First Day of Daycare Experience and Concerns

[vharrisonucf]

Hi all,

About a month ago, I did a trial day with a daycare and although baby cried at first, I observed the daycare workers and felt real...

[thelearningtreetx]

So today is my official first day of daycare. I only have on child so far and I’m finding it a bit....awkward? I want to follow my schedule, but because...

[trix23]

I used to take it at drop-off but then I would want to read over everything and it got chaotic so I changed it to be the night before but that's becoming...

[galaxy]

It only took 9 months but my background check has finally cleared! Unfortunately some of my training expires in July so while the director wants me to...

[AcornMama]

So this is my first real day of childcare after being licensed last month. I have two sweet preschoolers here (working on a third).

Things...

[Candy]

How many kids did you have on the first day you ever opened? Were you nervous? What did you do all day? Is your schedule still the same and would you...

[JennyBear]

So I met with a family on Friday night that were in a bit of a situation and needed to find daycare asap for their two children. I was told that their...

[Nickel]

So I started a new dcg today. dcm told me that she was going to be here at 9:15. So I waited until about 9:50 and sent an email:

Dear dcm,...

[Soupyszoo]

I have a new family starting today. Or at least I thought they were starting today

It's their first baby, first time leaving her. They...

[Recie]

Ok so my question today is for all you vets, what was one of (or however many youd like to list) the challenges of starting your own home/center? I mean...

[AfterSchoolMom]

Today is my first day with two littles (3 mos and 4 mos).

So far, so good, as both came in sleeping and are still sleeping.
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[dave4him]

A bit anxious at this point as i am opening offically monday morning. For now the only extra kid is my little almost two year old niece so at least it...

I have never had a little cry this much. He is 18 months old and has been in child care previously. He arrived a little after 7 am and didn't cry as mom...

[MarinaVanessa]

Okay I know it's long but there were so many things that went wrong that I had to post everything.

I interviewed a family for my last spot...

[Christina72684]

I planned on opening this past Monday, but didn't have any kids. I had about 5-6 families telling me that they'd like to bring their kids, but no real...