A Place For Children Too

My rating is based upon my opinion from personal experience. I guess I really didn’t know what to expect from a daycare because this was my first time using one. This location was close to work and ofcourse I was sold during the tour. I toured both locations this center has but I enjoyed this location better. The teachers seemed a lot nicer here (only because they smiled and greeted me during the tour versus just eye contact at the other location). The receptionist that gave the tour Ms. Velda is always a sweetheart. She made me want to keep coming back even when I did make the switch. I also LOVED the fact that the doors stayed locked and everyone had to buzz in reducing risk of weirdos just walking inside.
So why the major star reductions?
When dropping and picking up baby I was not allowed to bring him to his classroom. As a new mom I was really looking forward to pick up time and seeing him interact with other babies his age. Instead I had to stay outside in the lobby area.
Also, during his attendance here his teacher was changed because they were expanding to a bigger class from infants walking one year olds. That’s fine I understand but the teacher did not introduce herself give any assurance my son was in good hands or anything. When I met his first teacher she was running out the door to leave for the day so she didn’t really say much at first but she did take the time to greet me and introduce herself to baby. When I would pick him up she would give me a recap of his day and a sheet log of his activities. I had to constantly stop his new teacher from quickly trying turn away after giving me baby to ask how was his day. I requested to receive the logs but was never given one. In all things were not the same.
I also was kind of surprised when the daycare required me to provide milk for baby. He wasn’t drinking formula anymore at this point so I thought they might have been confused but no they wanted me to bring milk so I did. I was just under the impression a daycare would provide milk. Ofcourse, (as with many other daycares) babies diaper bag would often be missing items. I did find it strange that his diapers would be surprisingly still stocked in the bag. If I put 8 in the bag I would get back six. So… He was only changed twice? Ofcourse they told me they used the extra diapers from the center which I thought was a waste because he had his own.
There were good things about this place but the bad outweighed it – for me.