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[quote=Anonymous]Our DS was at a larger center - 24 infants in the infant room and we had the same experience.  He left around 9 months for a nanny share - fast forward to now, he's 3 and our DD, who is ten months just started at an independent, non-profit center where our son is in day care.  So I'm at a point where I can compare the two experiences and I can say for sure that the providers at the smaller, independent center are much, much better.  Maybe its because there are only 7 kids in the infant room, but even the new babies who don't interact much and can't sit up get a big warm greeting from the teachers when they arrive and hugs, etc.  The three teachers in the room have been there for years and years, while the teachers at the other center were younger and there was higher turnover.  I hate to give you a somewhat negative view of your current situation, because certainly the babies at my DD's day care spend a lot of time in swings and not being held, but simply the enthusiasm and interaction and interest is so much warmer for my daugther than it was at my son's center.  Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not sure if this even has anything to do with whether its a large corporation running things versus smaller versus in home--I think it actually might just depend on the teachers doing the actual caregiving.  My DD's teachers just seem to adore the babies, which means they are interested in how they slept and how their mood is and excited to see them.  The teachers at my son's infant day care just seemed harried and uninterested.  I can tell you that I feel so much better leaving my daugther than I did with my son. HTH.[/quote]

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