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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC1 was at a center, and what helped me feel better was walking into the baby room and seeing one of the caregivers there sitting on the floor smiling with a baby in each arm and a third doing tummy time on the floor near her. There were maybe a dozen babies there, give or take, and a lot of caregivers (4?) and it was bustling but organized, clean, everyone was good natured. Lots of smiles. It was not ideal and I would have much preferred to be able to stay home with my child, but I couldn’t. But I knew she was in a loving environment and would be well cared for. It was still really hard and still makes me hate how little this country cares for parents of young babies. [/quote]

+1 seeing how well staffed ours was helped a lot. Maryland ratio is 3:1 and ours was 6 babies and usually 3 teachers for most of the day, 2 on the front and back end. There are also floaters and helpers. So it felt like they were getting attention and the teachers weren't exhausted.

Mostly being excited about this particular daycare made it easier - we had friends who had used it for years and that carried the most weight.

It is always going to feel the hardest when they are the littlest and once they are interceding more then the activities and social aspects feel like more of a plus. I think I would have had a hard time.with any setup right at the beginning (mine both started at 6mo).[/quote]

I don't like centers. Too many kids and less people like 3 infants 1 teacher.
12 kids of 2 years old age with 1 teacher and maybe an 1 assistant and they rotate the assistants to different rooms.

In Maryland for Family Daycares is 2 infants for 1 teacher, for centers is 3 infants for 1 teacher.[/quote]

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