After twelve months. In Canada we get a full twelve months of with pay if we where previously working. I’m quitting my job with my twins and becoming a SAHM.
My friend is just now putting her daughter in a daycare, and her daughter is 16 months now.
If a woman is fortunate enough to be able to stay at home with her baby, then she should do that as long as she can. If she has to work, then most daycares take kids starting at 6 weeks.
I went back to work when my daughter was 6 weeks old…reluctantly. I could easily stay home, however, my husband and I made a plan. We want to pay off our debt, not including our home and student loans. That way, I will be able to stay home and we will be very secure financially. So by the time she is 1 1/2 I should be a stay at home mom and contemplating a second one!!! eeeeee! Im so excited! =)
I also left my daughter with my mom. She is a daycare provider, so it was ALOT easier for me. But it was still very hard. It still is very hard. I miss her and want to be with her.
Good luck. I recommend going back to work part time at first…like first day for about 2 hours. Then move up to 4 hours…then 6…then 8…and so forth.
This is what I did and made the transition alot smoother for me and my daughter.
I went back to work when my baby girl was seven months old. She’s 16 months now. I will tell you that it was/is the most difficult thing to do. It took ME months to adjust, even though she was just fine after one week. I still have days when I just can’t stand leaving her.
I will say this though: She absolutely loves her time there. Her little face lights up when we enter the room and she sees all her little friends (though she’s an only child and has little exposure to other children). She started walking early, right at 10 months..I think, because she wanted to be able to run around with all the other kids. She’s also exposed to all kinds of activities each day. I have all sorts of cute fingerpaintings and other little projects they’ve assisted the kids in making. Her language skills are fantastic for a 16 month old and I partly attribute this to being around so many other people talking around her and teaching her things. Mostly though, she’s able to gain the social skills in dealing with other children. She’s learning how to share, play, read social cues….something I could never really teach her at home because she is/and always will be an only child.
Sooooooo, yes it’s difficult but now, after 9 months of her attending daycare, I actually feel guilty if I keep her home on days I take off from work. I feel like she’s missing out!
think my lil girl was over a year old when i first took her to nursery and yes she did cry but you have to let them go sooner or later i wouldnt be nervous about it, it will take them time to get used to it but they will get used to it.
My son was 4½ months when he started daycare. He has done great with it and is a very social little guy because of it.
Yes, it was hard at first but once you get back to work you will be so busy with your job that you won’t have much time to think about it.
If you can, I suggest taking your child in a couple of days a week or for a few hours at a time before you have to go back to work just so you know you are both comfortable with the situation. I didn’t personally do this, but have heard it is helpful.
My husband was able to take my son to daycare the very first day, so it was easy for me to trick myself into thinking I was leaving him at home with Dad when I left for work that first day back and that made it easier for me.
I was only 15 when I had my daughter so I still had school and exams to contend with! I gave birth to her in November and went back to school after christmas, she was nearly 2 months old! She was in a registered baby centre who specialised in looking after babies under the age of 1 She continued to go to this centre until I had completed my exams and left school in June.
I then took her out of the centre because I had free time until September when I went to college! The college offer a free day care centre for students within the college so I jumped at the chance and got her a place in there. This way I could have her with me when I was on my breaks and lunch
I was really upset and had trouble concentrating at school for the first week or two when I left her, but after I got used to it, I just looked more forward to picking her up after school
My daughter was 12 weeks when I left her at nursery for the first time because I had to go back to uni, it was hard, and constantly thinking about her, only for a day and a half a week but she was fine. Shes just turned six months and absolutely loves it, when I leave her in the mornings now she puts her arms out to the girls, and when I go to give her a kiss bye she doesn’t want to know! she’s too interested in what’s happening around her! We both ring through the day to see how she is, and they’re fine with it, think its really nice in fact that we worry about her and want to make sure she’s ok. I also think its good for her to get the interaction with other children and people as it’ll help her in the future, and then she won’t be strange with people and it won’t be as hard when she goes to school. But if you are worried I’d say to try and ask someone who already has a child there and see what they think.
April 15th, 2011 at 8:33 am
After twelve months. In Canada we get a full twelve months of with pay if we where previously working. I’m quitting my job with my twins and becoming a SAHM.
April 15th, 2011 at 9:01 am
My friend is just now putting her daughter in a daycare, and her daughter is 16 months now.
If a woman is fortunate enough to be able to stay at home with her baby, then she should do that as long as she can. If she has to work, then most daycares take kids starting at 6 weeks.
April 15th, 2011 at 9:32 am
I went back to work when my daughter was 6 weeks old…reluctantly. I could easily stay home, however, my husband and I made a plan. We want to pay off our debt, not including our home and student loans. That way, I will be able to stay home and we will be very secure financially. So by the time she is 1 1/2 I should be a stay at home mom and contemplating a second one!!! eeeeee! Im so excited! =)
I also left my daughter with my mom. She is a daycare provider, so it was ALOT easier for me. But it was still very hard. It still is very hard. I miss her and want to be with her.
Good luck. I recommend going back to work part time at first…like first day for about 2 hours. Then move up to 4 hours…then 6…then 8…and so forth.
This is what I did and made the transition alot smoother for me and my daughter.
April 15th, 2011 at 9:46 am
6 months for a couple days a week.
I didn’t find it hard at all. I felt guilty that I was okay with it. She is in my building and we still meet a couple of times a day.
April 15th, 2011 at 10:04 am
I went back to work when my baby girl was seven months old. She’s 16 months now. I will tell you that it was/is the most difficult thing to do. It took ME months to adjust, even though she was just fine after one week. I still have days when I just can’t stand leaving her.
I will say this though: She absolutely loves her time there. Her little face lights up when we enter the room and she sees all her little friends (though she’s an only child and has little exposure to other children). She started walking early, right at 10 months..I think, because she wanted to be able to run around with all the other kids. She’s also exposed to all kinds of activities each day. I have all sorts of cute fingerpaintings and other little projects they’ve assisted the kids in making. Her language skills are fantastic for a 16 month old and I partly attribute this to being around so many other people talking around her and teaching her things. Mostly though, she’s able to gain the social skills in dealing with other children. She’s learning how to share, play, read social cues….something I could never really teach her at home because she is/and always will be an only child.
Sooooooo, yes it’s difficult but now, after 9 months of her attending daycare, I actually feel guilty if I keep her home on days I take off from work. I feel like she’s missing out!
Best wishes. It WILL get easier.
April 15th, 2011 at 10:12 am
think my lil girl was over a year old when i first took her to nursery and yes she did cry but you have to let them go sooner or later i wouldnt be nervous about it, it will take them time to get used to it but they will get used to it.
April 15th, 2011 at 10:38 am
My son was 4½ months when he started daycare. He has done great with it and is a very social little guy because of it.
Yes, it was hard at first but once you get back to work you will be so busy with your job that you won’t have much time to think about it.
If you can, I suggest taking your child in a couple of days a week or for a few hours at a time before you have to go back to work just so you know you are both comfortable with the situation. I didn’t personally do this, but have heard it is helpful.
My husband was able to take my son to daycare the very first day, so it was easy for me to trick myself into thinking I was leaving him at home with Dad when I left for work that first day back and that made it easier for me.
April 15th, 2011 at 10:44 am
I was only 15 when I had my daughter so I still had school and exams to contend with! I gave birth to her in November and went back to school after christmas, she was nearly 2 months old! She was in a registered baby centre who specialised in looking after babies under the age of 1
She continued to go to this centre until I had completed my exams and left school in June.
I then took her out of the centre because I had free time until September when I went to college! The college offer a free day care centre for students within the college so I jumped at the chance and got her a place in there. This way I could have her with me when I was on my breaks and lunch
I was really upset and had trouble concentrating at school for the first week or two when I left her, but after I got used to it, I just looked more forward to picking her up after school
Hope this helped
x
April 15th, 2011 at 11:42 am
My daughter was 12 weeks when I left her at nursery for the first time because I had to go back to uni, it was hard, and constantly thinking about her, only for a day and a half a week but she was fine. Shes just turned six months and absolutely loves it, when I leave her in the mornings now she puts her arms out to the girls, and when I go to give her a kiss bye she doesn’t want to know! she’s too interested in what’s happening around her! We both ring through the day to see how she is, and they’re fine with it, think its really nice in fact that we worry about her and want to make sure she’s ok. I also think its good for her to get the interaction with other children and people as it’ll help her in the future, and then she won’t be strange with people and it won’t be as hard when she goes to school. But if you are worried I’d say to try and ask someone who already has a child there and see what they think.