Baby care is it ok at a young age
Son is five months old and going to daycare
I have a 5 month old boy and due to hard financial times I have no choice I have to go back to my job. I will only be working 2 to 3 days per week at the office and 1 to 2 days at home. I have to put my baby in child care while I am at the office. I am worried that by putting such a young baby in child care I will not have the bounding relationship with him. I feel really bad. Any advise on how to keep my relationship with my baby strong.
Please do not tell me to stay home. If this was possible I would not be asking for help. In my case staying at home would not be cheaper. My husband and I have went over all our choices and my going back to work is the only answer for us to get by.
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Monday, Oct. 12th 2009 9:49 AM at 9:49 am
Please do not worry so much. Your relationship with your child will not suffer because you need to put in him child care for few day a week. More then likely you will probably spend extra time and effort with your baby during the time he is with you. Giving your baby quality time is what is important.
I am guessing your husband is working. Does your son not like his daddy just much. My husbands works the 9-5 job M-F and I am with my little girl who is 7 months old all day. She can not wait until daddy gets home. They spend their quality time then.
I know there are people who will have a different opinion about working moms. It is just too bad all people can not live in their perfect world. Some of us just have no choice. We work in order to give our family a better quality of life. Keep that in mind and do not let other people worry you so much.
Monday, Oct. 12th 2009 10:22 AM at 10:22 am
I know there is a lot of bad things that people like to harp on about putting a baby in daycare. I to also work mostly because I have to but partly because I want to too. I have a loving husband that understands that I am more the just a wife and mom and that I can help contribute to our family financial needs.
We looked into the pros and cons of childcare. Our daughter only goes three times a week. Since I work part time and my husband works weekends but not Mondays or Thursdays.
There are many pros for your child to go to childcare that get over looked. So here are a few that we felt were valid and help us in making our choice.
1) Putting your child into daycare will help him in terms of socializing. It is good for a child to have social inter actions with other people/children it help them to develop healthy interactions.
2) Even moms need brakes. A benefit to daycare is that it give you a break. Yes that right you may be working but part of the problem with postpartum is that the mom has no time away from her baby and time away is just as important as time with your child.
It is not good in my opinion to have a baby become mainly dependent on you for everything. Social interaction helps your baby on times when you may need a baby sitter or someone else to watch your child.
3) daycare/child care helps your child when it comes time for school. They will have the head start when entering school and it will not be stressful for you or your child.
Monday, Oct. 12th 2009 10:50 AM at 10:50 am
I tried to put my 19 month old son into daycare when I needed to work for a few hours a day. The problem I had was that my son was already fully attached to me and did not like to be watched by anyone else other then my husband or I. The first day at day care he cried all day to the point they needed to call me in to get him.
They told me not to come back until my son was older and could handle the separation from his parents. This was a hard time for us. We was able to solve the problem by having different family members come in and baby sit 30 minutes then an hour then hour and half and so on until my son got use to different people and adjusted to this.
I do not know if things would have been different if we put our son in daycare sooner or not. We choice to wait for as long as we could. My advise is to go slow and get him use to the idea of not having mommy 24/7. Try to make it as stress free as possible for both you and your son.
Monday, Oct. 12th 2009 11:01 AM at 11:01 am
I lucky enough to be a stay at home mom. However, I understand that not every one can be. My sister has her daughter in child care and it works just fine for her and her family.
My sister relationship with her daughter has not suffer at all. Like one prior reply stated, just make sure you are spending quality time with your baby. This can be done at any time during the day.
Look into a child care that offers internet services, where you can see your child and what they are doing just by going to their secure website. That is the way my sister’s daycare works and it has helped ease her mind, knowing she can check up on her daughter at any time though out the day.
Monday, Oct. 12th 2009 11:11 AM at 11:11 am
My advise would be not to feel guilty about putting your baby into daycare. It is not so uncommon as you may think. More and more families have to have both parents working in order to make a living and to provide for their family needs.
Also do not forget it is not like you can not change your mind. At any time you feel that daycare is not working for your family, you can always take your son out.
Maybe by then you and your husband will have other choices. Making it possible for you to figure out a different solution for your son needs and your family financial responsibilities.