Daycare Drama

I will start with... I love daycare. I think it is great for the kid in so many ways. Now, I will say that I also love keeping kids at home- I think THAT is great for the kid in so many ways. But I do love daycare. I love it for him and let's be honest, I love it for me too. That being said...

I am very frustrated right now with Zach's daycare. I still really love the school but I don't feel they are being diligent with meeting all of Zach's needs right at this moment. Zach is in a particular position in his daycare that, for now, is unfortunate. All of the babies that are Zach's age and at similar places developmentally as Zach have all moved up to the next room (toddler room). So Zach is left with all the babies. Zach, on the verge of walking, hangs out all day with a bunch of kids that are barely crawling, if that.

Zach is bored. He is acting out to a certain extent but not as bad as I've seen from other kids. I have gotten the following comments in the past weeks:

• yea, he has a bit of a temper (if you know my son... no, not really)
• he was in such a bad mood today
• maybe he is teething, he didn't used to be this needy

If you know my child... these don't really make sense for him and if they are being said then something should be evaluated. In addition, he is getting incident reports (ie papers writing him up for hurting other babies or getting hurt himself). One day he got three in a matter of 3 hours. That is nuts. He is so bored and the poor baby teachers can't keep up with him and take care of infants.

To make matters worse, the school has definitely labled me a high maintenance parent because I ask questions. You see, I didn't realize asking questions was a negative thing... I guess I am going about my classroom all wrong and should be discouraging that activity with my students. Every time I ask a question they get defensive and I get different answers from different people. They are definitely shutting down on me.

Well, Zach turns one in a week. Then he will officially be old enough to move (though the child ratio is the same for both rooms). The big hiccup is that he isn't walking... but why would he, he hangs out with babies all day that sit in the same place they are put.