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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]These topics are difficult to discuss in mom forums (like this one) because people feel judged for the choices they make/made.
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But let's assume you had access to any childcare option. There's no monetary constraint. You have loving grandparents who want to be caretakers for your infant. You have found the Mary Poppins of baby nannies and the cost is no big deal to you. How many would still choose center-based care for an infant?

Most of these findings line up with my intuitive feelings as a mom whose been through this a couple of times. But I didn't have infinite financial resources, we didn't have grandparents who lived nearby, the US does not grant a year or two years of parental leave, so we did the best we could.[/quote]

I don't know, I mean I think there are valid questions to be asked about the research. I mean just saying that people don't want to hear what you are saying, doesn't make what you are saying right.

This whole thing about cortisol in kids in daycare strikes me as really disingenuous fearmongering. Cortisol levels vary based on sleep patterns. A lot of kids nap at daycare and don't nap at home. So if you compare weekday level cortisol level patterns to weekends (which is what most of the studies do), you'll see a difference. Is it because daycare is a dystopia of stressed out young children? Maybe but I'm not convinced. It's funny because one of the few studies that actually compares kids that stay at home to kids that go to daycare found that the kids at home had higher cortisol levels. Then suddenly they mention the benefits of daycare - consistent schedules - which are really good for young kids' stress levels.
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Yep. In daycare my kid is constantly engaging with other kids and toys he doesn't have at home. At home he gets bored, asks me to be super engaged with playing with him all the time, and wants to watch TV and whines when I say no. [/quote]

This doesn’t make me want to send my child to daycare.  I’d be worried about the constant stimuli and noise.  Your poor child never gets a break from other kids, movement, noise etc.  I understand that kids have siblings but daycare is on another level.  I’d be concerned if your child is acting like this at home. You can almost tell daycare kids because they are always work out and over stimulated.  [/quote]

My kid is almost 4, I think he can handle it. [/quote]

Also, they have naptime/quiet time for 1.5 hours after lunch. They have breakfast and lunch and sit around at a table and eat and chill. They have plenty of outdoor time and can play with each other or dig up dirt by themselves or whatever. Before and after school and on weekends there is plenty of him to chill out or do whatever he wants away from the "constant simuli and noise". In a little over a year and half, he's going to be starting kindergarten where it's going to be "constant simuli and noise". Or are you guys going to skip that and keep your kids hiding in a dark room until they're 12?

Lol, "You can almost tell daycare kids because they are always work out and over stimulated". Well, I can always tell nanny kids because they're usually sitting in a stroller staring at the sky and bored out of their minds while their nanny is texting.

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You don’t sound very secure with your choices. [/quote]

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