Parents..Do you dress your child before taking them to daycare?

When my nephew was a toddler in day care he ended up going to day care in his pajamas a few times, but we never expected the day care worker to dress him... if we didn't have time to dress him, he just spent the day in his pajamas. Being two, it was no big deal. Are the parents specifically asking you to get him dressed, and do they bring a bag of clothes? If not, maybe you should just leave him in his pajamas and say, "Sorry, he didn't want to get dressed, and since I had all these other kids to care for, I didn't have time to fight with him."

I have used daycare for one of my kids when he was younger. He had to be there for 8am, and I always ALWAYS made sure he was dressed and wearing a clean diaper before he went! If the mother of this child can't be bothered to get up just 15 minutes earlier every day to dress her child, then she should be staying at home with him, not swanning off to work and having someone else do her work for her. If you have asked that he arrives fully dressed and he still arrives around once a week in his PJ's then you need to stress that he really needs to be dressed. It's not fair on you OR the child just because his mother can't be bothered.

I run a daycare too and sometimes have kids show up in their pajamas. We rarely go anywhere so it really doesn't matter that much to me. In fact, my older children know that if there is no school for the day (or if it is a rainy day in the summer) they can come in their pajamas and wear them all day if they want to. They think it is fun to have "pajama day". They just bring clothes with them and change when they feel like it. I understand though, with the younger ones it is harder.

You are not wrong. I use to have to drop my son off for 7 a.m. and I always dressed him. I think it would be embarassing for him to have to show up in pajamas. If I were you the next time I would inform Mom or Dad that they need to change him before they leave. If they are late for work then maybe they will get up earlier!!!

Before I moved from Virginia to West Virginia in 2004, I used to run a home based day care. I ran my daycare from 1998 until a few months before we moved. Most all of my kids arrived between 6am and 7am. There were 2 children--brothers--who arrived at times as early as 4:30am. They most always had their pajamas on and clothes in the diaper bag to change after they woke up for the day. However she would always have them dressed if they arrived later in the day (like say after 7am). She was a supervisor in a factory so some days she didn't go in early but most she did. As part of my guidelines (a rulebook so to speak with other important info in a folder given to them when a parent employs me), I also included in there that children who are to arrive after 6am should be dressed and ready for the day as I cared for children of all ages and I needed to make time for the school age children to get their breakfast and get on the bus and that I did not have time to dress every child for the day. I added that I did however understand the occassional time where a child might arrive not dressed for the day and that I could work with that (I did not list reasons as to me that could lead some parents to use a different one each day if they wanted--there are a lot that take advantage of day care providers). I also stated that if I saw the occassional day was becoming a habit that the parent and I would have a discussion on the matter and that if the habit continued after the discussion, that I would have the right to terminate services. I didn't ever have a problem with that and have to use those statements, however, it let parents know that even as a home day care provider that I have my act together so to speak (as I have seen a lot of people who do home day care do not) and that I not only value my time but also the time of others as well and that I want to provide the best possible care for the children. I know from experience that its hard to explain to someone how you feel--especially when they are paying you to provide a service. I thought that running my own business would make it easier but it doesn't. Good luck to you!

Are you kidding me...I send my 2 yr old to a daycare 2 days a week just so he can play with other kids his age. I am a sahm so I am not rushed for time accept to take him before my older ones get on the bus so I don't have to pack the baby in the car too, but I still make sure he is bathed and dressed, teeth brushed, and fed before he goes. I drop him off between 7:45-8am and I would never think about sending him in his pajammas and have them change his clothes. Now if was and infant that would be a different story but not a toddler. I do not think you should be the one to fight with him to get dressed that is not your job.

I bring my son to daycare dressed. I wouldn't dream of dropping him off in his pajamas!

I do not understand people who take their kids to the daycare in their pajamas. The aren't going to their work in their pajamas aswell? They have to wake-up their kids a little bit earlier in the morning so they can wash and dress uo their kids before leaving their house.

ya ofcourse v have to do that

It is your daycare, so you can add a fee for dressing him. Where I live,if you have younger kids, who require more care,(like feeding, and dressing) you are allowed fewer kids, so the cost of care is higher. I would give her a higher cost of care, shoot, that is how they figure fees in nursing homes too. If he takes up more of your time exclusively, she should have to pay more. I am a grandma, and I have not had a home daycare in about twenty years. I did everything for everybody, but I should have been tougher. A two year old, like any other child, can learn to respect his parents, and can learn to adapt to expectations, like getting dressed. I had a three year old who was too lazy to come in and go potty, just wet herself. I made her change her own clothes a couple of times, and she found that it was easier to go potty. If the child gets less help at your house than from mom, he will want to get dressed for mom. He is smart, he knows how to work her. She needs to teach him how to do what is asked.

I use to work in a childcare center ran by a corporate called La Petite and policy was that the children had to be dressed before they arrived to daycare. The only time the teacher was suppose to change the child's clothes is if they made a mess on their own clothes during the time the child was in childcare under the teachers care. So I would think if corporate daycares like La Petite or Creative Kids has rules like this, then I don't see a problem with you inforcing that rule yourself. People think they can get away with more stuff when sending their child to home daycare. It's all pretty much the same. I do know there are a lot more rules in a center then a home daycare, but you are your own boss and if that is what you want, then she should go by that rule. It's simple. Dress your child. My daughter also went to daycare, she went to the one I worked at and she also went to another one and I always made sure she was dressed. Only time she wore pj's was on pj day. Maybe you can have a pj party or something. LOL! Good luck!

i dont have a kid yet but i use to bring my nieces to daycare, and yes i dress them first before taking them to school.

I have never used daycare, but I did used to take my daughter to my mums and there were days that I would take her in her pj's if I had to wake her to put her in the car, but that was very rare.

When I had my kids in Daycare I would have them Dressed and ready to go.

You are right. If she doesn't want to doit, why should you have to. I think that is a big problem these days. People are leaving the raising of their children up to other people, like teachers, sitters, etc. Is she a younger mom? I am not trying to stereotype, just asking. Now, after saying that, I am guilty of the pajama thing myself. Except when I did that it was pretty early, my sitter was a really good friend, she didn't care, my daughter doesn't fight getting dressed, and she wasn't even a year old yet. When I had to change babysitters, I started dressing her before we left the house. It was different with my friend than with the babysitter.

I always had mine dressed when I took them to daycare. And they were there at 6 a.m. It never occurred to me to send them in their pajamas. Now when I take them to my parents house when they don't have school or such and I have to work, I will let them wear their jammies. But they are 6 and 11 now, and they get dressed on their own.

Mine would always be dressed. Part of the reason is that my kids just sleep in their diapers. It is usually warmin my house at night so it is not a worry about them getting cold. Usually if they are in pj's they get too warm. Jenniffer 2yrs old did go to WIC yesterday in her sister's pj's that my grandma bought WAY too big but that is because I brought them out along with some clothes for her to choose from and she chose them. And she didn't have any socks so she ended up looking really cute in sis's pj's and bare feet.

hmm...its gud ...but people r too busy theses days

Personally I think it could go either way, It kinda sucks for you that the kids doesn't like getting dressed and fights you on it, but playing devil's advocate, you are being paid for the service of caring for that child, and if getting that child dressed is a part of caring for that child, then that is what you have to do. I do janitorial work, and I loathe cleaning the toilet, but I can't just ask them to make sure the toilet is cleaned for me already because it is difficult to get the stains off, or because I don't like doing it, they are paying me to clean, and that is part of cleaning so I have to do it. I am not really taking sides here though because who's convenience is this for, yours or hers. If the kid really doesn't want to get dressed, adn is hanging out at your place for the day, why does it have to be a fight and why does he have to get dressed? I think it is about picking and choosing your battles, and if mom wants him dressed because she has to take him somewhere after she picks him up, she can dress him before she leaves.

Before being taken to the daycare center, the baby should be dressed by parents themselves.Such a simple thing could be done if parents will do it.I have not heard of such a thing before .This is a good topic to talk about.