DAYC 1489

Instructor:

Murphy Brown

Email: murphybrown1488@gmail.com

Sending a child to a daycare center is a complicated process for many parents, not just in finding the right place to take care of your precious cargo, but also in the emotions that parents have toward letting someone else spend lots of time with their child. There are a lot of different feelings you might have, but ultimately, daycare can be a great fit for lots of families. Especially when both parents have careers, daycare can be an essential part of raising your child and making sure that they are taken care of when you are not able to. All of that said, there are still myths out there that are making parents nervous about the process. Here are a few of those myths debunked for you.

Seriously, if you are worried about your child meeting new people, you might need to look at yourself in the mirror. This is a time for growth and discovery. Now, I am not saying that you need to let your child interact with every weirdo and creep on the street, but I do think that you should let them out. You might worry that your baby will have separation anxiety or be nervous around the new people, but that is a part of development. As will become a theme here, babies are pretty adaptable, even if you do not think so at home.

When you have a baby, sticking to the nap and bath schedule is pretty important. Trying to maintain consistency is a constant struggle, but the hope is that the routine will eventually stick and create harmony. That harmony is destroyed when nap times go crazy and the baby is suddenly pooping on a different schedule too. The thing about daycare is that the same rules apply to them. The baby still seeks stability there and you just might have to realign naps on the weekend to understand the daycare schedule during the week. It is pretty simple. Babies adapt. Did you remember I said it would be a theme?

Guess what? When they smell a poop, they do not just pass the buck to the next guy. That is a patented move that I do as the uncle to my niece. I have no responsibility for poop and choose not to take responsibility for poop. That is not the case with daycare. It might not be as immediate as you change your kid at home because they are not acutely attuned to the faces that your baby makes when he or she poops, but they will change the baby as soon as they smell something funky. They will also help the baby go to sleep if it is not going down at nap time. They are not monsters.