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Anonymous wrote:Family Daycares ratios are 2 infants for 1 staff and in centers is 3 infants for 1 staff in Maryland.

I prefer Family Daycare. Centers has too many kids, less staff, they rotate the assistants to different rooms.

True but the family daycares may have older children in addition to the babies.

We left a family daycare that had one teacher for 8 children including our young toddler. Left for a center with 3 teachers for 6 babies. DD was noticeably happier.

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Anonymous wrote:Family Daycares ratios are 2 infants for 1 staff and in centers is 3 infants for 1 staff in Maryland.

I prefer Family Daycare. Centers has too many kids, less staff, they rotate the assistants to different rooms.

True but the family daycares may have older children in addition to the babies.

Anonymous wrote:Family Daycares ratios are 2 infants for 1 staff and in centers is 3 infants for 1 staff in Maryland.

I prefer Family Daycare. Centers has too many kids, less staff, they rotate the assistants to different rooms.

Anonymous wrote:The best option imo is a Family Daycare. It's a small learning environment like 8 kids total. 3 staff. And children gets lots of socialization, learning from others and together and surrounded by caring Providers.

I don't like Child care Centers. Too many kids and not enough staff. Children needs more individual attention. 12 kids of 2 years old age for 1 teacher is crazy

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Anonymous wrote:We are “wealthy” and used a center from 4 months old. Zero regrets - our child absolutely thrived there. I worked from home and felt that having a nanny in my work space would make life more difficult - plus we felt daycare had better redundancy against sick providers, etc. The kid sick days were hard that year but we made very close friends with our cohort of preschool parents. There are lots of solutions that can work OP!

How wealthy? In my circle of about 20 mom friends all of whom almost certainly have HHIs of over 500k, not a single one uses daycare

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought I would have to leave my baby in a daycare center. But I want to and need to work so I am researching daycare options. How would a 3 month old survive at Daycare? Isn't it detrimental to their mental and emotiona l health?

Just sit and observe any infant day care for three hours. I dare you, because you would never leave your baby there all day.

I agree. I've worked in a daycare center. People thought it was great but they never actually saw what went on all day. I never put my own children in daycare. I have to assume many people are either in serious denial or they just have lower standards for how their infants and toddlers spend their days.

Curious what you think is bad about it?

My own opinion is that the kids don’t receive enough attention and just hang out alone. They need their own caregiver but have to share one with 3+ other babies.

I think it's most important for young babies and toddlers to be cared for by someone who loves them. I know many people say the daycare people are loving and treat the babies lovingly but I know that the majority of daycare workers do not love the babies they care for all day. Infants and toddlers need to form a strong bond of love with someone who loves them and wants the absolute best for them. Someone who is tuned into what that child needs, what they are doing and learning all day, how they are reacting cognitively and emotionally, how much they are sleeping and eating, caring for their needs promptly like diaper changes, etc

Just as one example, a home daycare provider I know got a 2 yr old when the child's parents moved her from a different but very popular daycare provider because they saw the child had multiple bites on her back when they got her home one day and the daycare provider had no idea that had happened, did not know which other child did it, knew nothing about it. That daycare provider was very much in demand despite incidents like that.

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Anonymous wrote:We are “wealthy” and used a center from 4 months old. Zero regrets - our child absolutely thrived there. I worked from home and felt that having a nanny in my work space would make life more difficult - plus we felt daycare had better redundancy against sick providers, etc. The kid sick days were hard that year but we made very close friends with our cohort of preschool parents. There are lots of solutions that can work OP!

How wealthy? In my circle of about 20 mom friends all of whom almost certainly have HHIs of over 500k, not a single one uses daycare

Im a part time worker and my husband works for the government 100k+ and we use a nice local Family Daycare, our son is thriving and recieves much love!

Now you know someone wealthy who uses a Family Child Care home

Is this a joke? You’re not wealthy. In fact you likely struggle to pay for daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought I would have to leave my baby in a daycare center. But I want to and need to work so I am researching daycare options. How would a 3 month old survive at Daycare? Isn't it detrimental to their mental and emotiona l health?

Just sit and observe any infant day care for three hours. I dare you, because you would never leave your baby there all day.

I agree. I've worked in a daycare center. People thought it was great but they never actually saw what went on all day. I never put my own children in daycare. I have to assume many people are either in serious denial or they just have lower standards for how their infants and toddlers spend their days.

Curious what you think is bad about it?

My own opinion is that the kids don’t receive enough attention and just hang out alone. They need their own caregiver but have to share one with 3+ other babies.

I think it's most important for young babies and toddlers to be cared for by someone who loves them. I know many people say the daycare people are loving and treat the babies lovingly but I know that the majority of daycare workers do not love the babies they care for all day. Infants and toddlers need to form a strong bond of love with someone who loves them and wants the absolute best for them. Someone who is tuned into what that child needs, what they are doing and learning all day, how they are reacting cognitively and emotionally, how much they are sleeping and eating, caring for their needs promptly like diaper changes, etc

Just as one example, a home daycare provider I know got a 2 yr old when the child's parents moved her from a different but very popular daycare provider because they saw the child had multiple bites on her back when they got her home one day and the daycare provider had no idea that had happened, did not know which other child did it, knew nothing about it. That daycare provider was very much in demand despite incidents like that.

For a baby, love is not enough. The person needs to be alert and physically capable to care for the baby. My mother loves DD with all of her heart. She is not equipped to care for her full time. It would be unsafe for DD.

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought I would have to leave my baby in a daycare center. But I want to and need to work so I am researching daycare options. How would a 3 month old survive at Daycare? Isn't it detrimental to their mental and emotiona l health?

Just sit and observe any infant day care for three hours. I dare you, because you would never leave your baby there all day.

I agree. I've worked in a daycare center. People thought it was great but they never actually saw what went on all day. I never put my own children in daycare. I have to assume many people are either in serious denial or they just have lower standards for how their infants and toddlers spend their days.

Curious what you think is bad about it?

My own opinion is that the kids don’t receive enough attention and just hang out alone. They need their own caregiver but have to share one with 3+ other babies.

I think it's most important for young babies and toddlers to be cared for by someone who loves them. I know many people say the daycare people are loving and treat the babies lovingly but I know that the majority of daycare workers do not love the babies they care for all day. Infants and toddlers need to form a strong bond of love with someone who loves them and wants the absolute best for them. Someone who is tuned into what that child needs, what they are doing and learning all day, how they are reacting cognitively and emotionally, how much they are sleeping and eating, caring for their needs promptly like diaper changes, etc

Just as one example, a home daycare provider I know got a 2 yr old when the child's parents moved her from a different but very popular daycare provider because they saw the child had multiple bites on her back when they got her home one day and the daycare provider had no idea that had happened, did not know which other child did it, knew nothing about it. That daycare provider was very much in demand despite incidents like that.

For a baby, love is not enough. The person needs to be alert and physically capable to care for the baby. My mother loves DD with all of her heart. She is not equipped to care for her full time. It would be unsafe for DD.

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought I would have to leave my baby in a daycare center. But I want to and need to work so I am researching daycare options. How would a 3 month old survive at Daycare? Isn't it detrimental to their mental and emotiona l health?

Just sit and observe any infant day care for three hours. I dare you, because you would never leave your baby there all day.

I agree. I've worked in a daycare center. People thought it was great but they never actually saw what went on all day. I never put my own children in daycare. I have to assume many people are either in serious denial or they just have lower standards for how their infants and toddlers spend their days.

Curious what you think is bad about it?

My own opinion is that the kids don’t receive enough attention and just hang out alone. They need their own caregiver but have to share one with 3+ other babies.

I think it's most important for young babies and toddlers to be cared for by someone who loves them. I know many people say the daycare people are loving and treat the babies lovingly but I know that the majority of daycare workers do not love the babies they care for all day. Infants and toddlers need to form a strong bond of love with someone who loves them and wants the absolute best for them. Someone who is tuned into what that child needs, what they are doing and learning all day, how they are reacting cognitively and emotionally, how much they are sleeping and eating, caring for their needs promptly like diaper changes, etc

Just as one example, a home daycare provider I know got a 2 yr old when the child's parents moved her from a different but very popular daycare provider because they saw the child had multiple bites on her back when they got her home one day and the daycare provider had no idea that had happened, did not know which other child did it, knew nothing about it. That daycare provider was very much in demand despite incidents like that.

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought I would have to leave my baby in a daycare center. But I want to and need to work so I am researching daycare options. How would a 3 month old survive at Daycare? Isn't it detrimental to their mental and emotiona l health?

Just sit and observe any infant day care for three hours. I dare you, because you would never leave your baby there all day.

I agree. I've worked in a daycare center. People thought it was great but they never actually saw what went on all day. I never put my own children in daycare. I have to assume many people are either in serious denial or they just have lower standards for how their infants and toddlers spend their days.

Curious what you think is bad about it?

My own opinion is that the kids don’t receive enough attention and just hang out alone. They need their own caregiver but have to share one with 3+ other babies.