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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to say that daycare has been great for us. Babies get sick in every childcare situation. A lot of kids who don’t go to daycare young just get everything in preschool and kindergarten. There’s no right or wrong way but daycare is great for a lot of families. [/quote]I really think this is a lie that daycare parents tells themselves.  It's not the same.  Older kids don't put absolutely everything in their mouths.  Older kids know to aim when puking, can blow their noses, and are hardier when sick.  Bigger kids can put themselves back to sleep and don't have to be rocked all night.  And kids really don't get sick as often in other childcare.  Not even close.[/quote]

Yes, this. My friends who think this are the ones who dose their kids sick with a fever and send them in, never keep them home with a bad cold, ignore terrible coughs unless the daycare sends them home, and will be out at the park less than a day after their kid was puking. Downplaying illness like that means more workdays and less impact on working parents, but it’s cruel to kids and screws other parents. [/quote]

Again, not true but if you need to believe this to defend your own decisions to quit your job, hire a nanny who’s on her phone all day, whatever, feel free. I just don’t understand the ongoing need on DCUM to put down daycare but I know that it is great and working for my family. I don’t care if another family wants to do something else but it’s apparently it’s of desperate importance to others to let me know how negligent, down market, whatever they think my decision is. It doesn’t bother me. Be bothered by your own life. [/quote]

Insecure much? OP is just sharing her own experience with daycare. Glad it worked for your family but it does not work for many , illness being one of the many reasons…..[/quote]

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