Daycare transition to Toddler at 12 months
My Son just turned one on Monday and his daycare was trying to transition him to the toddler room. He still doesn’t walk, drink from a sippy cup. His naps are everywhere and I just don’t feel like he is ready. Does anyone know what is the average age they transition to the toddler room. I was told when they walk and drink regular milk. I don’t want him to have a hard time transitioning especially since he was born at 35 weeks. Any advice would be appreciated.
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I work in an infant/toddler transition room. We begin the transition at 12 months. But it’s a transition for a reason. They only visit our room. Spend the morning, then go back to the baby room, swing outside with us, then have lunch in the baby room, etc. they don’t actually join our room all day until they walk. We still offer bottles if that’s what they are still taking, but we give them sippy cups of water as well to practice. The teachers in the toddler room should be helping them learn these things.
My daycare started the transition at 11 months and basically forced the 1 scheduled nap. It was rougher on me than him.
They typically transition to toddlers at 12 months, however if your child’s not walking or if their development isn’t close to where the other toddlers are and your son’s not ready to transition to their routine, then they shouldn’t move him. As a parent you have the right to voice your concerns and request to have them wait a little longer. You can also have them gradually transition, such as by having him visit the toddler room a few times a week so he can slowly adjust, and then you’ll have to work on slowly changing his routine (scheduled nap times, transition to sippy cup, etc) until he’s ready.
I used to work at a daycare, and we usually accommodated the parents concerns and child’s needs when it came to transitioning them. Most daycares will try to rush the transition process especially for infants because their tuition is more expensive, so they want to have more spots open up sooner for families on waitlist
My son’s daycare won’t transition him until the summer since they like to keep them there for the “school year”. They have been feeding him the lunches & snacks that the school provides and giving him water. He’s about to start walking and on the weekends, I’ve been doing his nap time the same time the daycare does the one year olds as they provided me with the schedule.
Thank you everyone! I’m definitely going to keep the daycare schedule for naps to help with his transition. I just felt like he was being pushed out the second he turned 12 months. He is definitely not ready and I learned a lot of tips. Thanks.
they need to be walking i used to work in daycare talk to the director and ask to wait a couple weeks or an extra month. the thing is they want them with kids their own age bc if they see sometimes they do. that’s not the case with all kids though
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