when should children start going to daycare?

Question

i think they should start like at 1and 1\2 years or when they are 2..when do you think children should start going to daycare?

Answer 1

An infant can start in a liscensed child-care setting at 6 weeks, but I wouldn't start them until I was confortable and ready to. It is easier to drop your child off if you are confortable about letting go a little, and having someone else take care of them. It is improtant that you make the decision on where to send your little one, when you are confortable with it. Now when you send them, is it for socialization, or because you need the childcare? If it is for socialization I would look into part-time childcare 2-3 times a week starting around 2. But if it is because of work, them you would need to start them a little sooner.

As someone who works in childcare, where you send them needs to be a place that you feel confortable with. This is your little one that you are talking about. You are going to be intrusting them in someone elses care. You need to look for certain things when you are looking for childcare.

+ Is it State Liscenced?
+ Does it have any accredidation (NAEYC, or state)?
+ Does it offer an open door policy?
+ Can you stop in at any time and check on your child, or the teacher?
+ What is their meal plan (I don't like my kids eating junk food, and some centers serve it)?
+ Can you tour it?
+ Can you meet your child's teacher?
+ Do they do developmental screenings?
+ How do they communicate daily with you?
+ What are the qualifications of the teachers, as well as the directors?
+ What is the turnover rate of the center (teachers that have been there awhile says a lot about a place It offers stability).

After doing all of this you should find a good place to send your little one that you are comfortable with. I hope that this helps you.

Answer 2

I agree that your children should stay with a grandma. They should start going to daycare when they know how to talk, people are pedophiles.When I say talk I mean not one or two words I mean tell you everything that they see and everything that happens to them. They need to be able to talk in full detail. Also if it is an at home daycare then you have to be careful, the people might invite all sorts of people into their home. They may also let other people come into their homes to watch your children(people you don't know). Things also happen at daycare centers too. I think that it is best, and if an option you stay home while your children are young. If that is not possible then you should try to find a very good trusted family member to watch your children like a grandma or an aunt who has no children or an family who is a homemaker. Your child can also learn so much at home if you give teach them. I think that they should go to daycare when they are in grade school.

Answer 3

This has to be a personal decision based on each parent. It would be so wonderful if Mommy's didn't have to work so that we can raise the beautiful blessings that we brought into this world. But reality dictates that some of us *have* to work..whether it's for income..or in my case..I have three in daycare which essentially costs me myw hole payecheck..however, I also work for my medical and dental benefits which I need more now then ever before with the three kiddos and retirement as well.

My Doctor/Pediatirican says that it's best to try to keep your children out of dacyare before 6 months. She says that it is best if the baby knows who you are before you leave him/her with somebody else to be cared for and generally by six months the baby knows you.

But it is very important that you do your research and check on licenses and call references and DILIGENTLY check out your daycare before you leave your precoius assests there.

(And by the way--I was one of the most scared people ever to leave my first child in Daycare..I cried, I was depressed..how could I do this? I was the worst mother ever). But I put hundreds of hours into work finding a daycare that I trust and I visited it about a month before I ever left him there..went there everyday and just spend the day with them so I could watch them interact with the others. And he is 5 now and in Kindergarten. He's comletely socialized. He's in the top 20% of his class..so I am happy with the academics they taught him and he's doign faulous. My 16 month old just started about 10 months ago and I'm about to start my 4 month old in a couple more months. They will be fine as long as you have a good daycare. And if you're worried even for a minute..take them out..it's not worth it!

Good luck.

Answer 4

I think 1 is a good age. I sent my daughter to daycare when she was 1.5 and she learned SO much. She started talking ALOT more and it got her used to being around other kids. I think daycare is a good idea. They learn faster, they get used to being around other kids that they are not used to being around, and it gets them ready for what school will really be like.

I dont suggest just picking any daycare, deffinalty get as much information as you can on a daycare center and as many reccomendations as you can for a daycare center. You can always get backround checks on the daycare assistants to make yourself feel better about your child going to daycare. Thats what I did.

Answer 5

i don't have an autistic newborn yet I surely have worked with them for some years and relying on the severity of the case (some are extra autistic than others) they are in a position to from time to time attend a generally happening daycare/preschool without issue yet whilst the case is sufficient to impression the lecture room they could no longer have the flexibility to grant the care mandatory. They require particular interest and maximum daycares don't have sufficient artwork tension handy to cover a newborn of that time of particular desires yet from time to time they accomplish that she might prefer to ask them in the event that they think of it is going to likely be ok in view that he has been there for awhile already and he's detect to them. one element approximately autistic toddlers, they do in comparison to alter so it would be extra useful if he can stay with any care carriers that he has already related to and trusts. toddlers are no longer clinically determined with Autism till 3 years previous so maximum have already began daycare till now they're clinically determined

Answer 6

If you have that wonderful lifestyle where both parents don't have to work than I'd say never... however if you are like me and only get 6 weeks of maternity leave then I'd say 6 weeks!

Going to day care can sometimes be just as beneficial as one that stays home - in my experience MORE beneficial. My daughter has learned how to interact with other children and communicate better. Whereas my sisters son (who stays home all day) is the complete opposite.

You have to be able to TRUST where you are taking your children... which I have.

Answer 7

When the mother feels secure enough to send them. Mine were 9 months old but I have known people who didn't feel comfortable enough until their children could speak. I have also know people who never utilised day care but instead relied on friends and family. I personally wish I could have chosen the the last but really didn't have that kind of support. One of the major things a mother has to do is check out the backrounds of the day cares that she is looking into. Also, maybe look into a private sitter (I would also recommend backround checks on them too).

Answer 8

I don't think children should go to daycare but if they need to, I always felt I wouldn't be comfortable until they were old enough to talk so that they could tell me if anything bad happened to them.

Answer 9

the earlier the better. I run a daycare and it is much easier for a child to adjust to a daycare setting if they are introduced young. If you want to keep your chld out of daycare because you are a stay at home mom it is smart to enroll them part time. They should be exposed to other children early on it makes it easier for them to sepretate from their parents and is good for development they learn from other children through watching them and play.

Answer 10

Children should go to daycare at about 2 years old. I think alot of people out there exploit the free care they get from relatives and this causes problems in the family due to parents taking advantage of free babysitting yet never bothering to show any gratitude. So in order to show that you take proper responsibility for your kids, they should go to day care at about 2 so they can interact with other kids and have fun.