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Daycare- Is this normal?
So we have a daycare lined up (kinda, sorta). However, we have not made a visit to this particular place yet, but she has us down as starting end of Jan/early Feb. I called today to see if we could come in for a visit (we obviously want to visit a few times before sending our baby there). The woman told me the next few weeks weren't good because they are very busy with Christmas. I guess in addition to the daycare she has 3 kids of her own and they have Christmas parties, plays, etc. She told me to call back after Christmas and schedule a visit. I'm not sure I like that I can't just come in and check things out without making an appointment.....Is that normal to have to make an appointment to go visit??? Should I totally dismiss her because of this?
Re: Daycare- Is this normal?
there has to be time in the next 3 weeks for you to visit, unless she is closing the daycare for a vacation.
It seems a little sketch, but I don't think I would scrap her as my provider.
And who wants their children to celebrate Christmas for 3 weeks at DC? kind of sets the parents up for a rough witching hour.
This. We set up an appt to see DCP but it was for the next day they had off, and happened to be a day off for them too. It was nice to see them and discuss things one on one, but I would have like to see them in action too. As long as they have an open door policy otherwise, I wouldn't cross them off the list.
We can stop by DCP anytime, but they prefer we take T and leave. To them it's disruptive to stay and visit, because the other kids obviously finds it kinda cool to have a visitor. KWIM??
Agreed! When we have visited the DCP has wanted to set up an appointment to be sure she has quiet time to talk with us, answer questions, etc with minimal distractions. For our current place, we signed up in June, but Eli didn't start until the end of August. We were told we could stop by any time to hang out for a bit to help him (and us!) feel comfortable. I agree that I wouldn't scratch the option, but it seems a little sketchy.
I just went through this with the boys. Because of work and what not the best time we could visit our DCP was around pick up time, so she asked if we could come in 15 minutes prior to that so we could chat, and she could give us a thorough tour of the place, and then answer questions. It was actually good to see how pick up worked for some parents and the DCP in action. Since we visited when we did we were able to see the toddler room in action as well. (which was our deciding factor on this DC).
Long story short, I agree it is a little sketchy, but I wouldn't scratch them out yet. Good luck.
That is strange. Maybe she wants you to see "normal" and with the holidays coming it's out of the ordinary.
Either way that raises red flags for me.
This was the impression that I got from talking to her. We'll still go visit, but we also have a few others on our list as well in case we get bad vibes from her while we're there.