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I know there was a post like this before but I can't find it. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have ever put your child in daycare. I was considering it for my 2 yr old. He is just all over the place so I wanted to try to put him in daycare for a few hours a couple days a week. I just think he needs a break from mommy. I know some may think that the purpose of doing childcare is so that we can be home with kids and not have the burden of paying daycare. But I at least want to try it out to see how it goes. I talked with a home provider but I didn't let her know that I was a provider as well. I'm not sure if I will tell her either. She wouldn't let me know her rate. She actually told me that she doesn't have rates and that she sits with each family and comes up with a rate which was interesting. I wouldn't dare let a parent come up with the rate, I would probably go broke doing that. Well anyway, have any of you all done this with your kids?
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I sent my children to preschool 2 days a week. That way they get a break from Mommy being the authority and they get more social interaction with kids their exact age. Works for me! -
I might send my 3 year old to preschool but I would never put any of my own kids into daycare, thats why I do it myself.Comment
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When my daughter is 3 I plan on putting her into preschool part-time, maybe 2 days a week. There is one within walking distance, so I will be able to walk the dck's over to drop her off and pick her up.
That's a couple years off now though.
. The plan could change.
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I started my son in a preschool program a few days a week 3 months ago.
I looked at home daycares, for the price I wanted ,but I wasnt impressed. I got lucky and found a preschool program for a few dollars more that I am very happy with.
My son was bored at home with me. He would start acting up during the day. Even though we have cuddle time twice a day for at least an hour and half, where we would play and hug and cuddle. He also gets everything first, gets to choose what the kids eat for lunch. So getting attention wasnt an issue.
But since he has started school he acts better at home and he likes it and hes happy to go!!Comment
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I will also put my daughter in preschool when she turns 3. I wouldn't put my daughter in daycare because for me it defeats the purpose of staying at home. Plus before I made the decision to stay at home we interviewed a couple of places and I was less than thrilled! Having said that I don't see anything wrong with giving him some time away from mommy to make new friends and get out of the house!Comment
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Never!
Perhaps you need to re-evalutate your current situation - maybe you are taking care of too many children?
You say "I just think he needs a break from mommy." Are you sure it's not the other way around? I don't mean to criticize, we all need a break from our children every now and then but to put them in Daycare?
It's time to sort out your priorities.Comment
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FWIW~ I put my own 2 yr old son in another daycare while I ran mine.
I did have my priorities straight and knew it was the best thing for him.
He went to another daycare 2 days a week for half days. He needed to experience a bit of independence without his mother hovering nearby and he was one of those kids that respnded well to others but not necessarily to me since I was(am) his mother. As providers we all can attest to how differently children behave for their parents compared to a provider/teacher etc.
It had nothing to do with me not being able to handle my child or his ability to learn and behave but it did have everything to do with the fact that he needed a bit of space and he needed to be able to have something of his own.
Also, no matter what anyone says, we all treat our children a bit differently because they are ours and rather than fight with him continually about what hat mommy was wearing at the moment, I enrolled him in a child care center where he could have some friends, some space and a place where he was a regular child and not Miss C's son" or "mommy's little guy".
I can completely understand.Comment
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My daughter had a rough time ever leaving me and had problems socially outside our home. When I would leave her with her grandparent she would have a screaming fit for an hour. Without hesitation I decided that it would be beneficial for her to go to preschool at 3. Over the summer she went to my friend's who is a SAHM one day a week to get her ready for school. When the first day of school rolled around she walked into the building like she had been going for years:: ...best decision i've ever made!
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One of my good friends runs a licensed daycare from her home like I do. We trade our children two days a week!
My daughter is 18M and I feel that it's important for her to be able to function and be independent without me there. (Like PP, in the past she would just have meltdowns and not be able to do anything if I wasn't there). My son is 3 & is going to preschool two days a week as well.
I've been doing daycare for just over a year and we just started this daycare/preschool arrangement within the last month or so. While I made this career switch to be with my children, this is what works best for our family. Just do what you know is best for yourself & your child (and don't worry about anyone else's opinions).
Megan, Proud WAHM Mommy to Drake (3) & Natalie (1.5)!Comment
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I started my home daycare so that I could be home with my kids. I realized that my 2 year old really needed one day to be away from mommy--to have someone else be the teacher, to be in a social situation away from his home. He started a kids day out program one day a week this fall and it has been wonderful. He is with my 6 days a week and at "school" 1 day. It is also my mom's preschool, so I feel really good about him being there. If it wasn't my mom's preschool, I probably would have waited until 3.Comment
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