I'm considering joining the Y but I'm a bit hesitant about using their childcare. I'm sure I'm being overly nervous. My daughter is in daycare once a week and the place is impeccably cleaned and I do not doubt the skill or attention of her classroom teacher - gym care just seems different to me. What have your experiences been like if you utilize this feature of your gym membership?
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I love ours! I work at the Y so we use it a lot, but in my experience they are all very attentive and really love being with kids. They even sometimes have games and different activities. They also will come and get me if there are major problems like non stop crying for more than 10-15 minutes, but that was only when he was a newborn.
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Our y is fabulous! Both my kids have spent a ton of time there!
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I'm sure all YMCA's are somewhat different but I LOVE mine. They do sanitize and clean daily. They also have sick policies, children can't be barefoot, staff won't change diapers, etc- so that all helps too.
The staff is so great- my son has his favorites, and we bring him at least 3x a week. He begs to go sometimes. I'm so glad we had it as an option! -
We have had a mostly positive experience with our Y. They actually have changed poopy diapers before. The one negative is that they apparently let her stand on a chair and she fell off and hit her head. They waited until we came back to tell us instead of paging us right away.
LO1 really likes going but LO2 (3 months) has not been yet. I have to give them notice if she were to go because she is under 1 but older kids just drop in. The number of kids there at one time really varies.
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I've brought them and it's fine! There are plenty of teachers, they seem to sanitize, and my kids didn't complain.
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I just joined our local YMCA and I'm looking forward to using their childcare! It was a big reason why I chose that particular gym.
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I had great experiences with putting DD1 in our Y's daycare from 6-24 months before we moved away.
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I just took my 3.5 year old daughter to the Y daycare last week. It was only for like 45 minutes after work. I wasn't super impressed with the kid that was "running" it, but she had fun. Not sure how comfortable I'd be leaving my 10 month old there
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I used two different gym daycares. One was super great - even though the girls working there were young, they were awesome.
The other one was at the Y, and DS was only there for 45 minutes the first time. He was 6 months old and he got a big goose egg on his head. It probably was an accident but it made me uncomfortable so I didn't take him there again.
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Love our Y's Amazing Kids program! We use it most days of the week for an hour or two a day. Their primary teacher is one of my favorite people that my kids have ever interacted with. They come and get us right away if the kiddos get upset or if there is a poopy diaper.
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We have done a variety of gym childcares, and the Y we are currently at is great! At best, I usually consider gym childcare to be equivalent with a babysitter -- make sure my kid is safe and reasonably entertained while I'm working out. This Y far exceeds those expectations: keeps the <16m crowd separate from the older kids, has two separate indoor play areas (one for older kids, one for younger), does crafts & storytime in the morning, etc. It is a clean place, but I don't think the baby area is quite as stringent as, say, a center daycare where they put a toy in the dirty pile as soon as kid mouths it and clean all the toys nightly.
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@KayKay: This is good to know! I will have to ask how they handle things at our local Y. My daughter is 7 months so I worry a little bit about how closely she would be watched.
@beachmama: Exactly. I see it being fun for older kids but I worry a little about my 7 month old.
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our gym daycare is great! it's not as good as lo's real part-time daycare (like, there's usually tv on there whereas there's zero screentime at our center), but lo is only there for about an hour at a time on days she's home with me or her center is closed, so it doesn't matter as much, you know? the woman who watches the children is lovely though
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@ldh112: I started bringing my son when he was six weeks old. He's gone consistently ever since. Honestly, I think it's fine but I'm also super laid back... I was in the same building the whole time and had a pager. I'm sure it all varies by location, though. Ours is just so great I can't speak highly enough.
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