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More kids at daycare

ladylisaltladylisalt member
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My dcp can take up to 6 kids. She usually has 4 or 5 on most days including DS. Yesterday when I picked DS up I noticed there was another boy infant there. It is fine of course since she can have up to 6 but do you feel providers should let other parents know another child is starting? I know I dont have a choice, I was just wondering about etiquette or if this is common?]
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Re: More kids at daycare

  • aeh72aeh72 member

    When I interviewed our DCP she mentioned she had two more babies coming a few months after DS but she didn't give me (or anyone else I know of) a heads up that the babies were actually going to be starting.  I showed up one day and there was a new little boy and then a few weeks later another little girl.  She was well within the proper ratios so I didn't think much about it. 

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  • jf198400jf198400 member
    I use a center so its different, but either way I would not expect DCP to inform me. I think they would most likely just mention it casually in passing.
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  • ToraniTorani member

    My DCP has 8 full-time kids every day, and up to 8 more part-time/drop-ins.  She will sometimes mention that she has a full house, but never ahead of time.  As long as she is at or below her maximum, I don't see why she should notify her clients.  Often dropoffs/pickups are hectic and she may have forgotten to mention it.

    Now if she was hiring a new assistant, THAT I would want to be notified.

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  • mle929mle929 member
    I'm told if there will be a new child usually months ahead of time, but I don't think that's the norm though.

     

     

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  • loganlacloganlac member
    MDP will sometimes mention it and sometimes not.  I don't expect it but it is nice information to have!
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  • QueSrahQueSrah member
    I always expected our in-home DCP to add enough kids to be at the maximum number she could have, so I was never surprised when new babies came in. I often knew when she was talking to new parents because she would give out our number as a reference. But she never made a point of telling us that a new baby was coming in on X day.
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