daycare problem

ok my son's name is aiden and he is one year old. i put him in daycare this week. i walk in to pick him up and there is a 2 year old sitting on top of him. my son is the little one in class, they are all 2 and three year olds. and on top of it my son has been very sick this week. its his first week and already he is sick! i knew this was going to happen, but its his first week. its just sad because i walk in ad my son is screaming because there is a kid twice his size sitting on top of him! what should i do?

Take him out!! im sure there are more daycares around! i worked in one and we had problems with the kids like that sometimes butthey were handled immediatley!

I used to work in a daycare, for that reason I try everything I can to stay home with my kids. Tell your concerns to the teacher over them, but don't be suprised if it happens again. sorry

I dont think I would take him back
unless thats really the only place you can find to watch him.

You should atleast have a talk with the person running the daycare

i think I would be VERY pissed off.

that 2 year old is old enough and should have known better.
maybe you should have a talk with his mother?

I worked in a few daycares in the past before I had my own children, and I can tell you that this is the reason why I will do whatever I can to keep mine out of daycare. The children can be soooo mean to eachother--there can be no real discipline of the children, because we weren't allowed to spank them or anything. I'd really try to find someplace else or possibly just someone else to watch your little boy. Maybe try to find someone who has just a few kids in their home or something.

Quoting madisonandmasonsmommy:“ I worked in a few daycares in the past before I had my own children, and I can tell you that this is ... [snip!] ... just someone else to watch your little boy. Maybe try to find someone who has just a few kids in their home or something.”

Exactly, and when the kids were sick i wanted to hold and care for them *unlike the other teachers* but my boss wouldn't let me cause there were too many kids needing watching.

Id be careful even choosing a babysitter.
i think family works best...

ive seen some the way some of my neices sitters treated them.
i would rather babysit for my sister anyday than make her have some stranger watch her kids.

ive also heard some stories about when me and my brother were little and we had some pretty shitty sitters....
but not everyone is bad i suppose....

your kid WILL be sick ALL the time if they are in daycare, just know that up front, any daycare, not just this one

as far as that kid sitting on your kid, he should have been stopped but they can't prevent everything from happening...it comes with having 1-2 people watching 8-12 kids you can't catch everything

honestly daycares are scary, they are hit or miss, and the uneasiness you are feeling is probably going to stay as long as your kid is in daycare and can't vocalize his day to you.

if you are uncomfortalel with it maybe you should look into other options besides daycare

you should definitely talk to the person (there actually should be more than one person) who is supposed to be supervising the kids. its isn't okay at all. i know my step daughter has come home with bite marks on her, and the teachers can't actually do anything except watch the situation better. but, if you don't tell them what you see going on from your perspective, there aren't going to be able to monitor better for you.

if you don't see the problem getting better in a week or so, try to switch daycares.

i have no other options. family screwed me over, and i work so i cant stay home with him. i took aiden home and put him to sleep and then layed him down and i called the daycare and i told them that they need to pay attention to him more since he is the little one in class. and its a good daycare and its 4 kids for every adult. te teacher was talking to me instead of watching my son. and there is a web cam where my husband watches him all day at work but it was not working today. so i relly have no option. they just need to keep an eye out for him. and i would rather have him in a daycare then someones daycare out of there home. thats even worse.

Can you stay home and hubby work?

I would be upset about the other kid sitting on mine and i would say something to the teacher or the supervisor.

But i think i might be the only one who thinks daycare isn't a bad thing! Kids are going to get sick, period! Being around other kids at the park, older siblings/cousins, going to walmart...they are going to pick something up! You can't keep them in a bubble forever, and even tho it sucks that they are sick but if they are sick little then they won't be so sick later...all little kids get running noses and fevers and coughs, it's just what happens with having little kids! But daycare can be a good thing, it teachs kids to share and to interact with other kids...kinda makes them little social butterflies lol...I'm not saying at 6 months they need to be into daycare but if you have to go to work/school and you were able to stay with them until they were at leasta year, they will be ok!

Now i know that it sucks to put them in daycare or anywhere that you aren't the one watching over them.

I know that people are going to call me a bitch and say this isn't the point of her post but everyone on here would make me feel like a bad mom for taking my kid to daycare...nobody feels good about doing it b/c you aren't there and you want to be for EVERYTHING!!! So no need to call me a bitch, if you don't like what i wrote then move onto what the next girl posted and ignore mine...

Steff you do what you have to do, your not a bad mom for doing the best you can!

that is unacceptable! i would take my son out of that daycare. it's places like that where your child gets really hurt at or worse!