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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you’re describing is unacceptable but sadly very common for infant daycares. The accuracy of those sheets is a joke - both centers I had my DD in really were awful about them. It’s really virtually impossible with 1:3 or 1:4 ratios for infants to get attentive, loving care in traditional child care centers. The teachers basically just give bottles and change diapers and document all day long while rotating the kids onto the floor, in devices. in cribs, and out for a required walk (at least in DC but often staff try to skip them due to weather). It’s not their fault, the ratios don’t really allow kids much more than having their basic needs met. If you can at all consider a nanny share I would absolutely encourage you to. Nannies aren’t perfect and come with their own set of challenges but I think would be so much better for you. Infant daycares just generally stink, unfortunately. [/quote]

Wow. Sorry that this was your experience, PP, but please don't malign all infant daycare settings based on your individual experience. I will say that we had a wonderful experience with our three children in the infant room at our current downtown DC daycare. The teachers were wonderful, incredibly attentive and caring (I know because they would frequently contact me on their own time to inquire about the children, and still do even though they've aged out of the infant room), and, having spent time in the infant rooms nursing, visiting, and attending one of my kid's PT sessions, I observed them interacting with and forming relationships with children through play, reading, music, art, etc.

The OP is right to be upset about her experience, but it is not accurate to say that this is the norm in infant rooms at childcare centers.[/quote]

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