Nap Mats

I bought my oldest son's napmat when he started MDO when he was two and we are still using it today! I anticipate we will like wise use it for my younger son! I bought a really nice Swankie Blankie Napmat that is soft and comfy and easy to wash! There are some really cute ones online that you can even personalize...same thing with backpacks and lunch boxes! I have ordered from a few places online with great luck! PM me if you want links to websites...it makes it SO easy to distinguish whose lunch box is whose! I hope that you enjoy MDO as much as I do!

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My son uses one of the cute ones with the blanket and pillow attached. We have several friends who use the same brand for their 2 year olds too. They all love them. www.mynappak.com Your local rep might be able to get you a better price that the one quoted on the web site + you won't have to pay shipping.

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You may want to check with the MDO location because many of them require that you use the "plain jane" ones. If that is what they require, then you can get them at Mardel. I would just check with the MDO that you are using and see if they have a preference on what you use.

The ones that have fabric are so much nicer to sleep on. I got one as a baby shower present and my daughter loves it. You can buy them at Salutations off of Hulen.

Even if you use the cutsie ones, you still need the plastic kind for them to lie on. Both my son's MDO's used the plastics ones which are a lot cheaper. They run about $7 at Mardel's (they carry them year round). I just send my son to school with a clean blanket and he lies on the mat and they put the blanket on top.

I think the pain with the cutsie kind is you'd have to wash it all the time. With the blankets, one can be in the wash. They keep his plastic one at school. There was a lice outbreak at his school and they had us bring fresh blankets every time. They were able to disinfect the plastic mats no problem but we had to keep bringing new blankets.

www.lillianvernon.com They have tons of neat stuff for school including nap mats