On the subject of daycares....

Maybride2

I'm a little ticked about mine and need to vent.

At drop-off today his lead teacher asked to talk to me.  C is SOO ready to move up to the next classroom - the teachers in his current room know that he's getting bored and doesn't have enough to do - his skill level is above what the toys and other children in that room can offer.

YEAH!  But cry, because my baby is growing up.

BUT....the next room up has no room for him now.  They needed permission from me to start sending him there whenever they do have room, but there probably won't be a full-time opening until January.  This is the same thing that happened with his last transition - C was ready to move up from the infant room months before they finally had a spot for him. 

I'm pissed that he keeps getting held back.  But I don't know who to be pissed at.  Did the daycare over-enroll kids in certain rooms and that's what's causing this?  Are there kids in other rooms that are going a little slower and that's causing the hold-up? 

Regardless, there's nothing I can do about it.  But I'm still pissed and have been thinking about it all day.  I honestly don't feel all that guilty sending him to daycare every day - but I'm going to feel guilty if I know that he's not being stimulated enough while he's there.

jorie

Have you considered quitting work to stay home and properly raise him? 

Totally kidding.  That's a tough situation.  I don't think a few more months in that room will ruin him for good, but I know where you're coming from.  Maybe you could send along some toys/puzzles/books from home that you think he'd be stimulated by.   

dnagal

Things change so quickly when they are babies/toddlers and the individual kids are so different, I don't think that this is that uncommon.  Once he's mid-toddler stage, the other kids will catch up and they'll all be in the same classroom for longer. 

Speak with the director to see if they have opportunities for him to continue "visiting" the other class, or could move some new, more advanced toys into his current classroom.   

What are they doing in the "other class" that he's not doing in his current class?

Otherwise, be patient and be happy that he's not being rushed into new classes and being disrupted by constant stressful transitions to new classrooms and teachers.  He'll gain confidence through the relationship building with his classmates and teacher.