Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Daycare Woes
Andrew started day care yesterday, and it was a disaster. Lynn was quite anxious about leaving her constant companion of the past 3 months (or year, arguably) with almost perfect strangers, no matter how well-recommended the place and teacher are. The drop-off seemed to go alright, but when Lynn went to pick him up the teacher had just started a bottle. If Lynn were late, that would be understandable, but when the Mommy is on time, there is no reason to start a bottle right before. That did not help Lynn's anxiety. Then when we got a chance to look at the daily report, we noticed that he had only gotten 3 bottles for the day: 10am, 3pm, and 5pm. Note the 5 hour gap in the middle. Perhaps needless to say, Andrew was nearly insatiable last night and ate more frequently than ever (and cried more than ever too). All in all, a horrible start to the day care experience. We are hoping that today will be better.
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Oh no!! I feel your pain.... It does take a little while for everything to run smoothly at daycare (if ever...). I had a GREAT baby teacher and there were still hiccups. Babies always eat and sleep different at daycare, not like they do at home. You have to give the teachers and little Andrew a little time to figure out their "daycare schedule". Be sure to speak up though and make sure that you are heard! Parents do know best!
Thanks for the encouraging words! They appear to be short staffed/jumping around rooms on Mondays as 2 wks in a row that has been the worst day. I met the other mommy Tuesday and that made me feel better too. There are only 2 boys full time in his room, which means they either move them over to the more full room or pull two more kids into their room each day. It's hard to have consistent care sometimes with so much switching.
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