Center care; must walk @ 18 month?

[gramma]

I find it very rude that they want you to keep her until she's okay to go to the centre. Talk about using someone. Parents dont appreciate that this is where home daycare shines above centres. We dont have hard set rules about the developmental milestones that children have to achieve at specific ages or they cant come. I dont know about many center rules but I suspect that they dont want to be lifting kids. The parent should perhaps be more concerned with why the child isnt walking yet.

[Dreamalittledream]

The parent should perhaps be more concerned with why the child isnt walking yet.

I had suggested they consult a Doctor as well, but beyond that we as daycare providers are pretty powerless. @ 8 months when this little girl came to me she wasn't even sitting up on her own yet (parents admittedly would sit her in exersaucer at home in front of Disney channel for hours because " she loves TV"!!!). So, with a lot of work on trunk control/strength exercises I got her sitting up in no time etc. With time, she will walk well. She is a very bright but naturally very cautious child & very 'solid', which makes it more difficult, I think?