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[quote=Anonymous]Our daughter attends an in-home daycare with 12 children (4 providers). She is only 5 months old so she spends most of her day with the 3 other infants, playing, napping and eating. However, most times when I am there, she's in a "device" (exersaucer, bumbo, highchair, etc.) while another child is being tended for. With 4 infants to one provider, I am realistic in knowing that she doesn't get a whole lot of personal attention. She also doesn't get a whole lot of outside time. She often comes home with a dirty nose that looks like it hasn't been wiped in quite some time, and usually has stains from food (or playing) on her clothes. I specifically wanted an in-home daycare because I like the idea of her around lots of kids and with lots of different adults. However, now I'm starting to wonder if she's getting so little personal attention that it might be time to re-think this. Is picking up a somewhat "dirty" child who has been playing on his own for much of the day part of what you sign up for with an in-home daycare or is it right to think that this specific daycare might not be the best situation? It's hard for me right now to figure out how much of this bad feeling in my gut is me going back to work and wishing things were done "my way" and how much of this is the possibility that we may have just picked a not so great daycare. Thanks for you opinions. [/quote]

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