Question for basement daycares

[MommaL]

It's been interesting reading the responses on this thread. To be honest, it never occurred to me to have parents come downstairs to dress/undress the child.

I have a small main entrance with a shoe rack and a few hooks, but the majority of the kids gear (coats, backpacks, etc.) is stored downstairs. Parents drop off their child, take off their shoes and then I take them downstairs and finish undressing them. For pick-ups, the children will usually already be dressed by the time the parents pick them up, so they just have to come upstairs and put on their shoes and go. Makes drop-offs/pick-ups relatively quick and easy for parents and there's less traffic on the stairs or in the daycare area itself.