Babies: 6 - 9 Months

WDYT: daycare incident

Every morning when I drop C off at daycare, I bring with him a little backpack containing diapers, an extra change of clothes, his pacifier, a small jar of our homemade baby food, and a bottle of expressed milk. Every morning, I put his backpack in his cubby and physical hand to his DCP the baby food and the bottle of milk. 

Yesterday, I was running very late, so I put C's backpack in the cubby without unpacking it. I kissed him goodbye and rushed off.

When I went to pick him up, he was eating the lunch that the DC provides. Alright - I have given them permission to feed him the provided meals if they think he is still hungry. But when I went to get his backpack, I realized that his food and milk were still in there, seemingly untouched since that morning.

At first, I shrugged it off. Maybe they thought I forgot his food and bottle, so they just feed him the provided meal. But it makes me wonder. Have they ever even looked in his backpack? I bring toys and sunscreen, sometimes, as well as the food. It has made me question how closely they adhere to my wishes. I have brought him his food and milk every single day. Why wouldn't they go looking for it? Laziness? Apathy? 

I don't know. Maybe I am overreacting. 

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Re: WDYT: daycare incident

  • I don't know...I would probably wonder if they ever looked in the bag.  Do they just have their own sunscreen etc that they use?  What did they do about diapers?  My LO doesn't start until one year but the daycare we are using has cubbies where all of their stuff goes, they provide all of the meals and they have a basket where you put all of the diapers etc. for the week.

    Did you talk to them about it? 

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  • imageeddy321:
    I would ask them casually, but I wouldn't make much of a big deal out of it since you did tell them they could use their provided stuff for LO.

    This. And I wouldn't read too much into it this first time. And since you gave them permission for him for him to have their food, they weren't going against your wishes. They just went with the other option you said was okay.

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  • Have you noticed your food & milk in the backpack other days or are you implying that they throw it out and use their own? Sorry, I'm just trying to understand.  Personally, I would be very upfront with them and just ask them politey.  I'm not sure where you are from and how much you pay for daycare...but around here, it's very costly and I would expect if I am paying a premuim price for my son to attend a daycare that they would respect and abide my wishes for caring for our son.

     

  • I would be worried about what he drank all day. I'm not surprised they'd never get out toys you brought from home because that's just asking for trouble.
  • Yes, thank you all for your thoughts. I am totally overreacting. I clearly need to eat some more pumpkin chocolate chip bars and calm down. Thanks again. 
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  • I think it was probably fine. If they are so use to you unpacking it, I bet they assumed that you didn't bring anything and didn't look in the bag.
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  • This happened tous the first week. I just dropped the lady an e-mail that I would provide such and such and if I forget to hand it to you itwould be in the bag so please check. she had no problem and responded positively. I still try to hand it to them.
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  • imageCABoyle:
    Yes, thank you all for your thoughts. I am totally overreacting. I clearly need to eat some more pumpkin chocolate chip bars and calm down. Thanks again. 

    What??? I must have this recipe!!


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