Toddler Room

On Monday, Ally officially moved up to the toddler room at her day care. She has been spending time visiting in the room for about a month and she has always loved it. The staff was very confident that she was more than ready to be there full time at 15 months, which is about the time they try to transition babies that can walk and feed themselves. Last week Ally spent about half her days there and tried napping a few times to get used to it. The sleeping and eating are my main concerns because now she will be on a cot rather than in a crib and sitting in a chair rather than in a contained seat in a table.

The toddler room includes up to 15 kids ages 15-22/24 months. It offers a more structured day where they have circle time, daily art or science related projects, story time, and begin to learn alphabet sounds with zoo phonics. Already she has done a fish painting and a monkey drawing this week. When she is ready they will also offer potty training support. She will also begin to spend time outside when the weather improves.

So far she has done very well during the day. Nap times have gone better than expected as she has stayed on her cot but not really slept for that long. She has shown her unhappiness for nap time but is at least laying down and staying fairly quiet if she isn't sleeping. It usually takes just a few days and the kids give in to the peer pressure and deal with it so she will learn. At least she isn't running around like a crazy child. She really loves all the big toys and isn't afraid of anything. There are some other younger kids that hide in the corner but not Ally- she runs with the big kids and is content to play in a group or by herself. The staff is very impressed with her development and we are so happy she is so easy going and adapts easily.