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[quote=Anonymous]My 3-month old started daycare this week at a center with locations nationwide. We chose to go with this center in large part because of the consistency/accountability we expected to find with a large company. Now I'm second-guessing our choice and could use some advice from more experienced moms.

My problems are 1) I do not get any kind of warm and fuzzy feeling from the teachers. They say hello when I drop him off, but always seem preoccupied with the other kids, and tell me to just leave him on the floor mat. They are polite and business -like but don't seem particularly enthusiastic about DS or any of the other kids. 2) every time I pick him up he's either on the mat or in the swing. I have yet to see them interact with him. They are holding other kids and he's pretty much being ignored. 3) there are always fussing/crying babies and the teachers seem to ignore them. The other day one was howling the whole time I was dropping off (about seven min) and I didn't hear/see the teachers interact with her at all. I get that there are only two teachers for eight babies, but I felt so badly for the baby and like a horrible mom for leaving DS and knowing he could be ignored the same way. I mean, at least sit near the baby and make reassuring noises or something while you finish feeding the other kid.

DS is the youngest one in the room and I know he's so young that he can't do much yet. But he just looks sad, alone and bored during drop off/pickup. I feel like hes just lying there staring at the ceiling all day. Am I overreacting? FTM jitters? Maybe we'd be better off with a nanny, but I don't think we can afford one. I should add that I don't go back to work until next week so this has been a "trial run" and I've been dropping off/picking up outside the normal morning/evening rush times so I think this is pretty representative of how the days go.

What advice can you give me? Am I totally overreacting? What are the infant room environments like in your centers? And yes, I did visit before enrolling but it was a scheduled tour and different teachers last year.
Thanks in advance for any feedback![/quote]

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