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[quote=Anonymous]I also had a bad experience there with my infant in 2015. I made the decision to pull him out after one month -- in fact, I quit my job to stay home with him in part because I wasn't comfortable with his care.

My baby was a difficult infant who cried all the time, but I never felt he was getting loving touch and warmth from the care providers in his room. They seemed disinterested and unengaged, and unwilling to give me any details about his day (for example, he often would go up to 10 days without pooping so I was trying to keep tabs on whether he had gone yet or not -- they never could tell me). They fed my 4-month-old on a strict timed schedule instead of following his cues, and complained that I wasn't providing enough breastmilk. He was never being held when I got there to pick him up. And not because they were holding other babies -- too frequently, all the babies were sitting in bouncers while the care provider was sitting nearby, not holding anyone.

For context, later on I put my second infant son in an in-home daycare in Maryland and it was like night and day. She paid attention to his sleep cues. She received him warmly and held him regularly. She made a detailed report for each day on what he ate, diapering, nap times, etc. I was/am 100% more comfortable there than I had been at First Baptist, and not just because I was a more comfortable second-time mom.

I wish I had had the great experience with First Baptist that was described on this forum, but I definitely did not.[/quote]

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