Originally Posted by happymom:
My first daycare had a private instagram account for the daycare families.
I found myself checking for updates dozens of times a day from work and getting disappointed when there were no updates.
Our "new" daycare does a slip of paper for the 4 and under crowd. Each level has a different paper with different info to fill out.
Infant sheet includes a spot for the parent to fill out the last time the baby ate and when he woke up. There were spots for daycare to write down nap times, feeding times and how much baby ate, and diaper changes.
Ones class sheet omitted spaces for bottles and only had a line for one nap. Didn't include meal times, but caregiver would circle (all, most, some, none) regarding how much baby ate.
Twos class includes diapering/toileting, meals and nap and what the focus of today was (example: tigers)
Threes/Fours class didn't include anything about toileting, but included meals, nap and the focus of the day.
This is from a daycare center where there are multiple staff members helping out with the same kids, so it helped them to know when the last time a baby was changed/fed. I really prefer the little slip of paper to getting verbal updates all the time or pictures.
Would you like the picture updates more if they were more consistent? If they posted your child each day would you still prefer the paper slip?