To switch or not to switch daycare?
i havent read the responses yet.. so what im going to say has prob been said.. switch her!!! if you are questioning the way they are handling anything with your child.. run!.. 4 months in baby land is a very very long time... think about how long it seems just for you.. i think leaving her where she is will cause more trauma in the long run....i think deep down you know what you need to do!.. good luck
I don't know you but when I saw this post I had to reply:) I used to work at a daycare center for 6years and it looks like you've already made up your mind to move her because that's what is best for your family and I think that's wonderful.
Even tho I worked at a daycare center for so long, i would never send my child to one unless i had no other choice - not because children are not competely unsafe, but more because when you have one or two adults to say 7-14 toddlers; the children DO NOT get the care and attention that they really really need. The result? Bitting and hitting and etc etc...
They get fed, changed, napped, etc - but one on one time that toddlers truely need at that age (and well at any age, they just can't.) It's not possiable.
And that's why I quit. I couldn't handle it. It would break my heart to see how much the children needed and that I couldn't give it to them. Also, I used to work with people that were NOT HONEST with the parents about things that would happen - like your sitaution... and i truely think that is just WRONG.
I opened my own in-home daycare and I loved it. I had a small group of children that I was able to give one on one attention too and was able to meet the needs of EACH child EVERY day , while at the same time maintaining a schdule that made things run smoothly.
Someday I hope to go back to doing it. I had to close once I was put on bedrest with my son... we want to have another child in a few months so maybe in a year or so... we will see.. anyway.. I just wanted to say that I'm so glad you moved her.
Daycare meets the needs of some children and there families, but not most. Not really. I think parents just fool themselves into thinking so, because they don't feel they have any other choice - or they feel that children MUST be with a LARGE group of children to gain the skills to grow. IMHO - this is not true. There are many other choices and many other ways of doing things.
Even tho I worked at a daycare center for so long, i would never send my child to one unless i had no other choice - not because children are not competely unsafe, but more because when you have one or two adults to say 7-14 toddlers; the children DO NOT get the care and attention that they really really need. The result? Bitting and hitting and etc etc...
They get fed, changed, napped, etc - but one on one time that toddlers truely need at that age (and well at any age, they just can't.) It's not possiable.
And that's why I quit. I couldn't handle it. It would break my heart to see how much the children needed and that I couldn't give it to them. Also, I used to work with people that were NOT HONEST with the parents about things that would happen - like your sitaution... and i truely think that is just WRONG.
I opened my own in-home daycare and I loved it. I had a small group of children that I was able to give one on one attention too and was able to meet the needs of EACH child EVERY day , while at the same time maintaining a schdule that made things run smoothly.
Someday I hope to go back to doing it. I had to close once I was put on bedrest with my son... we want to have another child in a few months so maybe in a year or so... we will see.. anyway.. I just wanted to say that I'm so glad you moved her.
Daycare meets the needs of some children and there families, but not most. Not really. I think parents just fool themselves into thinking so, because they don't feel they have any other choice - or they feel that children MUST be with a LARGE group of children to gain the skills to grow. IMHO - this is not true. There are many other choices and many other ways of doing things.
Thank you very much for your input. I knew in my gut what I had to do, I just wish I had done it sooner. Once I am home with this baby, who is due in late June, I will stay home and be with the girls til they are in school. When I am ready, my older girl will go to preschool part time, because I think its vital for socialization and such, but you are totally right, and I really apprecaite your honesty. Thanks!
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