Nursing Mamas

[Judy Trickett]

How would you handle it?

I wouldn't. I understand that breast is better and I am all for breast milk over formula. BUT, this is daycare and I simply can NOT and will not have a parent dropping by every day disrupting my day. Besides, these parents are basically strangers to me. I do not allow parents to come into my house and hang out or have access to the other kids in my care.

Every parent interviews and sits in my living room and wants to see background and police checks on me, my husband and anyone else in my home. They want references and proof of insurance - all those things to PROVE I am a safe and trustworthy person who has sanctions in place to protect their child. And every Early Years centre (essentially funded and run by the government) and every government website concerning daycare tells parents to check for these things, to ensure their provider has it. But then those same parents and the same government turns around and expects me to allow a virtual stranger into my home DURING daycare hours???

How does that even make sense??

Perhaps the government and the parents and those who "call" for this could provide ME with background checks, police clearances and personal liability insurance on every PARENT before they talk out of both sides of their mouths.

Where is MY assurance?? Why am I, as a provider, constantly asked to be the one to put control and safety measures in place and then AGAIN asked to accept the additional responsibility of allowing strangers into my home while I care for the kids I am legally on the hook for should anything happen to them?

So, answer me THOSE questions, provide ME with all the check and clearances and insurance and THEN I might consider allowing you to hang out in my house during daycare hours to breastfeed the very child you chose to place in daycare.