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WWN13 Do? re: daycare

mmm50mmm50 member
in November 2013 Moms
So N started daycare in June Tuesdays and Thursday from about 8a-4p.  He's been 13 times, and I've had to pick him up 5 or 6- for throwing up, once for a fever, and the other times just for general crabbiness/ being inconsolable/bottle refusing (in those situations daycare called to inform me and gave me the option to pick him up, but said it wasn't necessary-- the first time I went right away, the other two I just went a little earlier than normal pickup).  I was hoping the daycare germs and being upset for being away was a few week phase and we'd be past it, but no luck and we're approaching the 2 month mark.  

How long would you keep trying?  We have other childcare available (MIL who watches him the other days when I work without issues), but we wanted part-time daycare for the benefits to him and to give her a break.  Is it reasonable to wait until the school year to decide- about 6 more weeks? I'm in the middle of a job transition that might result in DH being able to stay home with him, which would solve the problem completely- but we won't know until September if that is feasible.  

How long did it take you LO to transition to daycare?  At what age did you begin using daycare?  Any advice?
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Re: WWN13 Do? re: daycare

  • cagoldicagoldi member
    edited July 2014
    My DS acclimated right away, much to my relief. He loves being with the other babies and had no problem being in someone else's care. Even now with separation anxiety, he doesn't get upset and I think that's because it's become so familiar to him. He started at 12 weeks. I agree with @Soozerella that it's probably difficult since his routine is broken up.

    As for illnesses, I don't think that's going to get any better. A has been ill constantly since he started in late January. We seriously feel like we've won the lotto if he manages to go 5 days without a cold. But if you wait to put him in DC, he'll still get sick whenever you decide to send him because he hadn't been exposed to those germs.
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  • AlisonM12AlisonM12 member
    I agree that splitting up a few days a week might make it harder since that may mess with routines. 

    Also wanted to add that we follow day care's schedule on the weekends  - especially with naps and that seems to keep her on her schedule and happy both at home and at day care. 

    LO was sick for about 2 whole months when she started day care. It was a bad few months but we got through it and now we don't have a lot of sickness :: knock on wood ::::
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  • mmm50mmm50 member
    Thanks ladies!  I actually got to talk with the teacher for a while today at pickup and she seems to think it's just that he is going through the separation anxiety for babies that is typical around 9 or 10 months a little early.  It seems like when he is tired or teething it is worse because little things (like the girls in his class sitting too close to him) send him over the edge- and the last two weeks he's been teething, so it's probably just enough to put him over the edge.  It probably doesn't help that he won't sleep in his crib at home either.

    We do leave his blankie, a paci, and his Wubbanub at daycare for him.  

    That's a good thought on switching his days so he goes 2 days back-to-back.  We probably can't until the little girls in his class age out next month, but it's something we can look into for September.  

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  • mamasoup030mamasoup030 member
    Fwiw, we are also a 2 day a week at daycare and grandma the other days. We have been at DC since she was 3 months old. I haven't found any problems with splitting the days up, and there have been a few weeks where grandma was away and daycare was able to take her all week so we have had a chance to compare.

    I think it sounds more like separation anxiety and the normal daycare sickness - hayley caught everything in the beginning. Now we do a bath first thing on daycare nights and she has avoided the HFM that all the kids in the class with one other exception have gotten. I can't say if that is the reason, but I'm convinced it helps.

    Good luck! It does get easier, I promise!
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