Seeking Daycare a Few Days a Week

So What Happened?

I checked out the daycare on Country Club and decided not to use it. The people were nice enough but the facility was run-down. I also noticed that none of the children I saw were smiling. I was told that the tether ball outside was removed because the preschool and school aged children fought over it. I don't think those age groups should be sharing a playground together. In the infant room there was a child with a running nose interacting with the other babies. The school age children's room was open to the lobby and you have to walk through it to get to the infant and toddler rooms. I think that is a security problem. No one I talked to had worked there for more than 3 months.

Since my search began, my son's grandmas have been available to watch him on the day I currently need covered. When they can't watch him, Angela (responded below) will be watching him.

I did research on a few other daycare centers and put my son on a waiting list for one of them. It's called The Learning Curve. I showed my husband the better daycare centers I looked into and he agree that this place looks like the best option. They have secure webcams in their classrooms that I can monitor from work. They use biometric thumbprints to verify your idenity when checking your child in and out. The floor is covered by mats that are disinfected. They have a lower adult to child ratio. They pipe in music during nap time. 40% of their caregivers have been there for over a year which is unheard of in the childcare industry. They have very clear policies in place and provided me copies of the policies when I toured the facility. The caregivers were down on the floor playing with the children. Almost everywhere else I checked the adults were standing around talking to each other instead of interacting with the children. The children all seemed pretty happy and some of them even smiled, waved at, and greeted by name, the woman who gave me the tour. The playground equipment was nice and the facility is not located next to a busy street. The downside is that I will need to adjust my work schedule because they are only open until 6 pm. I'm so happy with what I've seen so far that I plan to place my son there for the whole week once there is an opening. My husband said he's excited for our son to be able to go there. He said he wishes he could stay there all day!