daycare question

Mrs.Wifey318

Do you visit DC at daycare on your lunch break? I work very close to DD's daycare and I have an hour lunch. I don't know if seeing her in the middle of the day will be easier or more difficult.

vmm0016

If you can't do it everyday I would not make it a habit.  My LO gets so mad when I don't see her for lunch now. 

AdamsWife08

I've stopped a couple of times just to see how he's getting along that day.  I don't usually go hold DS though, I just check-in with his caretaker that day.  The couple of times that I have stopped, he's been fighting a cold or had shots the day before so I just wanted to make sure he was doing ok. 

ChicNotGeek

I would visit all the time.  My 1st choice day care was in my office building, about 200 feet from my office, and I was sooo looking forward to being able to see LO during the day, continue BFing, etc etc ...

Well, that day care place is closing as/of April 1, and our new day care is actually a better facility, and costs less, but it's close to our house, so I won't be able to visit LO at all during the day.  I guess it's better for productivity at work, but it's still difficult to swallow that I won't be seeing her at all during the day.  Luckily, my pedi says that at 'this' age, newborns transition very well to day care ... it's when they get to be 8 or 9 months old that they start to have separation anxiety.

 

Culkinator54

I don't have the option, but I honestly think it would make it a lot harder for me.

superaunt

I did the first day and she was sleeping. I get a report of sorts telling me when she last ate, napped, diaper, etc. I can see that she's normally napping during my lunch so I don't visit. Plus it's not that close. : (

megs68

I'm starting back at work next week and will be seeing LO every day at lunch to feed him.  I don't know if it'll make it easier or harder, but I'm hoping it'll take away a little bit of the mommy guilt if I can add another hour to the amount of time I see him a day.  Otherwise, I feel like I'd hardly see him.  But after seeing him, I know it'll be so hard to leave and go back.  I'll let you know next week!

aegrimm

I ran a daycare for awhile and, as a daycare provider, I can tell you it's harder on the kids. (Obviously, maybe not so much at 6 weeks, but as they get older it's rough.) If they have a hard time saying goodbye in the morning it is just as hard when you come at lunch and then leave again.

If you go to see LO on lunch, I would only do it for the first week or so and only when LO is still an infant and doesn't have seperation anxiety. I do plan on calling on my lunch for her first 2 weeks, just to make sure she's doing alright!