We start work/daycare next week. So my parent letter said to bring "anything that would make your baby comfortable". What do you bring to day care? And what do you leave there versus bring each day?
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I brought a pacifier and lovey(both were daycare duds), extra clothes, crib sheet, sleep sack & AA blanket and some emergency disposable diapers and wipes.
I brought prepared bottles, cloth diapers and a wet bag everyday.
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@autumnlove: Oh I didn't even think of a sheet! Did you just leave it there? Did they send it home if it got dirty?
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I bring on Monday's 5 crib sheets (they send home one every day if she naps in it), 5 outfits, many too many bibs (she goes through 3 or 4 a day), then keep diapers and wipes there. They let me know when I need to send more. I also keep a pacifier there, even though she doesn't take one. I was sending a Halo Swaddle sleep sack but not they aren't allowed to swaddle, even though it was arms out. I keep a sleep sack there but she doesn't use it.
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For the infant room, we brought
- 2 back up outfits (including socks)
- diapers
- wipes
- a lovey
- her paci
- bottles every dayLO's school doesn't allow blankets and they provide the sheets.
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@Smurfette: Oh wow, I guess I need to go buy crib sheets! I don't have nearly that many! Did they ask you to bring them or you just chose to?
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Ours provided crib sheets.
We brought in a picture of us from home.
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@travellingbee: I would ask them about it first. They told me this was their policy. I stopped by a couple weeks before we started to meet the teachers and find out how they wanted everything and what I needed to bring. We had to buy pack and play sheets since the mattress are that size, not a regular mattress. I have friends that their day care provides the sheets and some that they just use for the whole week.
Have you asked what their policy is for bottles and how they have to be labeled? We have to have a label on bottle and top. Then a label with the date, regardless if BM or formula. If BM, it has to have a label with breast milk. I can't even write BM. Then the BM bottles have to be in a Ziploc bag in the fridge, cause of cross contamination.
If you do I bought the sheets at Target $10 for a pack of two. Also, painters tape works great for labels on bottles.
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@travellingbee: I would ask what they provide. I don't have to bring sheets to ours.
He just started daycare this week! We leave things there in his cubby.
-diapers
-wipes
-2 change of clothes
-triple paste
-sunscreen
-paci
-paci clip
-lovey
-ETA oh and I leave 2 bottles there that she washesI bring his milk everyday.
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@T.H.O.U.: We had to bring in pictures too. Each child has a board with pictures, and then have a separate one with everyone's families all together.
@mrskc: oh yeah, diaper cream. BTW, just started using triple paste and I
it. totally worth the extra expense.
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We send our diapers, wipes and wet bag (we cloth diaper) each day along with our bottles.
We have a few sets of spare clothes (pants/shorts/onesies/long sleeves), some back up disposable diapers, an A&A blanket and a white noise machine (sleep sheep) that we leave there.
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@Smurfette: triple paste is awesome! Totally worth the price tag.
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If he naps normally with a sound machine, sent one too. We finally send one for R and she is finally starting to nap better.
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@travellingbee: yes, we bring a sheet in on Monday and take it home on Friday.
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@travellingbee: Definitely ask about sheets before you run out and buy them! Ours didn't need us to bring sheets. Another one we looked at used mini-cribs, so it would have been pack-n-play sheets. So don't buy before asking!
Every day we send 2 blankets (a soft fuzzy and an A&A), a paci on a clip, diapers (we cloth), and a wetbag. What stays there are wipes, some backup 'sposies, and a change of clothing. Also in the bag that goes back and forth every day are Tylenol, a medicine syringe, sunscreen, diaper cream, and a teether on a clip.
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I left several onesies, a couple toys I knew she liked, a taggie blanket, bottles/nipples/liners, a couple pacifiers, emergency disposable diapers and wipes.
Each day I bring a diaper bag with cloth diapers/inserts/wipes, a wetbag, a small wetbag for messy clothes, her daily milk in a cooler lunch bag, and now a resupply of food if she is running low.
(LO attends an in-home daycare)
ETA: we also left her pack n' play and two sheets for her there, but again this is a home daycare so things might be very different for a center. -
@travellingbee: we bring a bedsheet and blanket, diapers & wipes, an extra change of clothes, and an extra pair of shoes. we leave everything there and bring home the sheet and blanket each friday to wash over the weekend, and bring it back the following monday. we also leave sunscreen and diaper rash cream there.
on a daily basis, we bring her lunch and sippy cup. daycare provides snacks and milk.
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Pacifier, bottles, extra clothes, diapers. That's what they told us to bring.
In the infant room, they provide sheets and wipes and bibs. They do not apply creams or give medicine so none of that is left there.
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Definitely call them and ask what you should bring in! We only had to provide one crib sheet and one blanket - they wash them themselves!
Then we provide diapers, wipes, diaper rash cream, bibs, extra clothes (that they keep there and whenever they use something, I send a replacement the next day), pacifiers.
The only thing we bring in in the morning (besides Xander) is his bottles with BM. Though if he had a lovey, we would probably bring that to and from, but he doesn't have one.
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I dropped formula, diapers and wipes off early--every baby has a cubby.
We provide 3 empty and clean bottles, her wubbanub, a couple of swaddles, and a couple of onesies in a large plastic ziplock bag in a lunchbox every day. We can also provide toys or anything special if she is *really* into it, but i just let E be entertained by everything there
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Every day I brought bottles and cloth diapers/wet bag. We kept in C's cubby spare clothes, jackets, socks, diaper cream, wipes, and pacis. We brought in a photo of us that they framed and kept in the room. They provided all crib sheets, blankets, bibs, etc. Some parents also brought in sleep sacks and loveys.
it. totally worth the extra expense.
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