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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
MrsRenee
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opinions regarding daycare
MrsRenee
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My mom use to watch DS up until she hurt her shoulder. She had surgery at the end of October and has been in therapy since. We ended up enrolling DS in daycare 3 days a week (DH was working weekends so he could be off during the week to cover the other 2 days) since she wasn't able to watch him. She's getting to the point now where she's able to watch DS again. I kind of like the fact the DS gets to interact with other kids his age at daycare, so I've been considering the idea of sending him only 2 days (they require an enrollment of at least 2 days a week). I guess I'm just torn on what's best. Obviously I think it's great for him to be with other kids his age since he normally doesn't get that too often. From a financial aspect, that's a lot of money we could be saving. Plus, we had a really rough time with DS constantly being sick this winter (he'd never been sick up until he started daycare). Daycare was closed this past Monday and DS was 10 kinds of excited when he realized he was going to grandma's and not daycare. IF we did keep him in daycare, I also worry about his schedule. During the week he'd have 2 days at daycare, a day or two with grandma and a day or two with daddy. Seems like a lot of hopping around.
Thoughts/opinions?
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Re: opinions regarding daycare
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
I like the idea of mixing it up. I think you're on the right track keeping him with other kids his age a couple of days a week. It's so good for them.
I do think you should keep the days consistent. Like Mondays, Fridays at DC, Tues and Thurs at Grandma's and Wednesdays with your H.
I would avoid daycare for two reasons you had listed.
1. Saves money
2. (hopefully) less sickness
I think when he is older, he will cherish the memories with his grandma more than the memories of daycare.
The only thing with relatives watching kids, is sometimes you have to have a backup if they are sick or unavailable. My ds attends pre-school part-time because we have relatives to cover the other two days-my brother one day and my dad the other. But, I cannot tell you the amount of times we have had to scramble at the last minute finding care and I really do not have much time to take off. If you or your dh have time to be the backup, or know someone that can, then I say stick with the grandma, and just make sure she hits a playgroup, or you can in the evenings or weekends. My dd does toddler gymnastics in the evenings once per week (I work too).
I'd do anything to save money. . .
We do a mix just like the one you have: 2 days in daycare, 2 days with Grandma, and one day home with me during the week. We've done this since T was 4 months old and it has been great. I think the mix gives him the best of all worlds and I don't feel that it's too much hopping around. I worried too that it might be, but it does not feel that way.
Our first winter in daycare was full of sickness and all kinds of germs - not just for T but he was a carrier monkey and brought it all home to us. This past winter (our second) we haven't had any sickness at all. So, that'll likely get much better with time.
I think having the variety of going to daycare plus visiting with Grandma each week would be an ideal situation.
Agreed! I am huge proponent of daycare for the social/educational aspect. And, like PP said, the sickness issue will likely get better the longer he's in daycare.