When my twin boys were 12-and-a-half months old, they started going to a daycare center 2 days a week from 8:30 till 2:30. Sounds normal and reasonable, right?
Not quite. That was Germany 2004. This caused a stir among the momfia in our little village outside Frankfurt as well as relatives and friends, for the following [...]
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After researching 8,150 infants at 9 months old, half were primarily cared for by someone other than the parents, the highlights of the study are as follows:
40% of infants who had been in daycare since 3 months of age were less likely to have been breastfed and were eating solids earlier than those cared for [...]
Tags: daycare, diet, exercise, Health, overweight
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I am notoriously cautious about who I allow to watch my kids. My friends sometimes joke about how much happier I would be if I would just find some quality babysitters, but I assure them that I have one woman I use – a professional nanny – and I don’t mind just working around [...]
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A recent article in our local paper told of the difficulties that families have finding daycare for infants. I?ve found this to be particularly difficult in my case as I have had several special needs children. It?s hard enough to find child care, much less care for a child that has health concerns [...]
Tags: child care, daycare, infants, sick child care, telecommuting, work at home
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More and more companies are allowing their employees to bring their infant children with them to the workplace. This article in Time magazine reports that the newly established Parenting in the Workplace Institute lists more than 70 U.S. companies that allow babies at work, and organization founder Carla Moquin says she is constantly including more.
The [...]
Tags: babies at work, boost employee morale, daycare
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