Daycare/ Feeding issues.

jenniferraborn · January 2014

So, DD will be 1 on Valentine's Day. She was born 6 weeks early and is developmentally delayed in a few areas even based on her adjusted age. According to EI she is moderatly delayed in communication and gross motor skills and mildly delayed in "social/emotional". Daycare is going to keep her in the infant room for a while longer since right now she would get trampled in the 1-2 year old room. She isn't crawliing/pulling up/ sitting herself up etc. This I agree with. We are working with a PT on physical mobility etc. She is currently still eating mostly purees and is drinking from a bottle. I understand that these things are not age appropriate but we are TRYING. Until the last week or two she gagged/projectile vommitted anything that was not purees. Now she refuses to let you feed her anything else but will play with and ingest SMALL amounts of some table food (carrots,toast,green beans, etc.). I swear I have offered every type of sippy cup known to man but she just chews on them and doesn't really get anything out.

Anyways, daycare requires they to be transitioned to table food and whole cow's milk out of a sippy cup by a year. Despite my best efforts I just don't know if that is going to happen. My concern is this...DD is 15 lbs so on the smaller side. If they go to only providing table food and a sippy cup I am afraid that she will not be getting enough nutrition. They say it is part of USDA regulations.

What would you do? Bring it up with pedi and go from there? How are other parents with babies who aren't rocking table food / sippy cup handling daycare?

a13049 · January 2014

Bring it up with pediatrician and maybe he/she will write you a medical excuse.

jenniferraborn · January 2014

Yeah, I'm going to ask at her 1 year well check.

BabyMayinMarch · January 2014

If those are the daycare "rules", then I would be going to a peditrician. My DS will be 1 at the end of February and there is NO way he is going to be on cows milk only by then. Your daughters growth and well being is so important! She needs to be able to be nurtured if she is having troubles with solid foods.

I just started back at work from maternity leave (Canada), and our dayhome provider is super flexible. I think perhaps Daycares are legislated to a set standard? I would look into other options if this daycare isn't what your daughter needs to thrive. Good Luck!

downtown80 · January 2014

Personally, I would look for a new daycare!!! (I know, sometimes easier said than done.) The rules that they are stating sound more like their own personal rules. An in-home might be more flexible and go more by your decisions.

My daughter had no delays, but was seriously attached to her bottle. We tried to transition her to a sippy of WCM at a year, but she refused to drink. After several days, her urine output stopped and we knew that she just wasn't ready to switch yet. (FWIW, she took a sippy of water ok...just not milk.) So she continued to drink WCM from a bottle until she was about 21 months.

Lesson learned: turning 1 year old doesn't mean that your baby stops being a baby overnight. Many things (like bottles and food) take time.

pitterpatter129 · January 2014

Yes, this is part of the crappy gov food program. You can completely opt out with a doctor's note, but you may end up having to bring all your own food as well. They usually won't do a partial opt out...it's all or nothing. They get money from the gov for every child enrolled in the food program. My first kiddo has always had a note to opt out since the food is so unhealthy usually anyhow and they wouldn't let him continue to have breastmilk after age 1 without a ped note.

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