How young is too young?daycare?
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How young is too young?daycare?
| 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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Oh I don't think so.
PumpkinAngel
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
So you have never gone out and left your dd with a sitter?
PumpkinAngel
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.
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
Susan
Laura
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