Posted this on a more mainstream forum and got an earful. Thought I would try it here too to see what mamas here think.
Going back to work next week. We started at this day care when DS1 was 18 mos, so were never in the infant room before ... DS2 is 6 mos . . . went by today and left there feeling kind of upset with the place. Give me a reality check, please (but be kind and constructive, ok?). Here are my issues with them:
(1) Breast milk must be labeled with red tape (like it's a biohazard or something) while formula is labeled w/ regular masking tape. To me this has connotations I find offensive (red=warning, danger). If they had to distinguish the tape, couldn't it have been blue or yellow? Or better yet, why not just have us write "breastmilk" on the label like our first daycare did? What is the point of yet one more message to BF mothers that they're weird and deviant? (Keep in mind I'm in a place where BF is less common -- only one baby had red-labeled bottles in the fridge today).
(2) They use bleach solution to wipe down the changing pad after each diaper change. I'm not crazy about my kids inhaling bleach, but the thing I am really upset at is that they ruined two articles of DS1's clothing with bleach last year (I was quite PO'd) and then when I bring it up today they're like, we'll do our best but sometimes we have to change kids one after another and we may end up laying your child down in bleach and ruin his clothes (which is essentially the same response I got when I raised the issue at the time it happened). Um, hello . . . NOT ACCEPTABLE. Am I wrong? Is this a common thing at day care?
Issue 2 is serious enough to me that I'm considering seeking other care. Issue 1 is just annoying and makes me feel like I and my kids don't fit in or are looked upon as crazy hippies, but I could get past that if it weren't for Issue 2.
Going back to work next week. We started at this day care when DS1 was 18 mos, so were never in the infant room before ... DS2 is 6 mos . . . went by today and left there feeling kind of upset with the place. Give me a reality check, please (but be kind and constructive, ok?). Here are my issues with them:
(1) Breast milk must be labeled with red tape (like it's a biohazard or something) while formula is labeled w/ regular masking tape. To me this has connotations I find offensive (red=warning, danger). If they had to distinguish the tape, couldn't it have been blue or yellow? Or better yet, why not just have us write "breastmilk" on the label like our first daycare did? What is the point of yet one more message to BF mothers that they're weird and deviant? (Keep in mind I'm in a place where BF is less common -- only one baby had red-labeled bottles in the fridge today).
(2) They use bleach solution to wipe down the changing pad after each diaper change. I'm not crazy about my kids inhaling bleach, but the thing I am really upset at is that they ruined two articles of DS1's clothing with bleach last year (I was quite PO'd) and then when I bring it up today they're like, we'll do our best but sometimes we have to change kids one after another and we may end up laying your child down in bleach and ruin his clothes (which is essentially the same response I got when I raised the issue at the time it happened). Um, hello . . . NOT ACCEPTABLE. Am I wrong? Is this a common thing at day care?
Issue 2 is serious enough to me that I'm considering seeking other care. Issue 1 is just annoying and makes me feel like I and my kids don't fit in or are looked upon as crazy hippies, but I could get past that if it weren't for Issue 2.