Parents: Would you expect the daycare worker to hold your baby because he/she was crying and fussy?

Question

Your gym has a daycare center that provides childcare while you workout. You leave your six month old baby and your three year old toddler with them. You are on the machine and all the sudden you the cry of an infant. The crying stops momentarily and then you hear it again. Having a pretty good idea of what your child’s cry sounds like, you get off the machine and proceed to the daycare center to check on your kids. When you arrive you see your baby laying in the carseat/carrier and the daycare worker is sitting on the floor playing with the other kids. He/she is not crying excessively, but you notice he/she is very fussy and perhaps tired. What would have been your reaction?

Answer 1

The mother sounds like an irresponsible twit.

She throws her baby to one overworked daycare worker, and worries more about working out then her baby crying.  If she was so "concerned" about the baby crying, why didn't she act like a real mother and tend to her kid?  Ultimately, that's her responsibility.

Sounds like she just wanted the baby to shut up, so she can get her fat a** back on the elliptical and watch soap operas.

Retarded moms like her sicken me.  They want everyone but themselves to raise their kids.

Answer 2

i am not sure that it is something that should be expected of a daycare at the gym, unless you are paying extra for the gym. i have three children and if i was going to the gym and one of the children was having an issue, whether it is crying or what, i would remove the child and either fix the issue myself or just go home and come back to the gym the next day, when the baby was in a better mood, or was already napping.

if it was a daycare where i left my child (like when i was working) the issue wouold be totally different, however going to the gym, even though it is an important thing for health, is still extracurricular therefore you should makesure they kids are ok before you being the workout.

Answer 3

YES IF THE DAY CARE DOESNT HAVE ALOT OF WORKERS THEN FIND A SITTER FOR YOUR KIDS ... I WOULD BE VERY UPSET TO FIND MY CHILD STILL STRAPPED IN THE CAR SEAT AND CRYING... TIRED OR NOT THEY DESERVE ATTENTION ...

Answer 4

maybe she was busy with other kids. at our gym there is only 1 daycare worker in the room so unless the baby is screaming she shouldnt have to pick him up.

Answer 5

If the baby was just a little fussy for a short time (as opposed to really upset), and there were other kids to care for as well, I don't think it's so horrible if the daycare worker didn't immediately pick him up.  Presumably if the mom has an older child she realizes that the world does not end if she's attending one kid's needs for a few minutes while the other kid fusses a little.

If the baby was crying hysterically or fussing for a long time or if there were no other kids or if the daycare worker had been talking on her cell phone rather than playing with the older kids, that would have been different.

Answer 6

No, if I was close enough to hear my baby crying I would have taken a moment to go tend to him, if it warrented it that is. Sometimes the hardest part of being a parent is deciding when to coddle and when not too.....lol.....all to often we coddle to much :). Now if my child was wailing and the attendant made no effort to comfort him until I arrived then I think I would be fuming because the wailing in itself would indicate my baby needed something and not just wanted something.

Answer 7

my best friend works at a daycare. although she's 19, she's had more experience with babies and toddlers than most mothers. although she will not say that to any mothers face, they just assume that due to her "younger" age, she is automatically not experienced as she has not had her own child. she does love each of those kids and she takes care of them all very carefully, but if one child is crying in a crib, she won't rush over to see what's the matter. kids cry. she doesn't want them to get used to her picking them up all the time because there ARE 15 or so kids in a room and she only has 2 arms. because she neglected to pick up a child doesn't mean she isn't caring for the child, it simply means that she can't mother the child. perhaps the mother of the child picks up her own child too often.. and has created some unintentional habit for the child. i have not yet had children but i would trust my best friend with my child's life anyday. i know she's responsible and cares for the lives of the children she looks after. i'm sure if the baby wouldn't stop crying, she'd try to settle it down without picking it up..

i hope i've helped.

steph