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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  Personally, I would never select a solo provider.  I want to make sure that there is oversight of the childcare providers and that there is a form of checks and balances.  Two providers provide that check on each other so that I am not relying upon one person who might have a lapse in judgment or have a personal crisis or issue come up.  With 2 providers, there is a built in backup on each other both in judgment and in skills.  As the parent of 2 children I can tell you that there are times that 2 hands are just not enough and that goes extra when you have 3 or more children.  If you are changing the diaper of one child and another falls, a 2nd provider gives added security and adult care.  Additionally, if the CCP's child is in the facility, there would have to be documented plans in place for if the CCP's child is ill.  So whether it is that a babysitter comes in and watches the child upstairs, or the child goes to the grandparents home or a neighbor's home, etc the child has to have alternate care outside of the daycare facility.

Some of the other things that I would look for, is a secure environment (locked fence for the yard, locked door that does not allow anyone to walk in off the street), that all providers in the facility are infant/child first aid and CPR qualified, that there is a separate facility for the daycare separate from the home's living quarters.  [b]For example, many of the in-home daycares I know use a basement level for the daycare [/b]with the family living quarters on the first and/or second floors.  I would like to see child appropriate facilities, so that the entire daycare areas are childproofed, adequately supplied with child size furniture and toys, appropriate flooring for children, that there is a system in place to ensure that each child's belongings are separate and identified.  For example, our daycare uses a color coding system.  There are 8 colors of tape in all rooms and in each room, the children are assigned a color.  When the family brings any supplies for that child, it is marked with the child's color (bottles, teething rings, diapers, wipes, snacks, etc) so that you know that your child will be cared for with the supplies you provide.  This prevents cross-contamination is your child has an allergy or sensitivity issue.

I have no problem with a SAHM caring for children in her home, including her own child, provided that they have some of the above safeguards in place.  [/quote]

15:22 here again.  Actually, having a daycare in a basement is a horrible idea, unless the basement has a door to the outside (and not one with a huge stair well to go up).  It's just a huge fire hazard.

In Maryland, part of getting a home daycare certified (or whatever the term is) is having a fire escape plan that is inspected and approved by the fire department.  This, in my view, is extremely important.  I'd want to make sure my kid is spending most of his/her time in a place with a quick and easy escape route.  But that could be just me (the last article I read about unregulated in-home daycares was an article about a bunch of kids dying in a fire), so it's possible I'm unusually paranoid about that.[/quote]

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