Calling Daycare to Check?

abpdjs · May 2009

When did you stop calling to check on dc at daycare? Carson has been going to daycare partime for 3 months now and I am not really feeling the need to check on him but feel a little twinge of guilt for not calling to check, kwim?

beenbizzy · May 2009

I have called daycare maybe three times since DS started 14 months ago. I called the first day of daycare and a couple of times when he seemed to not feel well in the morning. I haven't felt any guilt for not calling. I figure the staff should be busy with the kids, rather than talking to me on the phone, but that's just me.

xmasbabymama · May 2009

I called every day the first week and maybe 1x or 2x since. She's been in 4 weeks.

Mango2 · May 2009

I have a friend with a boy a little over 2 and she still calls every day. I called every other day for the first month, then stopped until she changed rooms. Then I called for about the first week, and then stopped. Now I only call if she seems cranky or out of sorts when we drop her off but otherwise, I don't call (DD is 2).

el25 · May 2009

I win the award for being the worst at this. I work across from my daycare center so I visit my daughter during lunch. Unless I am really really busy at work, I get there almost everyday. It is just so hard being so close to her and not seeing her. I don't know if they hate me at her daycare or love me.

sara1104 · May 2009

I never call, I'd rather them spend the time with the kids than on the phone with the parents. plus, I know they will call me if they need me

jlw2505 · May 2009

Trying to remember as its been a while since my older DD started, she will be 3 next month. I know I called twice a day for the first month or so but she had health issues (see my bio for details) so I was extra worried. I was down to once a day until we started to wean her off her seizure meds which was at around 4 months and once I was comfy again, I was back to calling once a day, mid-day. I think I called for a few months so maybe at around 6 months, I stopped calling daily but would call if we had a rought morning or drop off. With my younger DD, I think I only called a handful of times the first week but it was my second child with the same daycare, the same teachers so I felt confident that they would call me whenever needed which they do. I still call if my kids have a bad drop off (like today) or if we had a rough night just to make sure they are OK. My daycare is great about calling me if needed though but it always makes me feel better when I know they were fine by the time I got to my car after a bad drop off!

flyer23 · May 2009

I never called our old nanny or our current sitter. I figure if there's a problem, they'll call me, otherwise, we catch up at the end of the day. Especially since I know that each of them was the only one with DD, so if they were chatting with me on the phone, they weren't watching her fully.

I have called most days when she's done drop-in daycare, because she's usually upset when I leave, and I like knowing that she calmed down once she got there. She'll be starting preschool next month and I might call for the first few weeks while she settles in. We'll see Smile

MrsSayre3.20.04 · May 2009

It honestly hasn't?occurred?to me to call. I'd rather other parents not call, too. I prefer the teacher be focused on the children, and not talking on the phone.

tosababy · May 2009

I've only called a few times in 16 months, when there's been a specific reason. They will call me if they need me.

bruincouple · May 2009

I only called the first day and once when he wasn't feeling well in the morning. I do show up early occasionally without letting them know in advance, just to check up on things.

azuremama · May 2009

I have never called (although I did go to nurse/play during lunch the first few months). No news is good news!

MrsSledge · May 2009

I called for the first couple of days, but since then only if she seemed to be in a mood when I drop her off, or if she's been biting recently.

Cytina · May 2009

I've never called unless there was something specific (i.e. how was he feeling because he woke up crabby)... which has only been a handful of times. I want them focused on the kids, not talking on the phone. They call me for every little thing (i.e. he bumped his head and there's a mark) so there's really no need for me to check in all the time.

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