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I`m sending my child to DayCare. Am I "giving up?"
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biteme said:
Yes we went in without having an appointment. Everything SEEMS fine. There`s no way in telling these things from the start. You gotta use your judgement at first. We had an hour long interview with them and seems good to go.
Matt, I guess you`re right and I`m willing to pay the money but it was more than the others that were available. I think after 3 years of age, the price goes down a little. yay. lol Just under $800/month... and I got abut 4 payments on my truck at $780/month that I was itching to get rid of. lol It NEVER ends. HA HA
I may have to get ....the dreaded word.... a...."job".
Children NEED social interaction. My niece is taken care of at home, NO interaction with other adults OR children. She is scared of everything...won't play with much at the park because she is so sheltered...freaks out when mom or dad leaves the room. Limiting interactions with others really inhibits a childs learning....emotionally, cognitively, intellectually, physically...everything.
I think the idea of daycare (well-researched) a couple hours a day or couple days a week is good. Even something as simple as 2 hours a day 2-3 days a week is GOOD. The more she is exposed to, the better. nvrbuff has some goos ideas/questions to ask.
I think the idea of daycare (well-researched) a couple hours a day or couple days a week is good. Even something as simple as 2 hours a day 2-3 days a week is GOOD. The more she is exposed to, the better. nvrbuff has some goos ideas/questions to ask.
Buddy_Christ
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giving up? it doesn't sound like it. if the purpose of putting her in daycare was so you could run around all day and have a good time, then yes, i'd say you were giving up. sometimes it's hard to get things done with kids running around. since you don't have the dreaded 'J" word, maybe just put your daughter in part time instead of full time, maybe 2 or 3 days a week.
this can be hard the first few times. my son went through this for a while. one day they told me that within 2 minutes after we walk out the door, he would be running around playing and having a good time. now he loves being in daycare. the interaction has been good for him because we don't know too many people with children near his age that he can play with.
that'd suck!
i lost my job last January, but i started school full time in September. between losing my job and starting school, my son stayed home with me. he's happy to be back in "school" as he calls it, and so am I.
i'm glad i live where i do....$17/day for my son, and meals are provided.
hmmm, just saw a "C" in the list of names you didn't want to reply......
nvrbuffenuff_girl said:
this can be hard the first few times. my son went through this for a while. one day they told me that within 2 minutes after we walk out the door, he would be running around playing and having a good time. now he loves being in daycare. the interaction has been good for him because we don't know too many people with children near his age that he can play with.
gonelifting said:
that'd suck!
i lost my job last January, but i started school full time in September. between losing my job and starting school, my son stayed home with me. he's happy to be back in "school" as he calls it, and so am I.i'm glad i live where i do....$17/day for my son, and meals are provided.
hmmm, just saw a "C" in the list of names you didn't want to reply......
nvrbuffenuff_girl
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gonelifting said:
Their ratio is 6:1 for all ages? Woah! Assuming they take infants 6 weeks and up, that's scary! Obviously your child would not be affected by this if they do hold a ratio of 6:1 for all ages. But it does say something about that center. NO WAY IN HELL CAN ANY PROFESSIONAL QUALIFIED, TRAINED INDIVIDUAL CARE FOR THE NEEDS OF SIX INFANTS. If I had a child knowing that this center held this ratio even for an age group that didn't immediately concern me would be a big no no.
That's great! Do they allow children to watch television? What's their daily schedule? This should be posted but it should be noted that it's not a set in stone type of schedule.
That's about average for your child's age group. Center I refer the families to average $200+ for toddlers. Some of these are even subsidied centers. Price really shouldn't be on the top of your list though. More importantly is the overall quality of the center you will be sending your most precious commodity!
Sending her part-time at first is a great decision! That way she won't be completely overwhelmed with the change of being around you all day and now being with other children and adults experiencing new, exciting things.
Other things you may want to look into:
- Is the center accredited?
N.A.E.Y.C. is the most common national accreditation and the BEST centers are accredited. It's extremely difficult to acheive N.A.E.Y.C. accredidation. It's a long, long process. Centers that are N.A.E.Y.C. accredited hold higher standards than just any child care facility. You can go to www.naeyc.org and do a search for accredited centers in your area.
There are other accreditations as well. If this center is associated with the church in that it is considered a church childcare facility they may hold some type of church childcare accredidation. I'm not too familiar with church based accredidations. Some of them are pure garbage though. I once reviewed a Lutheran church childcare accredidation program, it focused more on church junk (no offense to Lutheran or any religious person) than it did on the actual children's wellbeing.
- What condition are their toys and equipment in? Do they have one of every toy or do they have two or more of each toy? You shouldn't expect them to have three pianos in a room, or ten art easels but it is very important that they have at least two of the same toys in almost every area. You may think its silly but this is really quite important. Having more than one of each type of toy eliminates having Johnny biting Susie because she had the toy he wanted and he was sick of waiting for her to finish playing with it. Insuring that they provide plenty of the same type of toy makes your child safer. I'm sure you don't want to go pick up your child and hear that Johnny bit them today breaking your child's skin because they were fighting over a toy.
- The room should be set up like a store, so that you can't walk in one door and walk straight through to the back of the room without having to go through a "maze". There should be a quiet area (reading area) far away from the loud, noisy area (usually where housekeeping centers or block building centers are), there should also be a seperate area for wet activities (art and crafts) and a dry area (such things as manipulatives). But, at the same time you don't want to see a cluttery room.
- Each child should have their own space for personal belongings. A cubby with their name is most commonly used for this. Sometimes if your child only attends part-time say M-W-F and Johnny attends part-time T-R they will share a cubby but their articles will never be in the cubby at the same time.
I'll probably think of more stuff later but that's it for now.
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nvrbuffenuff_girl
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gonelifting said:
No way of telling??????? There are MANY resources available to the public to find out if this center is actually as fine as it seems to you.
If you don't want to do the leg work I'll even offer to do it for you. PM me the center's name, your city and state and I will get you all sorts of info. tomorrow when I'm at work.
I'm positive the last thing you want to do is send your most precious commodity to a place that just seems fine. You want to be positive that it IS infact fine!
nvrbuffenuff_girl
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BTW, here is a list of all NAEYC accredited centers in NJ. (I think that's where you have said you reside.)
http://www.naeyc.org/accreditation/search/state.asp?state=NJ
http://www.naeyc.org/accreditation/search/state.asp?state=NJ
Warpath said:
What kind of infections are you talking about?
What is going to happen when they go to school? Same thing. Every year, children are exposed to new people and new germs.
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