Hi,

We are moving and our nanny can't come with us. I am thinking about putting our 1 year old baby in daycare but I am stressed about the idea of him being in a classroom of 30-40 children with 1 teacher for 4 children. He is very sociable and loves other babies so I think he may be happy, but he is a terrible napper and is used to being picked up as soon as he cries. He is super easy going and very active but he has been in a nanny share until now and I am stressed by this transition.

I hear some worrying stories about day care but also stories about how much children thrive and are happy there.

Can anyone please share their experience of their child transitioning to day care and also the pros and cons of day care vs nanny? I am terrified by the idea of him being left to cry when he isn't used to it.

Thanks a lot!

I am considering putting our baby in day care as we are moving and our nanny can't come with us. Can anyone recommend a good daycare around H street in NE DC? Does anyone have any experience with the Loving Care day nursery?

Our baby has always been with an amazing nanny who adores him and I am a bit stressed about the idea of him going to daycare and being there in a classroom with 40 children...any tips or experiences are welcome!!

Thanks!

My baby would only sleep with me until he was 2.5 months - you couldn't even put him down he would scream murder, let alone sleep alone. He slept in the bed with me on my doctor's orders! The whole world sleeps with their babies, only here we are terrified of doing it. As long as your bed is big enough and you don't drink etc etc it is fine. I would only say that it isn't that great for the parents as you are on super high alert and I never felt rested...eventually we started putting him in the swing to sleep, then in his crib and he just grew out of it. What really helped him though was to change the way he was swaddled. A friend of mine from Morocco showed me how to swaddle him with his arms crossed in front of him rather than on his side and then to place him on his side between two wedges ( he hated sleeping on his back and I realized this was making him cry.) It totally worked and he started sleeping 3 hours in a row!!!! Good luck.