Day Care Blahs
I have to be very careful here, since a good friend of mine is the director at our Tony’s daycare, but…they piss me off. I realize that my gripe straddles the fence of “well, if they didn’t, you’d be pissed”. Anyway, here’s the boogey.
Three times now we have had to pick Tony up for, in my humble opinion, was an overreaction on the daycare’s part. Yes there it is…”they are only erring on the side of caution”…I get it, but let me explain.
The first time he had a fever and was throwing up and had pink eye. When I got him…he was neither feverish, nor vomiting, but his eyes were guncky. The doctor said, no pink eye, just a head cold. But, we had to keep him home for 24 hours.
The next is stranger. They said he might have ringworm. He has eczema. He has always had it. The doctor verified it, and again, a day at home.
Then, last week, he had thrush…but not really. He had teething sores, nothing more, and the doctor suggested finding a new day care. Another day away from work.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I love hanging with a healthy baby, and I do appreciate the mindset of “better safe than sorry” but come on. Pink eye is a highly contagious critter, so I give them that, but Ringworm…really. It’s a fungus. If that is being passed around, someone is not properly cleaning the daycare. Thrush? That’s like a yeast infection. Again, why are the babies sharing bottles and nipples? That’s the only way to pass it. And on top of everything…he didn’t have any of them. Plus…and here’s the real kicker for me…we pay $185 a week for this daycare. Anytime I am away from work, I don’t get hours. So unless they are going to start reimbursing me for the false alarms, we are going to start looking elsewhere…for a place that doesn’t care if my child or the others are contagious…yeah…wait…
September 19th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
we love our daycare and it is significantly cheaper. We had two kids in it for less than you one. We tried daycare all over town and found this one to be the best.
Give me a shout if you want the scoop.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I’d be switching centers. That’s ridiculous.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Yeah, we are looking into Mike’s daycare, it’s closer and MUCH cheaper.
October 7th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
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