Need Help - To Withdraw My Child From Daycare

[mom of 4]

Thank you all for your efforts to reply.
My baby is sick, I could not find time to check on this thread.

The daycare does not provide video conferencing. But they do have an open door policy that allows parents to walk in n observe the baby. I was promised that I can visit my child anytime during the day.

Is it okay for a child to cry for long hours? Out of curiosity, how does a crying child be assured n nurtured in daycare? When I observed my child, I see her cry, the teacher does not comfort her.

Of the 3 days, she was in this daycare, Friday was the first time I visited. A parent who had her child in this daycare (she is now going to another daycare) said I shud keep checking on my child. Don't know why she said that, but that really prompted me to check on my child.


The contract says I can visit my child but why does the center treat me bad when I visit my child. Of course, I try to be a silent spectator, I don't walk in n let my child see me. I know that will be tough for her. I want her to settle down n be happy as I do not have a plan B. however, I do not want her to be in a place where she is not comfortable.

Worried Mama.

OK Please don't take offense I am kind of harsh when I speak, but I mean no harm to you.

TAKE YOUR CHILD OUT NOW. Your job as a momma is to remove the child from a situation YOU feel is not working. Especially if you have reservations. It matters not that you have a plan.

If you don't take the baby out and you have these concerns, you yourself, can be held liable for anything that could happen because you have voiced your concern and still took the baby somewhere you didn't like.

It is never acceptable to use the reasoning that "Well, I didn't have other care" to put your child in a situation you do not trust. I'd pull the kid, pay and then sue for your refund based on the fact you didn't feel your child was safe. But you will lose in court if you continue to take your child there and then decide to pull.

Drop the daycare now. It sounds like a terrible fit for you and your child. I hope you find someone else soon, but for the sake of your own piece of mind, do not take that child back!