Parents with children in daycare Please Read!

Pass this along to all parents that have a child in daycare. We don't want other children to go through what we have.




DAY-CARE CENTER CONCERNS: MY STORY
I just want to let all the moms and dads out there know to be very careful when placing your child in a daycare center. First and foremost: I am not saying that all daycares are the same, but my experience has been absolutely HORRIBLE. My ,now 5-month old, son was there for only 7 weeks and was sick EVERY WEEK with something. This is what he's had since he started there: 2 ear infections, 2 head-to-chest colds, a viral rash, and bronchial infection which they had to x-ray for PNEUMONIA!! The rash was the first time that I really wanted to fly off the handle - Where in the hell do you pick up a VIRAL RASH? The slap in the face was that we still had to pay the full week of $165.00 even though they watched him for a few hours that morning before we took him to the dr...but hey..rules are rules, whatever. But, -IT GETS WORSE SO PAY ATTENTION- this past week they really f'd up. When I went in to pick my boy up, there were 2 BIG DIRTY FLOOR MATS IN HIS CRIB! I was livid but I waited until the other mommy left with her baby and asked her why it was laying over there. She says to me,"Oh, we put the stuff in there when we're cleaning up...and we put that in there" as she points to a big colorful playmat that EVERYONE WALKS ON, SPITS UP and DROOLS ON!!! So calmly, I ask her about cleaning the crib out tonight.."Yeah, we we'll clean it out tonight". TONIGHT? So you will because you got busted?! I told her (and surprisingly I'm somehow still calm...shaking with rage, but calm). I told her that would be greatly appreciated that since he's been sick since starting there and I'm sure the dirty rugs in the crib aren't helping. I informed the supervisor the next morning about it and she admitted that she did it....WHY? I asked her, I was a bit shocked, I figured that out of all the girls in there she would have some common sense - NOPE!. All I got out of her was that they do that when they clean and that it won't happen again - not exactly the answer I was looking for...So again being calm, I asked her to please not do that anymore and to also make sure you give him his ear medicine (they failed to do that a few times, but that's another story..). She said okay and that she was sorry...whatever. That day after work when I went to pick him up, he was still eating so I went over to the other building and informed the owner (who was not there again..) so I spoke with her 'assistant'. I told her about my concerns of them using his crib for storage of floor mats or anything other that what was Aiden's things and that he has been sick since he got there and that was only weeks ago. As I was telling her this, she was writing the issues down like they were some kind of laundry list....with no real concern in her face. She told me that she would inform Kerri and that she would take care of it. (we'll see..is all I could think...)
Then...(Oh yea, people, there's more!) my husband picked him up that night and had to look for his pacifier and shoe. His pacifier was on the floor under the crib and they all had to look for his shoe - including in the other kid's cribs - which tells me that there was the possibility that he could've been in another baby's cribs and germs since that's where they sleep and drool and snot. My husband was pissed about it and told me that night so I made a trip over on my lunch hour to see what I could find when they're not expecting mommy. As soon as I walk in, I see a bouncy seat in his crib! So I ask them, aren't those the seats that are usually on floor? "Yes". I feel my face flush as my adrenaline is pumping again...do they really not give a shit?! Another thing that was bad was that his blanket was in another baby's crib.. Okay, so who's crib is it? The girls then point to the baby playing in the floor with...her mommy visiting from work! GREAT TIMING I HAVE!!! So I ask her about that and the girl tells me..."Yea, she pulled it on over there and I just laid it there for now.." I look at the other mommy and told her "I think you should know that is my kid's blanket and he's been sick". Nothing...her face was froze... I really started to feel my blood boil then! In a content voice I reiterated my concerns about having things that have been on the floor in his crib and pulled it out of the crib...oh, which by the way, I forgot to mention that when I showed up, there was a plush toy in my son's hands and...yep - his mouth. That left his cute chubby hands real quick-like! Okay, back to the story: After my little calm storm of voicing my opinion, I finished up the next 10 minutes in silence and I hung out with my son....(it was quite amusing that they didn't know what to do with me in there...I just chewed their ass in a calm way and I'm still here..! ) I then went over and talked to the 'assistant' again since the owner was not there again...I told her that I was absolutely infuriated that there was nothing being done to resolve our concern. She nodded the whole time, I didn't let her get much of a word in..I asked her when the last health dept inspection has been and asked her if she thought I needed to call them to make sure I'm not requesting such high demands for my baby's health...nothing. STOP using his crib for storage - end of story. Now because you are a freakin' idiot, I have to go back to work pissed off!! I call my hubby on the way and tell him what I saw, he was ballistic. He called and was able to contact the owner who told him that she was aware and they were going to have a letter typed up with that 'new policy' and have the teachers sign it. He then asked for a copy of that sheet to show that something has been done about it. Stating that she didn't feel comfortable with that, she advised him to call her licensing agent.. As a paying customer to a business wouldn't any parent want to know how an issue was resolved and have proof that it is being done? Or is there something we don't know? When I picked my son up after work that day, I was already mind-set that I was going to pack up his stuff and we're out of there and never again....but when I got there, they saved me the hassle. Guess they knew it was coming. She stopped me on the way in and I told her about the concerns and that I knew her and my husband had talked. I then asked if she had a copy of the health inspection listed anywhere and she changed tones quick. "Look at other daycares, you'll see that 95% of our customers come back"... Hmmm,...2 things: 1) Why'd they leave in the first place and 2) they probably had no choice like we did -noone else had openings.... But I didn't say anything that could held against me in court! I went in and got my boy and that was that.-well, for now...until some more phone calls are made. MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THE OTHER PARENTS LIKE US AND THEIR BABIES - THIS IS BY NO MEANS SLANDER. IT'S JUST TRUTH.




After doing some research, we found another woman who took her son here about 3 years ago and ended up quitting her job to stay at home because he was got so sick with RSV that he now has to have breathing treatments; we both share this same story. We also found that this business is under investigation at the moment with the state.




THE MORAL OF THIS BULLETIN/STORY IS TO INFORM ALL PARENTS TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION AND BE IN TUNE WITH YOUR KID AND WHAT SURROUNDINGS THEY'RE IN....ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE SICK OFTEN.