Drop Off Cut Off of 1130 am?

[Anonymous]

I’m a new parent, we just started daycare two weeks ago. The handbook noted that drop offs had to be done by 11:30 am. I honestly just skipped over that because I assumed it had more to do with the preschool classes with curriculum, etc. But last week a teacher in the infant room reminded me of it when I said we would be late the next day due to a doctor appointment. I was kind of shocked. We pay full time for the care. Why would we not be able to drop off our infant after 1130? Last week we were sweating it with a 9:30 am doc appointment with the delays from walk ins, etc. Is this normal? I really don’t want to push back so early into our time with this daycare but huh?

[Anonymous]

Why? You will have to ask your daycare.

I have heard of this rule many times mostly because it interrupts everybody else’s schedule, napping becomes an issue with the staffing. I haven’t heard the rule applied when you have a doctor appointment.

[Anonymous]

Because 11:30 is when they start lunch and after lunch is when they nap. If you bring your kid i after that, it's pretty disruptive to the rest of the classroom.

I think it's silly to enforce this for an infant room because they don't all sleep at the same time, and I think it's silly not to make an exception for a doctor's appointment. I do, however, think it's appropriate to request this for every day drop offs.

[Anonymous]

I honestly think it's BS too, OP. You're likely paying a ton of money and they treat you as if it's your privilege to be there.

Dr's appointments must happen. I'd just take the kid to daycare and if anyone says anything, shrug my shoulders. It's their frickin' job to watch your kid for the day.

[Anonymous]

Yes this is normal. It’s disruptive to the schedule (meals, outings, naps) when kids get dropped off after that time. Schedule the earliest or latest possible doc appts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly think it's BS too, OP. You're likely paying a ton of money and they treat you as if it's your privilege to be there.

Dr's appointments must happen. I'd just take the kid to daycare and if anyone says anything, shrug my shoulders. It's their frickin' job to watch your kid for the day.

So they can’t have any stipulations that make their day workable? And your solution is to just drop the kid off anyway? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare didn't have anything like this. I would push back, especially about doctors appointments. Agree it's ok as a rule to have for every day- but there need to be exceptions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly think it's BS too, OP. You're likely paying a ton of money and they treat you as if it's your privilege to be there.

Dr's appointments must happen. I'd just take the kid to daycare and if anyone says anything, shrug my shoulders. It's their frickin' job to watch your kid for the day.

I also think it’s ridiculous that there are no exceptions for doctor appointments but she did sign a contract agreeing to their terms. Just because somebody didn’t think that the rules applied to their situation doesn’t mean that they can just shrug it off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly think it's BS too, OP. You're likely paying a ton of money and they treat you as if it's your privilege to be there.

Dr's appointments must happen. I'd just take the kid to daycare and if anyone says anything, shrug my shoulders. It's their frickin' job to watch your kid for the day.

I also think it’s ridiculous that there are no exceptions for doctor appointments but she did sign a contract agreeing to their terms. Just because somebody didn’t think that the rules applied to their situation doesn’t mean that they can just shrug it off.

Again - *shrugs shoulders*

What is anyone going to do about it? Sometimes you can't get a doctor's appointment when it's most convenient for daycare workers (I feel crazy just writing that...)

Kids and caregivers need to adapt. Welcome to life.

[Anonymous]

That is absolutely ridiculous especially if it’s for a doctors appointment. And I’m usually someone that thinks the parents need to be more flexible. But I would be pissed about this.

[Anonymous]

I’m guessing this is in the DMV? The stereotypical entitlement is alive and well. LOL.

You know, you don’t have to enroll in that daycare. They have these rules for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing this is in the DMV? The stereotypical entitlement is alive and well. LOL.

You know, you don’t have to enroll in that daycare. They have these rules for a reason.

Give me a break. Doctor appointments can be difficult to schedule. Daycare parents work. They are paying for full-time care. This rule is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing this is in the DMV? The stereotypical entitlement is alive and well. LOL.

You know, you don’t have to enroll in that daycare. They have these rules for a reason.

Agreed - it's very entitled to charge $2K+ for daycare and then give stressed-out working parents a hard time for dropping their kids off after a doctor's appointment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new parent, we just started daycare two weeks ago. The handbook noted that drop offs had to be done by 11:30 am. I honestly just skipped over that because I assumed it had more to do with the preschool classes with curriculum, etc. But last week a teacher in the infant room reminded me of it when I said we would be late the next day due to a doctor appointment. I was kind of shocked. We pay full time for the care. Why would we not be able to drop off our infant after 1130? Last week we were sweating it with a 9:30 am doc appointment with the delays from walk ins, etc. Is this normal? I really don’t want to push back so early into our time with this daycare but huh?

And there's your problem in a nutshell. They told you the rule, you ignored it based on your assumptions. The reason you can't drop off your infant after 11:30 is that you agreed to the rule that you can't drop off your infant after 11:30. It might be a dumb rule, it might have a good rationale, but it's the rule.

I suspect it has to do with staffing and maintaining ratios. But you'd have to ask them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing this is in the DMV? The stereotypical entitlement is alive and well. LOL.

You know, you don’t have to enroll in that daycare. They have these rules for a reason.

Agreed - it's very entitled to charge $2K+ for daycare and then give stressed-out working parents a hard time for dropping their kids off after a doctor's appointment.

No one is forcing anyone to attend a daycare with these rules. LOL.

Entitlement = the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.