When looking for childcare options, would you consider a nanny who

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The state sets the level. Here it's 5 babies to one provider. That
number goes up as the children get older.

Hmm, I'm not sure what the official level is here, but most places seem
to have max 8 kids (0-6months) + 2 'teachers'. This place has an
additional person on hand if necessary (ie all 8 kids screaming at
once).


It's worth checking them out just to be sure. I ended up seeing the
best one on the first visit as well with my first baby. We were
pleased that one of the afternoon workers bonded with our daughter. As
she got older, we switched to a local provider who lived at the end of
our street (a former daycare worker, now a SAHM with 3 school aged kids
of her own.) Since I had switched to part time, it was great for us.
She gave me daily progress reports and really bonded with her, and she
only took one other baby.

This one is just down the street, a short walk, which is really nice.
We already have a place we want to send the kids for pre-school (age
3), but they don't take infants.

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The state sets the level. Here it's 5 babies to one provider. That
number goes up as the children get older.

While it is not a legal requirement, the NAEYC
standards say for a group of 6 infants, the required
ratio is 1 teacher per 3 infants and for a group of
8 infants, the required ratio is 1 teacher per 4 infants.
(They don't recommend groups of infants larger than 8.)

Best wishes,
Ericka

No Amen from me. Are you going to keep the kids away from school and public
places too? Until kids immune systems have built up their immune systems,
that happens in school too.

I do think a daycare is particularly a breeding ground for sickness...
How could you possibly argue otherwise? Mommies everywhere say, when
their daycare kid gets sick, "It's going around!" Where? At the
daycare!

Daycare for a baby is different, I think, than a school for a 5 year
old who's not drooling, sticking things in their mouths, etc.

But, YES, I plan on keeping my kid(s) away from public schools! It's
not just a virus they catch there!

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I do think a daycare is particularly a breeding ground for sickness...
How could you possibly argue otherwise? Mommies everywhere say, when
their daycare kid gets sick, "It's going around!" Where? At the
daycare!

I can say the same thing of school. The flu is going around, where, the
classes at school, lol.

But, YES, I plan on keeping my kid(s) away from public schools! It's
not just a virus they catch there!

Hmmm.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

Sue wrote:
wrote in message
I do think a daycare is particularly a breeding ground for sickness...
How could you possibly argue otherwise? Mommies everywhere say, when
their daycare kid gets sick, "It's going around!" Where? At the
daycare!

I can say the same thing of school. The flu is going around, where, the
classes at school, lol.

heh, our first method of disease surveillance in the community is
monitoring schools. When the kids start getting sick, that's the first
indicator something is about to spread through the community.

Sue writes:

: But, YES, I plan on keeping my kid(s) away from public schools! It's
: not just a virus they catch there!

: Hmmm.

Do you object to homeschooling?

Just wondering,
Larry

"cjra" wrote in message
heh, our first method of disease surveillance in the community is
monitoring schools. When the kids start getting sick, that's the first
indicator something is about to spread through the community.

The flu was really bad this year. Either that or they were protecting
themselves because of the media. This was the first year they closed the
school due to so many teachers and students being absent. I started sending
my girls with their own water bottles and Purell to help out with the spread
of the germs.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

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Do you object to homeschooling?

It's not a choice I would make for our family.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

Sue wrote:
"cjra" wrote in message
heh, our first method of disease surveillance in the community is
monitoring schools. When the kids start getting sick, that's the first
indicator something is about to spread through the community.

The flu was really bad this year. Either that or they were protecting
themselves because of the media. This was the first year they closed the
school due to so many teachers and students being absent. I started sending
my girls with their own water bottles and Purell to help out with the spread
of the germs.

Wow. I didn't realise y'all got hit so hard. It was a very mild season
locally, and the peak occurred during Christmas-New Year holiday.

"cjra" wrote in message
Wow. I didn't realise y'all got hit so hard. It was a very mild season
locally, and the peak occurred during Christmas-New Year holiday.

To be honest, I didn't think it was that bad either, but obviously the
schools were hit hard. We never got sick (only colds) this winter, so I was
very shocked when they closed the school.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)