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Daycare Question...help!!

3 posts on this thread and the last post was on January 15th, 2009 10:22 AM
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jodie - December 29th, 2008 11:22 PM
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So I am a stay at home mom and my daughter (17 months) is aaaaaaaaalways with me! My hubby works nights now so when I go to the gym I have to take my 2 kids. They have a nice little gym daycare with fun little daycare girls working there. My daughter screams bloody murder when I leave. I have gone 2 times now and the first time she started to play so I left and I did my work out then went back to pick them up. The girl said she cried a few times and she had to carry her the whole time. Then tonight my dd wouldn't let me put her down with out screaming so I handed her to the girl and left...then after about 3 minutes on the treadmil they called me to get her because she wouldn't stop crying (they have a 10 minute crying rule..lol). So my question is, what should I do? Do I just keep trying? It breaks my heart to hear her scream like that? I bring her blanky and her binky...and she has her 3yr old brother with her...what can I do?

mjvdec01 - December 30th, 2008 12:15 PM

We go to the Y, and my daughter did the same thing at her age. I just kept at it and eventually she relaxed. Now she likes the "play area" as we call it- she will be three in February. Our son is just 5 and a half months, so I keep him with me still. As long as you are sure she is being taken care of then I would keep taking her. A 10minute workout is better than no workout at all. However, if all else fails, you can always keep her with you in her stroller with a snack and some toys.

margie - January 12th, 2009 1:47 PM

my opinion is to keep taking her. imagine how us working moms feel leaving our kids everyday? but sometimes it just has to be done. she will get used to it. you are just lucky to be able to afford to be a stay at home mom.

Cathy2 - January 15th, 2009 10:22 AM

I would also just keep taking her! I am also a SAHM and while I am so happy that I am home with my daughter, it is really important that she become secure and indpendent with other people also. It's too bad they have the 10 minute rule at your gym because honestly, sometimes it takes more then 10 minutes in the beginning for them to calm down. I'm not sure if this is possible for you, but once a week I take my daughter to a home daycare. Most home daycares are inexpensive and I did it for a variety of reason. Firsty, I needed sometime in my life to be alone!!! Secondly, I wanted to her to make some friends, learn to trust another caregiver and know she is okay without me : )
I also need sometime in the week that I could to chores that are hard to do with her.
And the good thing about the home daycare situation is that there are only 3 other kids, she gets lots of one-on-one if she needs it and she's getting good homemade nutritious food! Just a thought... : )