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Would you let your DCP drive with DC?
We are thinking about having a friend watch DS for 4 months until the summer when I will be off- I'm a teacher. She lost her job as a teacher and is home with her two small girls. She offered to watch DS until summer to earn a little extra money. We haven't talked specifics yet, but she mentioned to my husband the other day that she goes to the park and runs errands during the day with her girls and would want to take Luke with her. I don't know how I feel about that. I don't really think I feel comfortable with her driving all over town with him in tow. He needs consistent naps, etc. Plus if something happened, Ughhhhh... how awful. On the other hand, it would be nice for him to get outside to the park, but not running errands. Since she's not a "real" daycare I can't expect her to stay home all day, but I can choose to go with one of the centers I have checked out.
Anyway, would you let your in-home DCP drive with your baby/child?
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Re: Would you let your DCP drive with DC?
The only time my baby is in a carseat in a car, is when one of her parents are with her. But, I think that I have the first-time mommy over protective thing going.
A friend allows her DCP to take her children around in a car for errands, but that is because she feels comfortable with her DCP. I think that more of it is do you feel comfortable with your friend as the DCP? If you have any reservations, either talk to her about it, or just go with another DCP.
Our in home provider took all the kids (8 of them) to Burger King for lunch one day. I was pretty nervous about it but of course it was fine.
I wouldn't want the driving to be a regular thing but that's just me. But you are right, if you use her as your provider she will fit your son into her life, not the other way around.
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Do you trust this person? Do you like how they drive? It wouldn't bother me to have DS go places sometimes, but I agree naps are important and they make your life easier when he's with you.
So I would talk to her and go over your expectations. Shes home so can can nap each day at 9 & 1, he gets to play and is not in a stroller or car seat more than 2 hours, ect.
Tell her these are your expectations and if they don't work with her, you'd understand.
I think its good a baby goes out and does things - makes them more flexible but not at the expense of a normal routine.
Our DCP does drive with DD. She picks up her two kids and another school-age boy that she watches from school every day. She also sometimes goes to run errands (grocery store, Wal-Mart, etc.) and takes DD to fun things too(the zoo, an indoor play area, etc.)
I prefer that. I don't want DD to be stuck at home all day. I don't really care that our DCP runs errands; at DD's age, a trip to Wal-Mart is about as stimulating as a trip to the zoo anyway! We're not super-consistent on naps at home (our DCP is probably more consistent about it than we are), so that's not a concern.
We did check our DCP's driving record before we hired her. I don't really worry about something happening. I mean, it's not like I have a magic force field around my car that keeps her safe when she's with me. And my DCP wants to arrive in one piece just as much as I want DD to.
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
I wouldn't dismiss having her watch him based on the idea of them running errands or going to the park, but it is certainly something you want to discuss further and establish parameters for. I agree that it's probably best if they don't go out every day or go out for so long that it disrupts his naps. But going to the park and going out in the world is good for him, so as long as he isn't spending a ton of time in the car or missing lots of naps it wouldn't bother me.
When you're staying at home over the summer, you're going to take him out to the park and take him to run errands, right? So as long as you trust the judgment of this friend, then it should be okay.
My DCP doesn't drive him very often. I think since August it has only been twice. ?Once to the pool, and another time to the park. ?
?I trust her, or my child wouldn't be going to daycare with her. ???
Our DCP takes DS places in the car almost everyday. I bought an extra car seat so it's installed in her suburban and she takes him to go pick-up one of the other little girls from preschool and to pick up her own three girls from school. Some days when it's just him there they run to the store or she takes him shopping but I always know where they are going and it's never more than 5 miles from her house. She even has to drive through my neighborhood to pick the kids up from school and sometimes she takes him to my neighborhood park. I'm ok with all of this because I don't want DS stuck at home all day. My DCP is also very conscious of DS's nap schedule and always makes sure to work around it.
Yes. My DCP takes her kids to school every morning and sometimes takes the kids (2-3) on an errand or two. It does not interfere with naps. That is important to me.
I was a nanny and always took the kids places. It's great that they get out and don't get crazy inside!