ls7878 Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 I am not sure if I am in the right forum. I really need some advice about how to choose day care. My baby girl is 11 month +. I need to go back to work so I am thinking to send her to a day care. She is really shy. Whenever I brought her to government's communicate center. She always need more time to get familiar with the new place. She observe every body in the room and I can tell she is scared of new place, new people but she is also curious about other kids too. I feel she is willing to play with other baby just she is scared of the new situation as we have really small family and do not have family here. So I guess she does not have experiences of meeting new people. Any advice for me to choose a day care for my shy baby? Should be a big or small day care suit her characters at first? There are two kind of day care one is government registered and the other one is non-registered. Is that matter? And I heard some day care does not change diaper regularly to cause diaper rash and all kinds of problems. .any suggestion on how to find a good day care for baby... Thanks in advance for any inputs. I am a new mum and I appreciate your help. Thank you!
hopelessemma Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 You need to tour daycares and find ones that you like. They can look GREAT on paper, but once you step inside and have a look around you may not like it. I found my dream daycare online, but when I went and viewed it I realized it was not what I wanted. Make sure you go during business hours when the kids are there, you need to see how the kids are (happy, ignored, crying, etc.). If you feel uneasy with it, then it's not the right place for you. There are some things you need to consider... -They need to have an open door policy. If they don't want you to just drop in at anytime, there is a reason for that. -They must follow the state/provincial regulations (that means changing the diaper every 2 hours, or when dirty and at certain scheduled times like before a nap; wearing gloves for each change). -What is the child/adult ratio? This is most likely regulated and make sure they follow it. -Make sure they have a sick kid policy. It might suck when it's your kid that's sick, but you don't want her bringing home everything. She will get sick more often, but that's okay. Then you have to decide if there are other things that are important to you, such as vaccinations, turn-over rate, males or females, age groups, types of play, punishment/discipline, what they do. I toured about 10 daycares, all looked great on paper. I ended up going on the wait list for 2. The others just were not right for us. These are the reasons I choose the two that I did, and I will have a hard time deciding between them if I have to. -Complete open door policy, we can come anytime -They have cameras in the rooms that live stream online (password protected) so I can see what he's doing -Meals and snacks are provided, healthy, fresh ingredients. -Lots of different toys available, outdoor playground and indoor gym. -Strict sick kid policy -Vaccinations are not required but if there is an outbreak the unvaccinated kids cannot go. -Scheduled days so I know that there is a variety of things happening -No TV's (they actually engage with the kids) -No time outs, etc. Age appropriate discipline -Friendly staff, clean building. -Kids are separated in age appropriate groups (Montessori schools do not do this as part of their curriculum) -1:5 adult/child ratio -They give daily updates on what the child did, if they were bad or good, what they are learning, new skills and how potty training went (if they are ready). -She can stay there until she is 12 years old, and can even do level 1 and 2 of kindergarden there. Important things to add.... -Daycares (at least in my area) fill up very fast. -If you will be applying for subsidized daycare, not all daycares except subsidy. -Choose a daycare that will let you come in and stay for a couple days. When we put my daughter in daycare I am able to go for a few days and stay and play with her there. So she gets use to the space, other kids and other adults before I leave her there alone. Deciding between a home-based child care and facility is a personal choice. I choice to only look at government regulated daycares, which all happened to be facilities.
Author ls7878 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Posted February 16, 2016 You need to tour daycares and find ones that you like. They can look GREAT on paper, but once you step inside and have a look around you may not like it. I found my dream daycare online, but when I went and viewed it I realized it was not what I wanted. Make sure you go during business hours when the kids are there, you need to see how the kids are (happy, ignored, crying, etc.). If you feel uneasy with it, then it's not the right place for you. There are some things you need to consider... -They need to have an open door policy. If they don't want you to just drop in at anytime, there is a reason for that. -They must follow the state/provincial regulations (that means changing the diaper every 2 hours, or when dirty and at certain scheduled times like before a nap; wearing gloves for each change). -What is the child/adult ratio? This is most likely regulated and make sure they follow it. -Make sure they have a sick kid policy. It might suck when it's your kid that's sick, but you don't want her bringing home everything. She will get sick more often, but that's okay. Then you have to decide if there are other things that are important to you, such as vaccinations, turn-over rate, males or females, age groups, types of play, punishment/discipline, what they do. I toured about 10 daycares, all looked great on paper. I ended up going on the wait list for 2. The others just were not right for us. These are the reasons I choose the two that I did, and I will have a hard time deciding between them if I have to. -Complete open door policy, we can come anytime -They have cameras in the rooms that live stream online (password protected) so I can see what he's doing -Meals and snacks are provided, healthy, fresh ingredients. -Lots of different toys available, outdoor playground and indoor gym. -Strict sick kid policy -Vaccinations are not required but if there is an outbreak the unvaccinated kids cannot go. -Scheduled days so I know that there is a variety of things happening -No TV's (they actually engage with the kids) -No time outs, etc. Age appropriate discipline -Friendly staff, clean building. -Kids are separated in age appropriate groups (Montessori schools do not do this as part of their curriculum) -1:5 adult/child ratio -They give daily updates on what the child did, if they were bad or good, what they are learning, new skills and how potty training went (if they are ready). -She can stay there until she is 12 years old, and can even do level 1 and 2 of kindergarden there. Important things to add.... -Daycares (at least in my area) fill up very fast. -If you will be applying for subsidized daycare, not all daycares except subsidy. -Choose a daycare that will let you come in and stay for a couple days. When we put my daughter in daycare I am able to go for a few days and stay and play with her there. So she gets use to the space, other kids and other adults before I leave her there alone. Deciding between a home-based child care and facility is a personal choice. I choice to only look at government regulated daycares, which all happened to be facilities. Thank you so much for your reply!! It is really useful!! Hope I will find a good day care for my shy baby ) thank you so much!!
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