Anonymous wrote:PP, I was talking about really young babies, and I hear a lot from parents that the babies are so overstimulated they cannot nap for more than 30 min. Some cannot fall asleep unless rocked, and no one can rock the babies for more than 5 min in daycare. Talking about 4-12 month olds.

Are you getting these points from chatGPT? At our daycare our child was held at every feeding and rocked at every nap. She slept at 6 months (when we sent her) in 2 hour blocks. There were video feeds. Why are you making up stories?

Anonymous wrote:In any daycare, no matter how expensive it is, the baby will be sick at least once a month, and most babies hardly nap at all unfortunately

Wrong. You either had your kid in the wrong daycare or you never sent to one.

My daughter’s first childhood illness was at a resort with just her parents.

Anonymous wrote:In any daycare, no matter how expensive it is, the baby will be sick at least once a month, and most babies hardly nap at all unfortunately

This is the lie SAH parents and those who need to justify getting a nanny tell each other. Our kids are young adults, long past the needing a nanny/day care stage, but FFS can we please support women and families no matter what they chose? You do not need to put others down to justify your choice.

FWIW, we were and are a 2 parent working family. Fortunately, I had about 4 months home with each child. Then, they went to a NAEYC accredited day care, where they napped just fine (one kid napped better there than at home), didn't get sick all the time, had love from many qualified teachers, and they turned out just fine.

Daycare are great! Children learns to be social y I love small daycares. Not centers
The first time they get sick..that's all.

I know a child got RSV a d HFMD because he went to the library and classes with grandma

Anonymous wrote:Lucky you PP, these days it is a sequence of hand and mouth, flu, RSV, rotavirus, you name it. Maybe your kid went to daycare prepandemic but I feel like there is way more illnesses these past 3 years at schools

There are vaccines for 3 of those.

Lucky you PP, these days it is a sequence of hand and mouth, flu, RSV, rotavirus, you name it. Maybe your kid went to daycare prepandemic but I feel like there is way more illnesses these past 3 years at schools

Anonymous wrote:In any daycare, no matter how expensive it is, the baby will be sick at least once a month, and most babies hardly nap at all unfortunately

Not true at all. Our 2 kids were not sick one per month, and we're champion rappers, which they learned/got on a schedule, at daycare.

Anonymous wrote:In any daycare, no matter how expensive it is, the baby will be sick at least once a month, and most babies hardly nap at all unfortunately

This wasn't true with my kid. My son was sick once a year and napped like a trooper at daycare. Once I went down to nurse (his daycare was in my work building and it took less time than pumping) and he was so soundly asleep they just had to text me when he woke up.

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Anonymous wrote:In any daycare, no matter how expensive it is, the baby will be sick at least once a month, and most babies hardly nap at all unfortunately

This second part is not true at all. I say this as someone with a daycare that has a video feed and I've seen the infant and toddler rooms.

They nap to get the energy to spend more time with mom after pickup. BTDT. It has pluses and minuses. My kids are grown now. I found a decent daycare. I don't regret not having a nanny. It wouldn't have been right for our family and tiny house.

There's no such a high end daycare. Daycare is for people who can't afford a nanny for their baby and a half day preschool for their 3 year old.

Promises of high end daycare led directly to the prolonged abuse of toddlers at Two Birds. Daycare should be safe, regulation compliant and give you a good feeling when you spontaneously pop in.

Anonymous wrote:PP, I was talking about really young babies, and I hear a lot from parents that the babies are so overstimulated they cannot nap for more than 30 min. Some cannot fall asleep unless rocked, and no one can rock the babies for more than 5 min in daycare. Talking about 4-12 month olds.

We love our daycare and they hold the kids as needed - yea sure, they can’t be held all the time but when mine needed support to sleep they absolutely held them until they were sleeping and transferred them to the crib. And both got great naps at daycare. This is so child and daycare specific

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Anonymous wrote:OP I think it would help if you described what you are looking for at the daycare (ratios, activities, community etc) and people can chime in with examples or experiences rather than just saying "high end."

I think OP wants to open a daycare and market it as “high end.”
She’s trying to gauge interest and how much parents are willing to pay.

She’s been trying to years obviously no one is interested. Basically she wants to have an unlicensed daycare but operating it as a nanny share and expects each parent to cough up nanny rates since she’s only going to have 3-4 kids.