How young is too young?daycare?

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How young is too young?daycare?
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Tue, 12-02-2003 - 1:00am
If you have a career and you had a baby what age would you think is apropriate to send your child to daycare/dayhome after they were born?

I have a friend that is a dayhome provider, she has 10mnth old twins and she was provinding care for a 2yr old. Mom of the 2yr old just had a baby and she was back to work when baby was 4days old, in my friends care. It is only half days now, but she is soon going to be full time, the baby is almost 5wks. Thoughts?

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:10pm

Oh I don't think so.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:11pm
Yep, it's much easier to believe a dh who "supports YOUR agenda" than "a stranger on the internet board who reads articles that support HER agenda LOL."

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Registered: 08-29-2002
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:12pm
"BTW, how do you think that a WOHM would be able to feed her child on demand during the day if she is at work? "

If one works or studies at a university with on-site dc, it should be extremely easy. Ds attended a dc facility that was literally across the street from dh's office. With that kind of arrangement, it should be very easy to nurse on demand without using bottles of any kind (it wasn't relevant in his case as he was over 2 and mainly nursing in the evenings).

" But surely you can acknowlegde that SAH would in fact make it easier to exclusively bf than would WOH?"

Sure....for about the first 8-10months. After that, most children are starting solids and can usually wait to nurse for some hours. After a 12 months, it is extremely easy to combine nursing (using no bottles or formula) and working. If you mean by exclusively bf that a child is receiving nothing but breastmilk, they you are talking about a very short time indeed that one would have it easier as a SAHM.

Laura

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:14pm
I went back to work when ds was 7 months. I continued to exclusively breast feed him until he weaned himself at about 10 months. I was also pregnant then with dd and my dr said if he would take the cup, it would benefit my unborn baby.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:15pm

So you have never gone out and left your dd with a sitter?

PumpkinAngel

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Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:16pm
This might be what she was referring to:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=12587.415

"This could be what she's referring to, which is in pumpkin's post above:

"Second, some parents know that tooth decay can happen with on demand bottle-feeding, but most parents do not realize that baby teeth can suffer decay with breastfeeding. Research suggests that human breastmilk is not as cariogenic (decay producing) as cowsmilk; however, breastmilk can support tooth decay as other foods rich in sugars and starches are common parts of an infant or toddler diet. It is the frequency of nursing (or any feeding of sugars and starches) that is the key risk to tooth decay. Therefore, if you nurse your baby on demand, and especially if your baby sleeps with you and can nurse on demand, the risk for decay increases. I would suggest that you do mouth wiping more frequently and especially before bed if you nurse your baby on demand once teeth first appear."

Note it says "not as cariogenic" which means it can still cause cavities.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:18pm
Absolutely, why wouldn't I? Why would I believe you over a man who went to dental school for 4 years, graduated first in his class, got a perfect score on his sophmore boards (best score in the NATION), who did a 1 year residency in a hospital, who has treated children for 20 years, who goes to at least 5 seminars a year to keep up with changes in dentistry and who reads the JADA and other dental journals on a regular basis?

So what is my agenda? You seem to know so much about everything, why don't you tell me what my agenda is?

So is that the best you can do for a retort? I thought for sure you'd post yet another web site from a MSAHM site with more propoganda. I'm disappointed.

Edited 12/12/2003 1:19:51 PM ET by laurenmom2boys


Edited 12/12/2003 1:25:07 PM ET by laurenmom2boys

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:18pm
Hmmm, wouldn't a child who is learning calculus and physics no longer have a need for substitute care LOL? I think you are confusing "substitute care" with "school". Clearly, substitute care and school are NOT the SAME thing.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:20pm
Define substiture care.

Susan

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Registered: 08-29-2002
Fri, 12-12-2003 - 1:21pm
Clearly your child's teachers are teaching only and not giving any kind of care.....seems rather sad to me. Ds loves his teachers so very much because they also are his caregivers for the time that he is in their care. So are the kids in your daughter's class left to fend for themselves the second hands-on teaching is finished?


Laura

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