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As long as your daughter isnt the one acting out you should be alright. Biting is a traditional thing with children - my daughter was bitten a few times at the same daycare and in the same room. Findout what the daycares policy is on those issues. Ours has a policy of third time - the child is out. First time - time out and tell parents. 2nd time - they get sent home for three days... Third time - Find another daycare for the child. Scratch on the face - again - our daycare has thier policy in place and its one i am willing to accept and live with as long as nothing SERIOUS happens to my daughter.

Good luck but I think everything will be alright.

No way would I take her back there. I had the same thing happen when I first put my son in a day care center. I was miserable and he became shy and timid of other kids. After searching about a week I found a private parochial school/daycare center for him for only $50 more a month. He started there when he was 2 1/2 and stayed until he went to regular school. The private day care was run by a local church but they also gave him some pre-school basics (letter, counting, colors), a good meal, lots of attention and playtime. Because it was a religious center the "class" size was very small, no more than 10 kids per adult. If you choose to move your daughter, I would recommend letting the current center know that why you are unhappy with them and request that she separated from the child(ren) who have been agressive towards her.

i have been a daycare teacher for 10 yrs and have worked in all age groups. it happens. kids get scratched, and bit. even though it is hard for moms and kids, at this age they have no other way to communicate anger or frustration. they lash out and hit, scratch bite etc. it will happen at any daycare. i'm not saying that you should not say anything. definately address the matter and if the management does not try to fix the situation then move her. but these things do happen in daycares unfortunately. if you move her somewhere else and she gets bit again are you going to continue to move her? if you feel comfortable with the staff and particularly her teachers you just have to trust that they will handle it. new kids usually get picked on at first anyway. it is the age. it comes down to your gut instinct. you will do what is best for your child because you love her.

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T.,
I would give it one more chance. After that, the child should be kept away from your baby.

J.

From my experience with kids and having been a teacher in daycares, schools, and Sunday schools, I have noticed that daycare kids tend to be more aggressive than non-daycare kids. I'm not saying this in a bad way or anything, but this is just what I have noticed over the years. If your daughter is new to this whole daycare experience and if she is more reserved, passive, or timid, then a few of the other kids may be taking advantage of this and acting more as a bully toward her.

Yes, kids doing these types of things to each other does happen on occasion. Have they been severe bites or scratches or the more normal every day kid type scuffles? Is it the same child doing these things to your daughter? If so, that child needs to be kept away from your daughter. What is the ratio of kids to adults in each room? Perhaps there are not enough adults to monitor what is going on in the room.

Sometimes it just takes kids a little while to adjust to the whole daycare thing. I'd give it a little more time. If it keeps happening, I'd look for another day care.

I do not trust daycares AT ALL. Im a single mother and when my daughter was about that age, I put her in a college daycare so that I could attend school. Once I was dropping in to visit and she was left on top of a "changing table" by herself with her pamper undone and was not strapped down. The "sitter" was at the other side of the room with some other kid. The second time, my boyfriend went to pick her up for me.Since this was his first time going,I asked him when he got back if they checked the list of people that were allowed to get her and he said, "no." So I asked him what they said when he got there and he said that they asked him which one was his!!! He pointed at my daughter and they said, ok...here is her bag. Needless to say I never took her to another daycare again. Look, my point is that you want your child to be safe. I srtongly suggest that you hire a sitter in your home and get a nanny cam. At least with a nanny cam, you can see what's going on when you are not there. You cant do that with a daycare. It's a small price to pay considering that your child might not be safe. Who's to say that the child care providers werent the ones who scratched and bit your kid??? I know you watch the news. You know what kind of people are out there. Some people may think that you would be going overboard, but I NEVER draw the line when it comes to protecting my children....Good Luck...T.