Hi B.,
Wherever you decide to place your baby for care while you work, go armed with questions.
1. Does each child have their own crib?
2. does each child get held while being fed a bottle?
3. Do you clean the toys everyday? How many times? With what?
4. Do you provide the baby food when they begin to learn to eat?
5. Is the changing area and the "kitchen" area separate?
6. How many outfits/diapers do I need to bring? Can I use clothe diapers?
7. What is your child/care giver ratios?
8. How old does Baby need to be before moving up? Crawling? Walking?
9. Does your center have learning/story times even with babies?
10. Operating hours. What are they?
11. Can I come visit baby?
12. Can I call and talk directly to the teachers/caregivers?
13. How do you address injuries? What happens if my Baby gets hurt and needs a hospital?
14. Do you have restricted access to the center? (Parents/pick up person has the code)
15. Do you clean the changing area after each child is changed?
16. Does the bedding get changed daily?
17. Can I bring some personal things for my child to use?
18. Toys from home?
19. Daily reports? Does your center use them?
20. Do the daily reports get filled out as each event happens or does the cave giver wait until the end of the day to do the paperwork?
I hope this list of 20 questions will help you in locating the perfect place for you to place your baby during the day.
I hope you can take off from work for as long as you can. It really DOES help the mother/child bonding.
Take care and Happy Baby!
B.
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