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| Of all the research done on childcare and early | | | | 7. A good transition relieves stress. You asked all |
| childhood education you'd think someone would do | | | | of the questions from the books and those your |
| studies on the fear that make couples looney in | | | | family and friends told you to, now you feel |
| the head after they become parents.The biggest | | | | better. |
| thing for a new parent is fear. Fear of what they | | | | 8. A good transition consist also of getting to |
| would do if anything happened to their little Johnny | | | | know the individuals that will be personally caring |
| or little Sue.This advice was given to them by | | | | for your infant. Communication is number one. |
| their loving and caring family, friends, experts and | | | | The caregive should be informed of the activities |
| professionals that never had a child. Truly all of | | | | of your infant for the past three months. |
| that wonderful advice was meant to help the new | | | | Compare it with what will become the new |
| parents, but it set off a stampede of stuff inside | | | | schedule and work with the new caregiver to |
| of them even they didn't know they had. | | | | assist with the transition for your infant. |
| So for three months they are homebound with | | | | 9. As you develop a relationship with the care |
| their new baby while entertaining their family and | | | | giver you will be re- leiving yourself of the |
| friends, hearing all of the protection laws for the | | | | question as to the kind of care your infant will get. |
| infant from grandparents, aunts and uncles, | | | | 10. Remember, it is ok to cry as many time as |
| godparents and admirers while the parnts | | | | you feel like it because you are being seperated |
| forgetting they have a world of other living | | | | from you infant. Three thing happens when |
| awaiting them when they come up for air. | | | | parents go back to work: a. Parents are |
| When they do come up for air to breath back | | | | separated from their infant, the infant is |
| into the rest of living they are confronted with | | | | seperated from their parents and the cargiver |
| questions that begin to shake the fabric of their | | | | and the infant are alone with no clue as to how |
| existance. | | | | things will work out. |
| They have to return to work, they must find the | | | | 11. Speak to other caregivers that will care for |
| perfect caregiver and they must begin the "Act" | | | | your infant. Some individuals are hired that cannot |
| of parenting. | | | | read or write, some barely can read or write. In |
| So now where are they?They have read all the | | | | emergencies this could be a problem. Slow reading |
| books on how to care for their baby, how to | | | | could cause a childs death so could no reading. It |
| teach, exercise, feed and love their baby.What | | | | may be true that good workers are hard to find |
| not to let others do or not do around the baby | | | | and there are good workers that are illeterate so |
| and all the wonderful advice from the family and | | | | where should they be placed for working in a child |
| best friends and experts. | | | | development center. Love, yes and no are |
| Behind the doors of a child development center: | | | | teaching tools yet caregivers should be able to |
| The notebook of a child "Caregiver".The way to | | | | teach through plans and also developing plans for |
| choose a child care center, what to look for that | | | | teaching. |
| is never revealed and things that are hid that a | | | | 12. One major thing to look for when doing |
| center may not want you to know. | | | | interviews at a center, watch out for the kind of |
| 1. Always have more than one visit. | | | | thin skin of information you get from a director |
| 2. Ask if you may make a random visit. | | | | and if you don't feel the meat and potatoes you |
| 3. Donot pretend to smile. If you are nervous, be | | | | need ask more questions and watch where the |
| nervous so it can pass easily. | | | | answers come from. |
| 4. Do not be embarassed, write all of your | | | | 13. Ask to see guidelines for the center that |
| questions down you will remember to ask them. | | | | governs the directors, curriculum director, |
| Once you enter a room with infants you loose | | | | teachers, cooks, houskeeping and traffic in the |
| your thinking power because infants take your | | | | building. |
| mind off why you are there. | | | | 14. Anyone apprehensive about answering any of |
| 5. When you find a center you are comfortable | | | | those questions you should take another look at |
| with, the TRANSITION is the sealer to you and | | | | that facility. |
| your baby beig happy there. | | | | 15. The infant room should be kept clean at all |
| 6. A poor transition creates stress. It will leave | | | | time because infants crawl on the floors. Check |
| you uninformed, nervous, in a state of | | | | the floors and behind the beds if you are brazen |
| emergency at all times, fearful, worried and | | | | enough and you will see just how dusty they are. |