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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Oct 15, 2009 6:42 PM
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Hello,
it sounds like you and your baby are having a tuff time getting into the whole daycare routine. i think i can offer some advice. i own "Anna's Daycare" a home daycare bussiness in albuquerque nm. are you a resident of albuquerque nm? if you are i would be interested in talking to you more. i currently have an infant opening. i have had many children switch from a daycare center, where they were sick alot of the time, to my home daycare setting. the benefit of a home daycare is there is less germs and the child can bond with one care giver as opposed to several care givers. if you are interested, i would love to talk to you more.
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Feb 22, 2008 8:05 AM
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I need to know how to feel comfortable with leaving my son at daycare. I have a 3 month old and he will be starting daycare in one week. I have spent a couple days sitting in at the center and I do not know what is supposed to or not happen. Someof the babies were walking around with runny noses and it worries me that they share the toys after being in another childs mouth. Is it okay for me to ask them not to allow my children to play with the daycare's toys and only the ones I bring in? Or will that effect my sons intercation with the other kids? Any adive would be appreciated! I know they have 4-1 ratio but that is a lot for babies, and I have seen that they ( not that anyone could) watch all for at once. Yesterday, a little girl took the hearing aid of another baby and was chewing on it. Should I look for another center?
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 29, 2007 5:20 PM
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Pull your child immediately. Don't ever second guess your mommy instincts.
Good luck
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Beth & John, Ontario
Baby Boy due Jan 15th 2006
*arrived Jan 16th 2006 @ 3:50pm*
36 hours of labour and then a C section.
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 29, 2007 1:46 PM
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I worked at a daycare once and that is exactly why I will never send my daughter to one! I ended up quitting after only about 6 months working there. The caregivers were not necessarily hurting the children but it seemed to me like a lot of them were being neglected. I know it is hard to watch that many kids at once but they would let them cry for a long time or feed them things their parents didn't even send for them to eat. This one lady was always feeding this 6 month old boy regular oatmeal when his parents sent him the baby kind. I never understood why she didn't just give him what they sent. Then there was another lady who was always yelling at the kids. She was the assistant director too! I'd say that you should switch him to a different daycare. If you do not feel comfortable its not worth risking his life leaving him with those people! Also I would drop by as much as possible without telling them you are going to ahead of time. That way if they are continuing to do things like that you will catch them at it!
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Kelly (27) Kevin (30) Gabrielle Adeline 03/24/07 EDD for Baby #2 06/04/08 It's a Girl!
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 26, 2007 11:52 AM
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First of all - I'm sorry this is happening - i can understand you level of concern. I just wanted to say that what you are experiencing should NOT be the norm and i think you should follow your gut instinct.
My son has been at the same school/daycare since he was 10 months old. He has received excellent care and any concerns I had I felt comfortable speaking up to get my questions answered.
I would say only you know what the best answer is, but after the amount of food they fed your child, I would have serious concerns about their ability/understanding of child care. If you think talking up would be effective, do it - if you think you need to pull him, do it. Talk to other working moms who are happy with their daycare arrangements. I know I belong to a playgroup and we keep each other well updated on our daycare situations!
I hope things get better - what you are experiencing is NOT the norm for daycare - follow your gut instinct.
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 25, 2007 2:54 PM
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Ava's currently in a home daycare with only one other baby in this woman's care. She takes Ava and the other baby to a drop-in every tuesday and thursday and Ava always seems to be in a good mood when I pick her up and I can't think of her ever being sick in this woman's care. I think Ava and the babysitter get to bond more as well because it's only Ava and one other baby.
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Danielle (20)
Ava Joan -> Born August 30th
@ 3:01am
8lbs 1 oz
=)
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Re: Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 21, 2007 4:04 AM
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I had a bad experience with Rob in daycare and I will never put Daniel in daycare because of it. Hope everything works out sweetie.
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Help! I need day care advice!
Nov 20, 2007 8:43 AM
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Hi,
My son is 6 1/2 months old and he has been in day care since Sept 1. I started him out in Kindercare and was not happy with their sanitization policies. He was there for 2 months and he was sick the whole time! After those 2 months I switched him into Holy Spirit Episcopal School, a private day care and school. They are extremely clean and their infant 2 adult ratio is lower. I thought that I would love them. It was difficult to get him in in the first place, they tried to ignore me because I am a single mom and not their normal clientel. I refused to give up and they let my son in. He had a hard transition since he was already used to the people at Kindercare, and he was stressed for the first couple of weeks. Now, we have already had several incidences, and it has only been a month. First, I came in after leaving him all day and they informed me that he had cried inconsolably ALL DAY! I had not received a phone call and I was very upset. I went to the Director and she assured me that the woman who had told me that was exaggerating and he was fine. I was still extremely uneasy. Why would she exaggerate and make me worry? Then, a few days later, my mom went in to pick him up and found him in a bouncer in a back corner between two cribs alone and wide awake, where they could not even see him and he couldn't see what was going on. They told her that he had been asleep and they had moved him out of the way... I was upset that they weren't even making sure that he was still okay. Then yesterday I went in and he was in his crib SCREAMING! They were not even attempting to go to him and calm him. When I walked into the room, both women there looked really surprised and started stuttering that he had just woken up and they were going over right then. My son has NEVER woken up crying, and he has to be left in his crib for a long time before he resorts to screaming like he was. Then she tells me that she fed him 12 ounces of formula, a whole bottle of juice, 2 servings of cereal, and 2 jars of baby food "because he was still acting hungry" I couldn't believe it. He is only 6 months and he cannot handle all that. Indeed, right after I picked him up he started throwing up, and kept on for the rest of the afternoon. There have been several other smaller instances, and I don't know what to do. He is in his stranger anxiety phase, and I am afraid it will do more harm than good to move him. I do not like this day care, and I think they are treating my son and I different because I am a single mother. His basic needs are met, and he does seem calmer most of the time when I pick him up. Anyone who has suggestions or advice, please help!!! I don't know what to do!!!!
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