While my daughter was in daycare for almost the first 8 mos of her life, she developed three ear infections for a 3-month stretch there; one for each month. Needless to say, I was very unhappy about it. Ear infections aren’t that uncommon in children though, so I’m glad that they’re actually trying to develop [...]
Tags: daycare, ear infection, influenzae, vaccine
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Looking after two kids, including one toddler who is smack in the middle of the terrible twos, and a daycare baby who wants everything the toddler has, means that there are a lot of tearing out hair moments in my house.
Like when Toddler pleads for mashed potatoes for lunch, then won’t touch them. Or when [...]
Tags: child bonds, child interaction, daycare, napping, sharing, Terrible Two's
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I know the little Belgian town of Dendermonde. I drove there several times during my grad study days to board our research boat berthed there for our monthly sampling on the River Scheldt. A quiet, picturesque town. So of course it came with a shock when I heard the news about the Belgian daycare stabbing [...]
Tags: Belgium, daycare, Dendermonde, killing spree, stabbing
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This post might freak out some people who know me… I have one son but this week I’ve got a new baby. OK, she’s not actually mine, I’m doing daycare for a 8-month-old baby.
I’m hoping that this is going to have lots of the advantages of having a real little sister. I’ve got a baby [...]
Tags: Baby, daycare, siblings, toddler
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When I saw the title of the study touting “Kids Safer When Grandparents Watch Them“, I said, well of course! Grandparents usually don’t have 3 to 10 kids to take care of, as opposed to any type of day care. They’re also generally over-protective, and I would even say, overindulgent. They may carry [...]
Tags: childcare, daycare, grandparents
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