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[quote=Anonymous]I do not work for Senses. I am a parent who enrolled their 2 year old son about 2 weeks ago after visiting 4 months previously.  Even though he has already been accepted to JCC to start in August, my husband and I are now considering giving up our spot because we have been very happy with the attention and care he receives from this daycare. Dr. Lee and her staff consistently display warmth and concern for their kids and the parents who drop them off (i never saw this at JCC when our older son attended).

On the very 1st day when i dropped off my son, i felt sick to my stomach and was almost in tears because finding a daycare had been very difficult and I scrutinized everything about each one i went to visit to avoid the traffic down to the J.  It was especially difficult that Senses was new and didn’t have an established reputation in the area let alone DC.  Dr Lee could see how difficult the morning was going for me that she called me at the office 2 hours after dropping him off to tell me how my son was doing and assured me that they would call me if anything was wrong.  She spent atleast 10 minutes on the phone with me that morning and every day after that she has taken time to tell me how his morning has gone if I call.  I don’t call anymore.  She even asked a staff member if they could come in earlier so that my son would be less shy and clingy when I drop him off because he is more attached to that staff member being new to that environment.

I had my reservations about Senses but since that day I too have noticed that he is learning to become more independent and now wants to do everything himself including brushing his own teeth, putting on his own shoes etc and seems to be more happy but EXHAUSTED at 6:30pm which makes a very early bedtime but downtime for us.

It’s a new place and they still have improvements to make (i.e. the playground and hopefully more powerful A/C units) so you have to give it time. The down side is of course you take a risk with your precious kids which sucks. If things change and we have a bad experience and post it here to alert everyone then we will simply look to JCC again.

At the end of the day if you decide Senses isn’t a good fit for you and your child, go with it.

Hope this helps parents considering this daycare.
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