FTM daycare tour... should I stay away?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be NO swings or bouncers in daycares. Period.

These contraptions are creating container baby syndrome. They delay healthy development.

"Container baby syndrome"? You totally made that up. Plus, millions of Gen xers are from the swing blinder generation and are now leading the world. Your post is totally unhinged.

It’s really somewhere in the middle. Excessive time in these containers isn’t great, but a little time is fine. It seems very fussy to me to expect a daycare not to use them at all (not for sleep though!) when they will definitely have infants and children outnumber caregivers. Safety is important but you can’t make their jobs impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our day care didn’t even have swings or bouncers.

This is the correct answer.

My older DD is almost 10. She used to nap in the swing at home and loved going in the bouncer at daycare (but didn’t nap there). I was surprised when she was 2.5 and we moved from DC to CA not to see swings or bouncers in any of our preferred daycares. When I asked about it, it turns out it’s not allowed in CA. With our second, who hated swings, it was a non-issue anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be NO swings or bouncers in daycares. Period.

These contraptions are creating container baby syndrome. They delay healthy development.

"Container baby syndrome"? You totally made that up. Plus, millions of Gen xers are from the swing blinder generation and are now leading the world. Your post is totally unhinged.

Nope, this is a thing. Plagiocephaly (flat head) is a huge issue with babies kept in containers too long. My friend who mothers by keeping her babies constantly in swings and car seats had this with all her kids. Spent a fortune on helmets when she just needed to get them out of their container.

Np.

[Anonymous]

This is just me but I wouldn't care, as long as they are in the same room with the providers and being supervised. I let my baby sleep in a bouncer regularly (and she slept fine in the crib, too -- I just followed the "never wake a sleeping baby" maxim). I was always within sight and nothing ever happened. I wouldn't worry about the container baby thing either. That is overblown IMO

[Anonymous]

My 3 kids all slept in swings and bouncers. Perfectly fine for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3 kids all slept in swings and bouncers. Perfectly fine for us.

A lot of survivor’s bias in this thread.

[Anonymous]

I would be ok with it. I wouldn’t want my baby in a swing or bouncer fit more than a few minutes while awake. Sleeping is fine with me.

[Anonymous]

This would be a no for me.