Parents Wanting to Facetime, and another Rant

[Sunchimes]

One of my babies was tube fed at first, awful reflux,puking several times a day. They introduced Dr Brown bottles with honey thick formula. . I think mom used them one weekend. Monday, she brought WM bottles with #3 Dr Brown nipples. :: It took a few weeks, but the reflux and puking went away. I'm so thankful for sensible moms.

Edited to add that my daycare phone is a cheap pay-as-you-go phone. No data. Moms and therapists are all under strict instructions that it is for emergencies only. Want to chat? Use the landline. They are all great about it.

[Sugaree]

We used the Dr. Brown bottles and I also hated all the little pieces. But it did seem to help the gassiness that he had when he was itty bitty.

Our center required that all bottles be taken home at the end of the day regardless, so I guess it really didn't make a difference either way to them.

[Fruitloops1]

I tried facetiming with one parent who insisted she needed to see her baby while she was working. He was 2.5 at the time and when he saw her he started BAWLING his eyes out which made her cry. She admitted later that she didn't believe me that is wasnt a good idea. I did do again with another child but that was because his baby sister was in he picu and mom didn't get to see him a lot. It worked well. He was happy to see her and they sat on FaceTime and had a conversation.

[Blackcat31]

I'd be concerned about the privacy of others while doing face time with a parent.

Like previous poster said, another child was crying in back ground.... suppose the mom that is doing face time knows the crying child's mom and tattles that the child was crying in the back ground??

I know consoling a crying child while trying to Face Time with a baby's parent is impossible but we all know parents wont see it that way....

[Laurel]

I liked the Dr. Brown bottles but I didn't keep them at my house. The parents brought them filled and I rinsed and sent back home. I thought they produced less gas but that was just my opinion. I think I only had one mom that brought them. I've used all kinds of bottles. There was another one (Playtex maybe?) that had a bend in them. Looked weird but I thought they were easier on tummy too.

Back in the olden days we just used the regular old bottles. I really couldn't say I had more spit ups with one bottle or another. They all worked pretty well.

Laurel

[Leigh]

I think Dr. Brown's are the best! I have a few dozen, and I ONLY use those here. I don't allow parents to bring me bottles, and I suggest that they use them at home, too. I don't really mind cleaning them, especially when I think of all the stress they save me (no babies screaming in pain from gas-never heard of a colicky baby who used that bottle).

Tommy Tippee-I agree with you on that one. I just bought some of the sippee cups and threw them away after a month (impossible to clean inside the flow regulators, and even though I removed them for every cleaning, one still managed to get moldy. I saw mold and tossed them all.

[Play Care]

I liked the Dr. Brown bottles but I didn't keep them at my house. The parents brought them filled and I rinsed and sent back home. I thought they produced less gas but that was just my opinion. I think I only had one mom that brought them. I've used all kinds of bottles. There was another one (Playtex maybe?) that had a bend in them. Looked weird but I thought they were easier on tummy too.

Back in the olden days we just used the regular old bottles. I really couldn't say I had more spit ups with one bottle or another. They all worked pretty well.

Laurel

Underlined - that's my policy as well. I know some say they worry about parents drugging baby, but I like to think that trust goes both ways.
I get 3-4 filled bottles each AM, and I send back the rinsed out bottles each evening. No way am I cleaning and sterilizing bottles unless I am supplying them.

[Blackcat31]

Underlined - that's my policy as well. I know some say they worry about parents drugging baby, but I like to think that trust goes both ways.
I get 3-4 filled bottles each AM, and I send back the rinsed out bottles each evening. No way am I cleaning and sterilizing bottles unless I am supplying them.

The last few infants I've had have used Dr Browns. I don't mind them as I rarely, if ever have two on a bottle at the same time so the cleaning isn't as bad as it could be....

I don't allow bottles to be brought back and forth (I require them to stay here and I will wash them) and it isn't so much about trust at all... Its more about what some parents think is okay to give their baby...kwim?

I have two parents specifically that I can think of that would think absolutely nothing about adding Karo syrup or even a little chocolate to the bottles...

I had one parent years ago that was insistent that she add a raw egg to her child's bottles.

So for me it's not about trust but more about parents that don't really think or in some cases think things through...

[Meeko]

Whenever a parent asks for special, I find it often helps to remind them that this is GROUP daycare. What I do for one, I should do for all. So I ask them to think about what they are asking me to do....multiplied by 16. They usually see it would be impossible to function.

Those who refuse to see past their own snowflake....just get told no. My house. My rules.

[Pestle]

This was a 2yo post bumped by a brand-new user whose post has nothing to do with the topic and who linked to a website. I suggest you do NOT click that link. I've reported the post.

Really wish only established forumgoers could reply to posts over, say, a month old. Or three months, or a year, or whatever--some websites don't permit replying to old posts, or restrict that ability to verified members.

[hwichlaz]

I'll use any bottle they want, if they wash them. I prefer to just have 4 bottles per baby that stay here...but if a kiddo is colicky and needs a dr. brown then the parents take them home to wash every day.

No facetime...unless I have a compelling reason. I had a little one face time with mama when she split her eyebrow open so we could determine together is she needed to come right now and get her to the doctor, or if a bandaid was going to be enough.