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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Mrs.McLovin
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XP: Daycare moms---question about swing at daycare
Mrs.McLovin
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Do they put 11-18 month olds in indoor swings at daycare? I know the ones at DS' new daycare go up to 25lbs, but he seems too old for being in a swing. We put away our swing at home when he was about 6-7 months.
Also, does your daycare have a PNP that they put kids in (this is seperate from the cribs)? Daycare has "stations" at the front of the room: PNP, swing and highchair. If there is not a staff person to be in the playarea, then the babies have to come up front to one of the stations. BTW, this was not explained to me when I toured.
DS is spending about an hour or more a day in the PNP. They are mad I said no swing. At DS' old daycare, there was no PNP and babies older than about 7 months were not put into the swing unless that is how they feel asleep.
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Re: XP: Daycare moms---question about swing at daycare
No. The swings are put away by six months. We also don't put the kids in PNPs unless it is nap time. There is always someone available to watch the kids and we never have a need to just sit them in a PNP.
I would tell them that an hour in the PNP is absolutely ridiculous. You are paying them to take care of your son. They need to step it up and not just plop him somewhere.
They do in DS's daycare sometimes. I don't know if DS actually goes in the swing. he doesn't really need to and doesn't sleep in one, so I am inclined to say he doesn't. BUT, it can be tough for daycares b/c they aren't allowed to have exersaucers or jumperoos (stationary places to put them if they have to for a few minutes). Sounds like your DC has chosen the swing or PnP for this purpose. The PnP is basically just a playpen...doesn't seem like a big deal to me, as long as your LO has toys and is content in there. 18 mo. sounds reeeallly old for a swing. 11 mo does, but I knwo that one of the kids at DS's daycare is 14 mo. and still loves to nap in the swing. DS naps in a PnP at daycare.
Have you approached them to find out what the circumstances are when they put DS in there?
DS naps in his crib at daycare. So the PNP is just a place to plop him while there is not someone to be in the playarea. This happens throughout the day. I have asked them to limit his PNP time to 15 minutes. Today he came home and I saw on his sheet he spent the last 35 minutes of the day in the PNP. When I called to ask about this (Dh picks him up), the director got on the phone and said that they can't meet my needs and I need to look else where. She said I am the only one to complain about the swings and all of the other older babies are put into the swings. She also said that when in the PNP, the teachers do "group activities." I asked her how many kids are in the PNP and she said one. She explained a group activity was a kid in the PNP, one in the highchair and another one in a swing. They will read stories and sing songs. I told her that was not a very good was to do a group activity. She doesn't like me.
Eek. That sounds strange, for sure! I'd look for a new daycare. Doesn't sound like yout LO is in any kind of "danger", it just deosn't sound like a nurturing environment at all.
I'm sorry you have to deal with this.
WTF. She needs to get a clue about how to care for kids. A kid who is eleven months is way too old to be plopped in a swing or a PNP for an extended period of time. A group activity at the daycare I work at is doing the wheels on the bus together or reading a story in a circle. Dancing. You get the picture. There is no point at all in the day where we stick a kid in the PNP and call it a group activity.
Are you going to look for a new daycare?
DH will begin the seach tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have to work all day all week long. So DH will have a very detailed list of things to look for and ask about.
Our daycare does still use the swing sometimes for older babies. I know that most the time ds naps in his crib but I have come in and seen him asleep in the swing. I never really liked it but I also didn't think it was worth complaining about. He never liked the swing at home but if they needed it now and then I really didn't mind. I am about to the point of thinking of saying something but then I remember he will be moving rooms soon to one with no swings so I don't know if it's worth complaining now. I do think it sounds like the situation at your daycare is worse. Especially the way they have reacted when you have tried to say something. Sorry you're dealing with it. Finding daycare is tough the first time around, it's too bad you have to search again.