In general, I'm really thrilled with our daycare situation for DD. The center is great and they really interact with the babies and get them to explore their world.
My complaint is in regards to naps and bottles.
On DD's first day they asked for her routine. I gave it to them. All of her feedings are based around her loooong afternoon nap. So it was 3oz then wait 2 hours, 2oz the wait an hour, 1.5oz (top off before nap), nap, 3oz upon wake up. Apparently that was too hard to follow.
They also don't put her down for a nap at a set time. It's basically whenever she crashes on her own. I understand that they have several babies to take care of, but why ask for her routine if you're not going to follow it and then slowing get her on to their schedule? Lack of her long nap yesterday resulted in her being over tired and up every hour and a half last night (which means that I was too).
With the bottles, I'm sending what I pump. I'm trying to increase my supply but that's slow work. And DD is still uber tiny. 4 3oz bottles in an 8 hour period keeps her tummy full. Her insane sucking need makes her caregivers think that she wants more to eat. If she's not getting enough calories during the day, she makes up for it by nursing more in the evenings/nights. I don't like getting notes saying she needs another ounce in her bottles. You'd think that they've worked with enough breastfed babies to know that bottle feeding a breastfed baby is a different ball of wax than bottle feeding a baby who has never nursed.
Today is the first time that I will be picking her up - H does drop off and pick up since he has the car and works in the area but he's out of town tonight and tomorrow. I'll be discussing the situation with her caregivers.
/vent
