 GMT
no help as they sleep upstairs!! good to see how it would work though
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Post by snowqueen on Oct 28, 2007 19:41:29 GMT
i too have not registered upstairs, the two babies sleep in there pushchairs i put them in a separate room, one child is a light sleeper, but only sleeps for 15 mins, if im lucky...lol the other child sleeps through the noise. I just give activities to the other children in the other room, like reading or tv time, which helps a lot. Dont worry too much about the sleeping arrangements, most babies and toddlers sleep anywhere especially in the pushchairs if they are used to that.  I hope this helps and is good advice for you..im new and learning myself All trial and error |
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