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Just yesterday I had a family member tell me she is considering switching from a home daycare to a center, because her child has been sick a lot. She said maybe they would clean better because there are more people to sanitize at a center, and maybe have more regulations. I told her that in my years of experience, I have found children catch more at centers because of the large number of children present and the fact that the parents doping and dropping is often the culprit. I explained that home daycares have to follow strict cleaning guidelines as well. Any opinions?
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Hmmm.... that's an interesting question. I would think centers would have a greater chance of exposure to illness because of the higher numbers of children, but then again there are more staff to sanitize/disinfect.
Then again, the grocery store is worse than any daycare and not many people worry too much about taking their kids there
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I would not debate it.
Sounds like a bait for a special request to me.
Not my first rodeo.
I might even be inclined to ask her how often she cleans and disinfects her carseat, furniture, toys and stuffed animals at home.- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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How about the grocery store? Or the million other public places they go with their parents?:confused:Comment
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Impossible question to answer.
Because there are more people means there are more people there to bring and carry viruses/illnesses in.
Weird analogy for DCM to make.
I also agree it sounds like a prelude to asking for "special"Comment
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I have gotten kids where the number 1 reason they were looking for care was because of how often they were getting sick in daycare centers. We get a few rounds of the common cold here but that's about it. I KNOW for a fact I clean a lot more than most of my daycare parents.
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I think they are considering a center because their home provider isn't proving to be as reliable as they originally thought. I am guessing that the sickness issue is just another reason to consider a move. However, I have seen sicknesses make their rounds at centers and just keep on going and spread to other classrooms, due to the large numbers. For me personally, with the exception of dcm that is now gone, my dc parents tend to be overly cautious, and keep kids home for even minor things- that certainly helps!Comment
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I agree there...(the bolded part) but at the same time, I think it has a lot to do with the illness policies centers/home providers have.
If they are diligent about not allowing children with excludable symptoms attend, the less likely the illness/virus is to continue making its rounds and be passed back and forth.Comment
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I would have been very offended by that parent's comments - implying that my home wasn't clean enough...
I probably would have just agreed with her that a center was a better fit for her.
Some people...Comment
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I have a very small center in a rented space and my dcks keep bringing illness TO me. Viruses can be picked up anywhere at anytime IMO. There's no way of knowing which is worse, center or home.Comment
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Personally I can only compare IHF to school. Once my own 2 children left the daycare to go to school, you'd think they had been exposed to enough germs while here in the childcare......NOPE! They are always sick from school, more so then they ever were in childcare.Comment
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I know for me I clean and sanitize daily because it's also MY FAMILY'S HOME!!!!! When daycare parents question how often I clean that's what I tell them.Comment
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Just because there is more staff members doesn't mean they clean and sanitize more.
I used to be in charge of "shutting down" the rooms at both centers I worked at while getting my degree. They would hound me to get out so that I wouldn't get anywhere close to overtime hours and often times that meant IGNORING them and QUICKLY cleaning and sanitizing everything. If I left when they were barking at me to nothing would have been sanitized or cleaned...except what was visibly put in a child's mouth during the day and taken out of rotation.
I don't believe in over sanitizing and such, but I do know that I do a lot more cleaning and sanitizing here than I ever did (or saw done) there.
Just my 2 cents from the south.Comment
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I've heard of more people switching to home daycares after their kids were constantly getting sick at a center and I've had people switch from my home daycare to a center/preschool because my illness policy was too strict.
Also, I find over cleaning to be a culprit as well. Babies are going to get sick in their first 3yrs. If they're exposed as young infants to the normal germs in our day to day life they build their immunities up. Plus, viruses are most contagious before we even know we/they're sick.Comment
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That was my experience, too. For what it's worth.Just because there is more staff members doesn't mean they clean and sanitize more.
I used to be in charge of "shutting down" the rooms at both centers I worked at while getting my degree. They would hound me to get out so that I wouldn't get anywhere close to overtime hours and often times that meant IGNORING them and QUICKLY cleaning and sanitizing everything. If I left when they were barking at me to nothing would have been sanitized or cleaned...except what was visibly put in a child's mouth during the day and taken out of rotation.
I don't believe in over sanitizing and such, but I do know that I do a lot more cleaning and sanitizing here than I ever did (or saw done) there.
Just my 2 cents from the south.Comment
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