Need Help Making A Decision Regarding Enrolling A Young Infant...

[FirstFriends]

Wow, for safety reasons alone, I would pass. Even if some of the younger ones are mobile, how the heck can you direct them to/out the door if a fire broke out?

I actually had an active fire drill during nap time last week. During nap time, I started smelling a weird plastic/electrical smell. I immediately went investigating and saw smoke/steam coming out of our dishwasher. I pulled the breaker, loaded everyone into the pack and play with wheels and we went outside to wait for the fire department. 3 firetrucks, a few fire management vehicles, and about 30 firefighters later, we found that my husbands traveling coffee lid had fallen onto the heating element and was burning/melting.

Such a humiliating/embarrassing experience, but the firefighters reassured me that I had done everything perfectly. Better safe than sorry.

My daycare parents and a neighbor apparently thought it was hilarious and gifted my three year old firetrucks for his birthday yesterday at his party.

[FirstFriends]

My husband and i have 10 kids under 2 in our home daycare. 8-12 weeks is my favorite age to start a child.

Wow! How do you keep the more active kids happy and busy while taking care of the tiny ones? What do you find the most challenging?

[Mom2Two]

Wow, I'm allowed two under two. I'd pass for sure.

[MarinaVanessa]

I take them that young and I'm allowed 3 infants (under 1 years old) with a max of 6 kids or 2 infants with a max of 8 kids but I don't ever have more than one baby under 1 year old and 1 baby 1-2 years old. It gets very difficult with much more than that. I feel spread a little thin having to take care of one non-mobile baby, one toddler under 2 years and the rest of the other kiddos. But only you know what you can handle.