Infant Sleep Schedule at Licensed Daycare in Regina SK | Daisy Days Guide

When parents enroll their infant in licensed daycare in Saskatchewan, sleep is often one of their biggest concerns. How will the daycare manage naps? What are the safe sleep rules? Will daycare disrupt our home sleep schedule? At Daisy Days Daycare in Regina SK, infant sleep is treated with individualized care and rigorous safety practices. Here’s what you need to know.

How Daisy Days Daycare Manages Infant Sleep

Infants at Daisy Days Daycare do not follow a group nap schedule. Instead, each infant follows their own individualized sleep schedule based on their developmental age and personal sleep-wake cycle. Our 1:3 educator-to-infant ratio makes this individualized approach possible — each educator knows each infant’s sleep cues, settling needs, and expected sleep patterns.

Safe Sleep Practices at Daisy Days Daycare

Daisy Days Daycare follows the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep guidelines for all infants in our care. This means every sleeping infant at Daisy Days Daycare is placed:

• On their back for all sleep periods (never on their side or front, even for infants who roll at home)
• In their own individual safe sleep space — crib or designated infant rest area meeting current safety standards
• On a firm, flat mattress with a fitted sheet
• Alone — no bed-sharing with other infants or adults
• Without loose items — no loose blankets, pillows, positioners, head supports, crib bumpers, or toys in the sleep space

If your family uses a sleep sack or swaddle at home, bring a labelled one to daycare — these are permitted and supported in licensed Saskatchewan infant care.

What to Tell Your Daisy Days Daycare Educators About Your Infant’s Sleep

At enrollment, share your infant’s current home sleep information with our ECE team:

• Typical sleep times and duration of naps at home
• Settling methods that work at home (patting, shushing, specific positioning)
• Any specific settling tools used (sleep sack, specific toy attached to crib — note: separate toys cannot go INTO the sleep space per safe sleep guidelines)
• How your infant signals sleepiness (eye rubbing, fussing, loss of focus)
• Whether your infant falls asleep independently or needs assistance

This information helps our educators support your infant’s sleep as closely as possible to their home experience — reducing sleep disruption during the adjustment period.

What to Expect for Infant Sleep During the Adjustment Period

Most infants experience some sleep disruption in the first 2-6 weeks of licensed daycare. This is normal and temporary. Common patterns:

• Shorter or fewer naps at daycare than at home (due to stimulation and novelty of the environment)
• Increased tiredness and earlier bedtime at home during the adjustment period
• More frequent night waking for some infants as they process the new experiences of the day

These patterns typically normalize within 4-8 weeks as infants settle into the daycare routine and bond with their primary educators.

→ Infant care at Daisy Days Daycare — what to expect
→ Nap and rest time policy at Daisy Days Daycare

Contact Daisy Days Daycare to discuss your infant’s sleep schedule.
306-807-3233 | info@daisydaysdaycare.com | 2007 Potts Crescent East, Regina SK S4V 2E5