Re: Transition to daycare - or not?
- From: "Stephanie" <IwishICould@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:47:04 -0500
"Dan Stromberg" <strombrg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.29.22.10.58.507991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi folks.
>
> My wife went back to work yesterday, and we've been attempting to get our
> 5 month old son transitioned to day care, but it's proving difficult.
>
> In short, my wife and I, without having really read that much on the
> subject(s), have been closer to "attachmentites" than "furberites", and
> now that our son needs to go to day care, we're finding his day care
> practitioner unable to give him the same level of attention we've
> acclimated him to.
>
> What level of attention? He often needs to be walked around indoors to
> get him to sleep - say maybe 20 minutes to get him to nod off, and then
> another 15 minutes to get him deeply asleep enough that he usually won't
> wake up as soon as we put him to bed.
>
> Also, he seems to really need to go out for walks once in a while -
> anywhere from 20 minutes to 90 minutes, I suppose. We've gone for walks
> anywhere from 1 to 5 times a day, "as needed".
>
> Is it too much to hope for a day care scenario that might approximate
> this?
IMO admittedly not so pleasant experience with daycare thus far. Yes.
> If not, what do we need to look for? Maybe an ultra-low ratio of
> care giver to child?
Nanny?
> (We've been trying a 1 to 4 place, but he cried for
> a solid our today, so I picked him up and took him home early). Maybe a
> place that specializes (or has specialty people) in infant care?
>
> Thanks much for any suggestions you have to offer!
>
Good luck!
.
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