policies

Day care will provide substantial breakfast, Morning Snack, lunch, and afternoon snacks. Do not bring candy, gum, money, or toys (we provide a wide variety of toys and children this age find it difficult to share their personal property.)

Infants nap at varying times and their personal schedules take precedence. By the time a child reaches one year of age, they are generally into the same nap routine as the rest of the child care group. We have rest time each afternoon. No child is allowed to be excluded from rest time. Quiet activities are provided for those that wake early from rest time. Cots/mats are supplied for the children, as well as travel cribs for those that still require them. Blankets or sleep companions may be brought for rest time. If you arrive during rest time, please quietly enter and keep your child quiet on your way out so as to not disturb the other children.

Please bring a change of clothing for your child marked with their name.

Parents must supply all diapers, wipes, ointments, and powders.

I am willing to assist a child with potty training as long as you are actively doing so at home. Potty training must first begin at home. Only once your child has shown enough readiness and willingness, we will begin the training at daycare as well.

Children with a contagious illness or fever will not be accepted due to concerns of the health of other children in the program.

I can only administer prescription medication when the prescription information is clearly labeled on the medicine. If your child is on medication and it must be administered at childcare, the medicine must be in the original container and labeled with the child’s name, doctor, name of medicine, dosage and when it is to be taken. I will also have a form for you to sign giving me permission to administer the medication to your child. Medication will be given at the time or with the meal you specify and a written record kept. *Diaper rash cream & Sunscreen is a form of medication and will need a signed medication form. 

• A temperature over 101 degrees in the morning
• Conjunctivitis, an eye infection commonly referred to as “pink eye.” The eye is generally red with some burning and there may be a thick yellow secretion.
• Bronchitis, which can begin with hoarseness, cough, and a slight elevation of temperature. The cough may be dry and painful, but generally becomes mucus-laden.
• Rashes that you cannot identify or that have not been diagnosed by a physician.
• Impetigo of the skin, which shows up as red pimples. These eventually become small blisters surrounded by a reddened area. When blisters break, the surface is raw a weeping. The lesions occur in moist areas of the body such as the creases of the neck, groin, underarm, face, hands, or the edge of a diaper.
• Diarrhea occurring more than three times a day.
• Vomiting occurring more than the usual spitting
• Sever cold with fever, sneezing and nose drainage.

If your child shows any of the symptoms of becoming ill such as those stated above, he or she must not be brought to the day care until 24 hours after the symptoms have disappeared. If your child becomes ill while at day care, parent /guardian will be notified and arrangements must be made for your child to be picked up. Please be sure that I have your current emergency telephone number, and the name and telephone number of a relative or friend who may pick up your child in your place.