I like DS's centre - he LOVES it. He's been off for 7 weeks (school holidays!) and Nursery was still running; I told him Wednesday that he goes back on Monday and he will not stop going on about it. Today I took him out, told him we would go whereever he wanted... Nursery.
Things I like:
Small number of mixed-age children
Carers who like children and will chat to them
Carers who will join in or initiate games
Carers who know what your child has been doing all day without having to refer to a sheet
They follow my routine and we co-ordinate our days together
Things I don't like:
My favourite carer was promoted... and works in the other centre now! I'm hoping to get DS moved. (She's facebook friends with my DS that's how much she loves him!)
DS's current keyworker is my least favourite carer there... she doesn't seem to approve of my style of parenting and if I tell her DS is tired because of a bad night's sleep she tells me to let him cry and I know full well if I tell her we tried to TT and DS didn't want to she'll tell me it's up to me to "make" him use the loo... whatever.
I actually like that the room moves about every couple of months - it stops DS running straight for the train set. He plays with other toys when they're in a slightly different place, and it gives the Nursery a new feel. I also like the different displays the children make every month.
They are looking into getting "mummy food" for the evenings too! Must be a popular thing. But DS's diet is fully catered for (no nuts and no cow milk) during the day so that's a big hassle off my mind.
The bad and ugly: The children in DD's room - the babies room (0-18 months) always have runny noises.It's disgusting . So in the very beginning when I use to pick DD up, I always wiped her noise upon entering. Now, whenever I come to pick DD up, the main carer cleans DD's noise. I can't believe the carers allow the children to walk, run around like that for most of the day.
Sweet Bliss,
What an awesome childcare. I wish my CC done the same.
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. So in the very beginning when I use to pick DD up, I always wiped her noise upon entering. Now, whenever I come to pick DD up, the main carer cleans DD's noise. I can't believe the carers allow the children to walk, run around like that for most of the day. 
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