Hello all!
I have 2 little ones that started with me a week ago(12&13mos) I interviewed both families around the 9 month mark, and outlined my expectations of what they needed to do at home to prepare their children for care. Things like: letting child self soothe at nap(no bottles in bed, and no rocking or bouncing) I do use music or white noise to help them soothe. Well, both of them are getting rocked to sleep and bottles to soothe. Jeepers.... I also make it a point to say that children will be eating table food cut up in small pieces, and should be able to attempt to feed with their own fingers(except for messy foods of course) and should be able to hold own sippy cup. Both are still on bottles, not sippy, and can't hold it themselves, and can't self feed, as they are spoon fed puree at home, and have no idea what to do with slightly textured foods) Am I expecting too much here? Never had this many issues with this age before. Feedback/suggestions?