I work part time and can do some work from home while DD (22months) is around, but I have her in childcare 2 mornings a week for 6 hours total. The person who babysits her has 2 kids of her own, 2 and 6 months, and often has one other toddler there as well.
It took me so long to find a good childcare provider, but I have some concerns about her - she spanks her son (smacks his hand) when he does something wrong, although she told me she would never spank someone else's kid. She sprays her 6 month old with a squirt bottle to try to teach her no. I'm almost positive she doesn't do these things to my dd, but the other day dd starting hitting her hand and saying "no, no" so I think she is at least seeing it. It's hard because she is too little to tell me what is going on.
The other day I dropped off my dd and heard her 6 month old screaming from her crib, so i know she does "sleep training" and CIO with her kids. My dd is never there for a nap though so I don't know if that is really an issue that would make me not leave her there.
We try to do as much all natural food as we can, and she doesn't offer the healthiest food, but it's not terrible either. And it's only 2 days a week.
Would these things make you reconsider? It was so hard for me to find someone, dd really likes going there, enjoys the interactions with other kids, and she is close and afforable. I'm not sure if I'm overreacting just because this is the first time we've put her in childcare and of course there is that "mommy guilt" that nobody could be good enough to take care of her!
It took me so long to find a good childcare provider, but I have some concerns about her - she spanks her son (smacks his hand) when he does something wrong, although she told me she would never spank someone else's kid. She sprays her 6 month old with a squirt bottle to try to teach her no. I'm almost positive she doesn't do these things to my dd, but the other day dd starting hitting her hand and saying "no, no" so I think she is at least seeing it. It's hard because she is too little to tell me what is going on.
The other day I dropped off my dd and heard her 6 month old screaming from her crib, so i know she does "sleep training" and CIO with her kids. My dd is never there for a nap though so I don't know if that is really an issue that would make me not leave her there.
We try to do as much all natural food as we can, and she doesn't offer the healthiest food, but it's not terrible either. And it's only 2 days a week.
Would these things make you reconsider? It was so hard for me to find someone, dd really likes going there, enjoys the interactions with other kids, and she is close and afforable. I'm not sure if I'm overreacting just because this is the first time we've put her in childcare and of course there is that "mommy guilt" that nobody could be good enough to take care of her!
