daycare or not

I am totally against daycares. I have never put my children in them..I have been lucky enough to not do so. I have a five year old daughter and a ten month old son but right when I got pregnant with my first child I knew right away I was not going to work until my children were in school. I looked online to find a job to work from home because we did have to have extra income coming in but I refused to leave my children. I did find a business at home and am currently working it so I am so glad that I didnt have to leave home. I dont blame you for not liking them. They have way to many germs, your children dont get the one on one care they need at the young age, and you never know who you can trust. I hear a lot how kids get ear infections at daycares! And like you said, they are so expensive. Even if they werent though, I still wouldnt put them in it, it gives me a funny feeling!

I am sad to hear that. That's terrible. The daycare that you are relating is horrible, seem like they do not know what is hygiene. Is there any other daycare around your area, do check it and change it. Or, do you have any kin or sibling to help to care of her? God Bless.

You have discovered that it is important to count the unseen, or hidden costs of things. Many studies have shown that children who are in a daycare setting pick up more ear infections. Another contributing factor is being around second hand smoke, scented cleaning products, and the list goes on. Your daughter will be better off spending more time with you. The one on one attention, as well as improved health will more than make up for the few extra hours you might get.

I'm sorry to hear that, but you can not judge all daycares based on the bad experience of one. I'm wondering if you bothered to report the daycare if you thought neglect was happening? Both my children attended daycare. My son was better prepared for school because he attended the daycare. My daughter had learning difficulties and I think the daycare helped her. I'm also wondering how you can blame the daycare for your daughter's ear infections? While it is true that ear infections are caused by bacteria and viruses, who is to say that she picked up the virus at a daycare? Babies and preschool-aged children get ear infections all the time. Some children are prone to repeated ear infections, my son was and I don't blame anyone. I really think it is crazy to blame the day care because your daughter got an ear infection that resulted in needing tubes. That is insane!

H sramsey! I think that your child is too young to be put into childcare. It's this age she requires your love and attention more. The first 5 years in a childs life is very important to mould him/her.

I am so sorry to hear that. I think it's not good for babies to have daycare. As they are very little. Nobody can care about the children than their parents and families.

i do not have any kids yet but i know if i have one in the future, i will never put them in daycare... i prefer to take care of them myself... daycare cost so much and they do not do their job of looking after our children properly... i've heard so many scary things about how daycare treat the children and it just gives me a fright... as for the extra income that i know that i will definitely need it when i have a child, i will try to do online business or find a job from home... that way, i can earn money as well as taking care of my child even though i know we don't earn as much as if we have a proper job...

I think you have to find the right daycare- My daughter didn't go to daycare until she was 3- and then it was the college daycare where I was going back to college as an adult. She now is 10 and she still goes to daycare before and after school- She hasn't gotten very sick ever-- knock on wood- I think you just have to check out the daycare very good before sending your child. This daycare we have now is awesome! Sure I'd love to be home with her daily instead of sending her- but we aren't financially able to do this-

Having done daycare for the state for several years, it is very hard to find good daycare. When one of my younger brothers was little my mom put him in daycare at about 6 months. Within about 3 weeks she noticed he was losing alot of weight and sickly. It turned out that the babysitter wasn't feeding him and was giving his food and milk to her baby. She's lucky my mom didn't string her up on the spot. Needless to say, that was the end of babysitters outside the family. LIVE IN PEACE

I stay at home with my children after having a lousy experiance with my now 2 year old's daycare. Unfortunatly I worked there so my complains were falling on deaf ears. He did get sick often but I wouldn't blame the daycare for that, it happens. He still gets sick even though he's home. But unfortunatly they took advantage of me since I was working there and they told me if I complained they would fire me, so I complained my butt of and quit on the spot and immediatly removed my son. And this was a accredited, department of defense run daycare. It just seems like sometimes you have to keep trying until you get the right fit.