Aww Belle poor Julia!!!!! Never nice to be bitten.
If it had happened to DS (and no doubt it probably will - or HE will be the biter) I don't think I would take him out of day care. But I'm very happy with the daycare that he is in, the carers all love him, and tell me what a good boy he is, he's so cruisy and how much they all love him and think he's gorgeous. So even though they have to watch so many kids at the same time, I think they try their hardest to make sure nothing like that happens, but I can't expect it NOT to happen IYKWIM? Kids move quickly!!! Oh, and DS gets sick all the time too, as you know, he has just gone through tonsillitis again - and has three ear infections since he started going. But, I just think its building up his immunity, and it won't last forever.
Make the decision that YOU feel most comfortable with, after all, she's your baby!!!
yep i work in child care too and it is a fairly common problem. more so in the under 2's though. it isnt nice but it does happen and i am sure the staff will do all they can to work the problem out. if you go to the director and have a chat i advise that you do it in a nice, calm, friendly manner so that the staff dont see you as being accusatory in any way but just that you want to work with them to see that something is put in place to reduce the liklihood of it happening again.
also, with children being sick. it happens all the time! especially when they first start at a centre. knowing this though doesnt make it any easier. when my DD first started i knew she would get sick, its just a fact of life in child care. however, when she actually got sick, every week with temps, infections, conjunctivitis, colds, viruses, school sores, chicken pox (LOL-thats a long list) i even thought, oh my god i am gonna pull her out. but a year later she hasnt really been sick at all and if she does get sick her body seems to deal with it quicker and better.
anyway, hope you have a nice chat with your centre and start to feel better about the situation.
I do understand how you feel, it's very hard especially when these things are happening and it's your first and you really have no reference point for whether or not they're normal.
My experience with this was that my DD continually got sick between 12 months and 2 years - and she was in Family daycare for two short days a week. She was only ever with 3 other children, but she still got sick constantly for that year. We also had a viral infection that ended in hospitalisation, as well as numerous colds, conjunctivitis, and a few mystery viral things that gave her rashes and and mild fevers.
But it really is true that a) all children go through this when exposed to other kids for the first time - and when you think about it until that point their immune system has only been exposed on any ongoing basis to what's in your home until they start daycare. And b) they DO grow out of it.
DD is now nearly 3.5 and she is in kinder with large groups of kids - and she is rarely sick. And that's been the case for nearly a year now. Between 1-2 was definitely the worst.
Re the biting - been there too. I'd agree with Bath's posts it does happen everywhere and it happens so QUICK! Literally half a second. My DD was on the receiving end of it a few times, once the child involved started talking and could communicate better it stopped. So again, something they grow out of.
Daycare is hard with this age group. But it does get easier as they get older :hugs: (plus they can talk and tell you what's going on and if they're happy or not, which helps).
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