My family and I had a horrific past couple of months at this daycare!
If your child is 2-2 1/2 I would not enroll at all!! My son has been in daycare since he was 6 months old with absolutely no problems until he came into this classroom. He started putting nonfood items into his mouth (though it is debatable whether he was actually "eating" or mouthing the objects- I have documentation of her saying he would spit it out more than once) He was ONLY exhibiting this behavior at daycare predominantly in the morning with this certain teacher. His father and I, babysitters, friends and extended family members did not see this behavior whatsoever. But, taking these accusations very seriously I took my son to his pediatrician and brought the concerns to her. We had his labs checked and his toxin levels in which he passed and they told me he did not have pica.
Yet, daily reports from this teacher (his afternoon teacher only wrote him up ONCE for this behavior) & daily messages kept coming.. even when I expressed this was really stressing me out bc I couldn't do anything to help this behavior & I'm 36 weeks pregnant. This teacher even started following him around with a notebook & writing his every behavior down. (An OT said she was grossly unqualified to be doing so) I felt helpless that my son was doing this there but no where else. I couldn't get on to him to help. I was having to trust them.. which was hard but, I really wanted this to work. After they suggested to take him in for an evaluation for a disability/delay or sensory issue and telling me "it can be hard to hear your child needs a diagnosis", and fighting every fiber inside of me- I set up an assessment to get him evaluated. I was tired of feeling anxious every time I saw them pop up on my phone, I was tired of stressing & I was growing weary of my sons behavior when he was getting dropped off. He use to love going to school. He would run to his class!! Now he wanted his blankie and pacifier to walk in, or would hide behind me whenever he saw this woman. I should of listened to my instincts. He was evaluated by Any Baby Can on 4/25 (a service THEY recommended and then let me know they didn't really know what an evaluation was lol) by an occupational therapist and an early childhood interventionist. He was deemed a normal 2 year old with no diagnosis and no services needed. Ecstatic, I called to let the daycare know he was okay & they said it was a behavior that he has to gain attention from the teacher and advice they had given me to modify the behavior! I was then asked to get an evaluation at the daycare instead since he's better one on one and in small groups or at other places but not there. I told them that's not how this works, they found no disability, that if he had one then it would be present in every environment no matter who was around. This is strictly a behavior. That's when the assistant director said she didn't even know what an evaluation consisted of. I was very upset that I had obliged to everything they had asked, even against my better judgement. So upset in fact that I had to go to the hospital Monday with preterm contractions.
On Wednesday, 4/27, I sent an email so I would have documentation of what was said- explaining in detail what an evaluation was, what was looked at, the findings, why it's a behavior that could be modified at the daycare and ways to approach it and that my husband and I are listening to the experts when it comes to our son. Only to receive a phone call 6 hours later to tell me that our son is being unenrolled effectively immediately due to me being unsatisfied with the care he was receiving and bc I wasn't taking the reports on him seriously. ARE YOU KIDDING?!? I did everything they asked of me!! Luckily I have great documentation of the harassment and discrimination given to my child and myself regarding this issue. There's so much more to this too, but this review is already way too long lol RUN FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT unless you want unqualified people telling you they know more than the ones with the degrees!!! read more