Does Your Child Hate the Crèche?

The maternity leave was over a long time back. You decided to stay away from work for a little longer, because you wanted to spend some time with your kid. But now that you’ve decided to return to work, you had no option but to think of choosing the perfect daycare center for your kid before you returned to the rigmarole of office life.

But there is one little problem that is standing as an obstacle in the way of you settling back into your work life – the crèche and your child! Your child seems to hate the crèche and there’s not much you can do about it; because you did your research and chose one of the best daycare centers your side of town.

It isn’t enough that you cross your fingers and hope that your baby gets used to it. But then again, expecting this isn’t enough.

You have to get to the root of the problem; and these tips might help you get there.

1)  Lend a listening ear.

Every single time your child ends up stomping her feet, it might be a little more than just a tantrum. There might be a bigger truth hiding behind this little tantrum throwing of hers. She might actually have a legitimate reason for hating the daycare centre.

Take some time out and talk to your kid. Ask her about her worries and discuss the reasons behind why she hates the crèche so much.

2)  Conduct a follow up on the kind of progress your child is making.

When advertising, child care centers are bound to put up ads about how they will take care of your children. Just because they claim to do it, doesn’t automatically mean that they do.  You could take the initiative to do follow ups with your caretaker.  You could even demand to see written reports about your child, claim owners of a professional childcare centre.

The bottom line is, if your answers regarding your child’s progress are not being answered in a systematic manner, then chances are that your child isn’t getting the attention that he/she deserves.

3)  Surprise visits can tell you the truth.

Choose a crèche that has an open-door policy. This would mean that you’re free to drop in whenever you want to. If you happen to drop in at a time when they least expect you to, chances are you’ll get a glimpse of how things really work in the daycare center. If you find any reason to believe that the crèche isn’t providing for what they promised they’d give, then it might be best for you to move your child to another place.

4)  Be there for your baby.

It is natural that your child is at first going to be nervous about being left alone. He has been used to having you around all this time; and might now be uncomfortable about not having you around. At this stage, it is but natural for him to undergo separation anxiety when you decide to head back to work.

Your baby is a child and not an adult. He is not going to understand the reasoning behind your wanting to go back to work. Nonetheless, talk to him about why you have to go and reassure him that you can be contacted at any given time in the day. Make an extra effort to spend time with your child over the weekends.

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