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.