So far, the baby has been getting full attention and care from her grand parents. After another 3 months she has to go to a day care. For one, she will be old enough that she needs and enjoys the company of other toddlers. Another is we don't have a choice, but to send her to day care.
It is always a tough transition for parents and kids. Both have a tough time adjusting to the change. It is tough for us as we have to trust some one we don't know to take care of the baby. It is a lot more tough for the baby as she has to get adjusted to new place, new company and reduced attention. Thinking of what the baby has to go through makes it tough for us.
So, coming to the actual meat of the topic, we started by identifying good day cares based on references from friends and colleagues that are in the 5 mile radius from our work. We found 4 good ones:
It is always a tough transition for parents and kids. Both have a tough time adjusting to the change. It is tough for us as we have to trust some one we don't know to take care of the baby. It is a lot more tough for the baby as she has to get adjusted to new place, new company and reduced attention. Thinking of what the baby has to go through makes it tough for us.
So, coming to the actual meat of the topic, we started by identifying good day cares based on references from friends and colleagues that are in the 5 mile radius from our work. We found 4 good ones:
- Mission college child care
- Kinder care
- Children's creative learning center
- Rainbow Montessori
Making a spread sheet of all the questions, we set off to visit them one by one. After all the visits, we found Mission college to be on the top, followed by Rainbow Montessori.
Our conclusion could have been biased by the person who gave us the tour and what we saw on the day of the visit. Some of the differentiating factors we used to come to the conclusion. I say the differentiating factors because they all ranked similarly on many other important factors.
Our conclusion could have been biased by the person who gave us the tour and what we saw on the day of the visit. Some of the differentiating factors we used to come to the conclusion. I say the differentiating factors because they all ranked similarly on many other important factors.
- The level of congestion of the baby room and the cleanliness of the facility
- How happy did the kids, care givers appear and were they having a good time
- Is the day care open to parents coming in at any time to spend some time with the kids
- Is the day care flexible to incorporate cloth diapers and potty training
- Are they using/trying new child developmental methods like sign language, etc.
We will know the reality once we get past the waiting list (which is as long as 1 year at Mission college child care) and our baby starts going there.
There is also an option of licensed home day care where there is more flexibility. There you are trusting an individual rather than an organization. We visited a couple of home day cares. The kids to care giver ratio and space were not as good as the institutional day cares. So, dropped the idea of home day care.
There is also an option of licensed home day care where there is more flexibility. There you are trusting an individual rather than an organization. We visited a couple of home day cares. The kids to care giver ratio and space were not as good as the institutional day cares. So, dropped the idea of home day care.
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