Daycares and CIO

Stacyc625 · November 2008

I am a SAHM (for now) and I was just curious to see what is the 'norm' regarding children and CIO in daycares. I am far from a huge fan but clearly with staffing and other babies- it would have to happen on occassion.

couple of questions- do daycares usually set a minimum age to allow this to happen? what about naptimes? do they just put baby in crib to fall asleep?

just kinda curious what happens. TIA

Sarabell55 · November 2008

At our daycare they do not CIO at all. But when DD is there all they have to do is lay her down in the PNP and she falls right asleep. (Note: she only does this at daycare, not at home.)

ABMcKinney · November 2008

In state cerified daycares a baby is only allowed to be in the crib awake for a few minutes. While it's true that a person can only take care of one or two babies at a time, they learn how to soothe other children while holding a baby. Also, my daycare will call me if my child has been crying for more than 10 or 15 minutes. This is why I chose an actual daycare center- I refuse to put my child in a place where someone might put him in a crib and walk away.

Temp146997687502158 · November 2008

From my interviews, it seemed to be really varied on how it is handled.

Luckystar2 · November 2008

ABMcKinney:
In state cerified daycares a baby is only allowed to be in the crib awake for a few minutes. While it's true that a person can only take care of one or two babies at a time, they learn how to soothe other children while holding a baby. Also, my daycare will call me if my child has been crying for more than 10 or 15 minutes. This is why I chose an actual daycare center- I refuse to put my child in a place where someone might put him in a crib and walk away.

Ditto! Our center does not CIO. Yes, a baby may have to cry briefly if both teachers are unable to get to that baby right away. But for the most part, 1 teacher usually has the ability to get to that child. For example, 1 teacher may be changing a baby's diaper. They can't leave the child on the table, so they have to stay with the child. But the other teacher may just be feeding a baby. That teacher can go over to the crying baby, soothe them by talking to them, giving them a pacifier, rubbing their head/tummy/etc. If the baby doesn't calm down, the teacher can set the feeding child down for a second while they get the crying baby. By that point, the other teacher is usually free.

This is one big reason I chose a center and a place that has more than one person in a room. Like I said, 1 teacher is usually able to get to the baby.

DD is a horrible napper and they do not let her CIO. In the beginning she'd cry when they put her in the crib, and they'd have to take her right out.

Also, they don't even like babies crying because it can upset other babies. I've seen it happen where one baby will start to cry and its a domino effect. They don't want all the babies crying, so they're not going to let one continue to cry and upset others.

KKM · November 2008

I am sure Brady cried, but they didnt put him in his crib to CIO until I said that they could. Even then we had guidlines that they are happy to follow (only let him cry for 5-10 mins, etc). I feel very confident that they are following these guidlines. He now rarely cries at bedtime/naptime as it is

Taylor44 · November 2008

My DC tries to bounce them to sleep rather than putting them in the crib. This works for some children. Like stated in a PP - I don't think they are allowed to be in the crib awake for too long, but I am not sure on the actual requirements. It also depends on the instructions you give them for your child. My DC tries to follow the schedule we keep at home, if possible. Although, I am not against CIO once they are over 3 months old.

Stacyc625 · November 2008

thanks for all of your insight ladies. this is not something i have had any experience with and was curious.

vanillacourage · November 2008

ABMcKinney:
In state cerified daycares a baby is only allowed to be in the crib awake for a few minutes.

Ditto this. Our daycare can't even let the kids hang out in the crib if they're watching their mobile, perfectly content.

I believe that if you send in a signed letter they might work with you on the CIO thing, but I think in most daycares they would tell you it would make them uncomfortable and would throw off the rest of the room (you know how one kid crying can set off another child).

jlw2505 · November 2008

Babies do cry at daycare, my daycare has a 4 to 1 ratio although it is often less but the teacher still can't get to a child right away all the time. At my daycare, they follow what the parent wants. My DD puts herself to sleep so I ahve daycare put her into her crib at the 1st sign that she is sleepy. Some kids get rocked more and some fall alseep wherever they are and then get moved into their crib. The babies must sleep in cribs unless they have a docs note so no swing sleeping for example. Once the babies move to the busy baby room at 12 months, they nap on a schedule, once a day but if the parents don't feel their child is ready for this, they can hold them back in the infant room.

JRM060504 · November 2008

I was worried about this too so I asked my daycare provider and she assured me that if DD needed "help" to go to sleep she wasn't opposed to rocking, etc. With that said I worked all summer long (I'm a teacher) to help DD fall asleep on her own for naps. I'd rock her a bit then lay her down; I had to go in and pat her a lot or let her fuss for a little bit but it worked out fine. I was nervous her first day, but guess what happened? She fell asleep all ON HER OWN at daycare. She knew exactly what she was doing with me!

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