All the daycares for toddler I am looking at have waiting lists

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Anonymous wrote:I'd avoid most home child care centers in VA. There were 9 deaths at unregulated daycares last year. For small home daycares there is no regulation. The stories are horrific.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/nine-va-children-died-in-unregulated-day-care-in-2014-the-deadliest-year-in-a-decade/2014/12/30/bf302040-8161-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7_story.html

I avoid in home providers for similar reasons. While i'm sure many are loving and follow all regulations if liscensed, my siblings and I were all abused in a NOVA in home daycare and our parents simply refused to see the signs and simply thought we were telling stories or misunderstanding what happened. I however have vivid memories of our time there and would never put my children in that situation.

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^ Fuck the rude naysayers.

Expand your search area. Consider putting your LO in a daycare a little further away intil a spot opens up at the one you want. I live in the Dulles area and have never ever heard of center daycares being full. I admit it happened once but it didn't phase me at all. I just found another year-round facility daycare. It's so easy here. They're always accepting 1 year olds, 2 year olds, etc. on a part time or full-time full day basis. My kids go to a nice daycare and it was easy getting in. And I see new facility daycares popping up all over the place, no joke.

Don't forget to check the social services website for daycare violations in VA daycares, if you go that route. And don't do home daycares if you don't feel good about it. You have a choice in childcare. We all do. I had the same reservations about home daycare vs center daycare and I've never looked back.

Good luck to you mama! Ignore the meanies here. Do what's best for you and that beautiful baby.

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No home daycares! I am a SAHM and I see the home daycare kids play at the same park my daughter plays at and the daycare providers look mean, tired, and cold. There are no smiles, nothing. The kids are all mixed in ages, playing on playground equipment meant for older kids, the little ones get trampled on, and no one cares! I saw a young toddler walk into the path of older kids swinging and get hit. The daycare providers took their time getting to the poor kid, walked slow as hell to pick the crying child up, took his shirt off, trying to calm him down, completely emotionless. Some of the kids don't wanna be there and are dragged to the park, literally. It's a sad scene. The older kids seem fine but then again, they are all over the place and no one is supervising them like they should because it's a huge public playground / park. All I know is I would never ever put my daughter in a home daycare, no way. So I understand where you're coming from on that. I know they are not all like that but what I see on a frequent basis at the playgrounf is enough for me to want to seek something better.

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Anonymous wrote:No home daycares! I am a SAHM and I see the home daycare kids play at the same park my daughter plays at and the daycare providers look mean, tired, and cold. There are no smiles, nothing. The kids are all mixed in ages, playing on playground equipment meant for older kids, the little ones get trampled on, and no one cares! I saw a young toddler walk into the path of older kids swinging and get hit. The daycare providers took their time getting to the poor kid, walked slow as hell to pick the crying child up, took his shirt off, trying to calm him down, completely emotionless. Some of the kids don't wanna be there and are dragged to the park, literally. It's a sad scene. The older kids seem fine but then again, they are all over the place and no one is supervising them like they should because it's a huge public playground / park. All I know is I would never ever put my daughter in a home daycare, no way. So I understand where you're coming from on that. I know they are not all like that but what I see on a frequent basis at the playgrounf is enough for me to want to seek something better.

Typical SAHM, think you're better than everyone else. You're making this shit up.

[Anonymous]

Bar-T Reston opened up about a year ago but are still under the radar. Both of my children attend and we love it -- I would highly recommend them. They're located on Sunset Hills near Reston Town Center.

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There are just as many nanny abuse stories as there are home day care stories. Ignore the people who are trying to make this harder on you. It's okay to use a home daycare and go back to work. Thousands of kids do it everyday.

I had some luck researching daycares on carelulu.com. I'm in the same boat. There will be a 7 month gap between the end of my maternity leave and the next opening at daycare. You tour them, pick the best one you can afford, and hope it works out.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No home daycares! I am a SAHM and I see the home daycare kids play at the same park my daughter plays at and the daycare providers look mean, tired, and cold. There are no smiles, nothing. The kids are all mixed in ages, playing on playground equipment meant for older kids, the little ones get trampled on, and no one cares! I saw a young toddler walk into the path of older kids swinging and get hit. The daycare providers took their time getting to the poor kid, walked slow as hell to pick the crying child up, took his shirt off, trying to calm him down, completely emotionless. Some of the kids don't wanna be there and are dragged to the park, literally. It's a sad scene. The older kids seem fine but then again, they are all over the place and no one is supervising them like they should because it's a huge public playground / park. All I know is I would never ever put my daughter in a home daycare, no way. So I understand where you're coming from on that. I know they are not all like that but what I see on a frequent basis at the playgrounf is enough for me to want to seek something better.

Typical SAHM, think you're better than everyone else. You're making this shit up.

This is so sad and hopefully not true. I am a home daycare provider and treat the kids i take care with love and protectiveness as if they are my own. That said, I don't always end the week with so much energy - by the end of hour 50 + of one-on-six with other people's toddlers I am not at my best. Yes the kids are safe and loved always, but just like a mom of many kids I never get a break so it does take a toll.
My advice to a parent looking at home daycare options is to choose one that is not open more than 10 hours a day, has a second adult present at least the majority of the time, has a ratio of not more than 4 kids to 1 adult, has closed days THAT YOU PAY F

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Sorry not finished ^
Paid days off for the provider, scheduled regularly and a limited age range of kids. That is, no after school kids with young toddlers.