Hey all,
I have a foster daughter who is 2.5 and the best little girl in the world(I may be a little biased . I've been caring for her for 4.5 months now and while she has visits with her mom, her mom hasn't made any visits for the past 2 months. I am single and have no other children, so I'm new to this and definitely appreciate the perspective of those with more experience.
My LO loves her daycare for the most part, I mean for the past month or so she's gone from hurrying into her classroom to having me escort her in, but I put that down to a new teacher.
Now I'm pretty certain, I'm reading too much into this, but tonight during bedtime, I was reading the book 'Love You Forever' with her in my lap and she was holding a baby doll in her lap and 'reading' and singing the words she remembers to the doll. Suddenly in the middle of the book, she turns the doll over and spanks her several times and tells her not to poop. This sort of sent a warning bell off in my head since I don't use physical discipline as a foster parents and I think that Texas daycares aren't allowed to use it either.
Still, this is just the one moment of concern and there's no reason to believe she's spanked at daycare if she poops (yes we are in the midst of potty training and they have been really helpful in getting her to the point she is now). Also, she could simply have done it based on a past caregiver that's just now manifesting or for no reason at all. My only other concern is that they are really particular about keeping parents out of classrooms. They are very fast to bring kids out. I've only seen the inside of her classroom a few times when I showed up at earlier times to pick her up. Still this could be completely normal for daycares.
I did pick up my niece and nephew for their daycare and their daycare was the opposite. You signed them out and then you went and got the child so there was no restriction on seeing where the child spends the day... But IDK, there was nothing going on at the times I have been inside other than the sorts of activities you would expect at a daycare (changing diapers, playing, reading, etc).
I've pretty much convinced myself to keep an eye out, but be observant for any other sign they may be using some sort of physical discipline. Do ya'll know of any signs I should look out for?
I have a foster daughter who is 2.5 and the best little girl in the world(I may be a little biased . I've been caring for her for 4.5 months now and while she has visits with her mom, her mom hasn't made any visits for the past 2 months. I am single and have no other children, so I'm new to this and definitely appreciate the perspective of those with more experience.
My LO loves her daycare for the most part, I mean for the past month or so she's gone from hurrying into her classroom to having me escort her in, but I put that down to a new teacher.
Now I'm pretty certain, I'm reading too much into this, but tonight during bedtime, I was reading the book 'Love You Forever' with her in my lap and she was holding a baby doll in her lap and 'reading' and singing the words she remembers to the doll. Suddenly in the middle of the book, she turns the doll over and spanks her several times and tells her not to poop. This sort of sent a warning bell off in my head since I don't use physical discipline as a foster parents and I think that Texas daycares aren't allowed to use it either.
Still, this is just the one moment of concern and there's no reason to believe she's spanked at daycare if she poops (yes we are in the midst of potty training and they have been really helpful in getting her to the point she is now). Also, she could simply have done it based on a past caregiver that's just now manifesting or for no reason at all. My only other concern is that they are really particular about keeping parents out of classrooms. They are very fast to bring kids out. I've only seen the inside of her classroom a few times when I showed up at earlier times to pick her up. Still this could be completely normal for daycares.
I did pick up my niece and nephew for their daycare and their daycare was the opposite. You signed them out and then you went and got the child so there was no restriction on seeing where the child spends the day... But IDK, there was nothing going on at the times I have been inside other than the sorts of activities you would expect at a daycare (changing diapers, playing, reading, etc).
I've pretty much convinced myself to keep an eye out, but be observant for any other sign they may be using some sort of physical discipline. Do ya'll know of any signs I should look out for?
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