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*alisonada*

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Hey, I just saw your post below and thanks for responding :-)  She does well with all the babies and even when she has all 9 but I think it is too many and I freak out everytime there are that many.  I wanted to find out what made you decide on a center and how you talked yourself into that since you have had Piper in an in-home environment for so long.  I am fine with putting DS in a daycare but still not sure about an infant, UGH!  If you could help me that would be great :-)  I need some encouragment especially if I can find one with reasonable prices and part time for infants is a plus :-)  I only work 3 days a week but have some meetings and assessments or make up sessions on mondays or fridays to make up the extra money so most likely I would do full time pay any way for the flexibility.  So what can you say that will calm me down about an infant being in a center based care :-)  Thanks!
Our kids are 19mths apart and we LOVE it!!

Married to my BFF on 8.13.05 (after dating 5 years)!

DS born 2.14.08. DD born 9.30.09.

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  • alisonadaalisonada member

    Oh, I totally understand what you mean! I am completely fine with Piper being at a center. I'm sure it will be an adjustment for her, but in all honesty I think that the more structured environment with other kids her own age will be better for her. But I am still very sad and nervous about leaving Kady in a room full of babies! That's why I loved in-home care for Piper as a baby so much, I knew she got plenty of one-on-one attention and I just loved the home atmosphere and the fact that she had the same caregiver day in and day out.

    All that said - we both know the downfall of those kinds of situations. Our provider was pretty reliable but we still always dreaded the early morning phone call that her kids were sick, or finding out she needed 2 weeks off for vacation, etc. It will be a huge weight off our shoulders not to have to worry about those things. I like that everything re time off, payment, ratios, etc. is all spelled out and there is no confusion or people changing their minds about things.

    I will say that we looked at other infant rooms back when Piper was a baby and I would NOT have left my baby there. I got a totally different vibe when visiting the infant room of the center we chose, and although I'm nervous I don't have that sick feeling like I did with the other places. I don't love that she'll be one of 8-9 babies, but I do feel confident that she'll be well cared for. All in all, she won't ever know the difference.

     Also, the director made a good point when I expressed concerns about 2 people taking care of 8 babies - she said that it's not like if you were at home, where you have laundry to do, dinner to make, older kids to take care of, the phone rings, etc. They are there with no other purpose than to take care of babies. Also, they are in a facility that is perfectly equipped to take care of babies. That made sense to me, but a lot of why I'm OK with it is just my gut feeling.

    We did look at a few other in-homes before deciding on this center and didn't find any that we loved. In order to use an in-home, with the lack of supervision and accountability, I need to be 100% comfortable with the provider. We also had an option of a nice lady who had a 10 month old and just wanted to watch our two kids. This would have been great for Kady but I don't think it would have been a good environment for Piper, I think she'd be bored silly. So we basically were trying to balance both of their needs since there's no way we could logistically do multiple drop offs and pick ups. I figure Kady will only be a baby for so long - once she hits a year I'd probably prefer a center environment for her too, and this way we already have a place we know of and are comfortable with and won't be searching again in a few months.

    Well, I hope that all made sense to you. I know how hard it is! GL!

     

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