Daycare Q - Moving to toddlers room

Thats crazy!! In most daycare centres they move kiddies on or around their second birthdays. IMO a 17 month old is nowhere near ready or able to thrive or even cope in an environment where most of the other children are two or older.

If I were you I would be speaking to the centre director as soon as possible to find out why on earth they would be moving her at this early age.

Could it perhaps be a mistake? Could they have popped the note in the wrong basket??

Ask them about it, however i do know that our daycare started taking the kids for little visits up to the "over-two's" from about that age and the bigger kids were very very good, from that time right through until when they actually began in the area. Mostly the older girls would take the wee ones under their wings and make sure the big boys were nice to them too. the teachers watched them and attended them well and usually a junior school teacher would accompany the littlies.

Sleeping and rest times are an important part of helping them transition so it may be that they are thinking of sometimes trying that too.

It seriously makes it a heap easier when they do transition as they are used to routines, new teachers and the other children.

Another thing we found was that by about 1 and a half, Paris was getting all a bit sick of the baby stuff, she couldn't walk either but could talk really well and figure out stuff far beyond her abilities - her visits up to the big kids space gave her opportunities to try new exciting things that challenged her once more. It's hard to say as i don't know what Kylah's like but it may be that they feel she could benefit from a little bit of time spent with older kids too.

AAANNNNYYYWAY.   In saying all of that, Definately express your concerns and discuss with them to find out exactly what their plans are. A good daycare should be discussing this with you long before it starts happening and keep you fully up to date with plans for your child, how the implementation is going and find out how things are from your end of things... not just putting a note in the cubby.

good luck

Edited by mum2paris

IMO that's too early to start the transition. Our DC does the transitioning over a couple of months, less if need be depending on the child.

The only reason I could see them moving her earlier was if she WAS walking and needed more stimulation etc than what was given in the under 2's - but if you think she should stay where she is you definitely have a right to express those concerns. Do they think that because she's had a hard time adjusting that maybe she needs a few months to transition? That's the only reason I can think of.

I am the manager of an under twos centre,
we would never move a child before we speak to the parents about what would work best for their child.
I work at a large centre that has two different licences so legally we cant move the children until they are two but often we have had children stay with us until they are older if we feel they arent ready. (we would never move a child over who wasnt walking.)
Ask to speak to whoever is in charge and voice your concerns, the centre should be doing what is right for her and have her best interests at heart.
feel free to PM me if you need advice

At my daycare they have 3 rooms i think..

Under twos, 2 - 4 and the over 4 getting ready for school room..

As part of Zoe's transition into the over 2s, she slept on a stretcher in the under 2s for a few months before moving into the over twos. She was 18/19mths. May-be your daycare is planning on doing the same thing???? If this is the case, you should have been consulted.

Our DC has 4 rooms 0 - 2, 2 - 3, 3 - 4, 4 +
My boy was moved from babies at about 16months, in the babies room it was all nurture and he was more than ready to move. He made the transition within a week as he was more than ready. He is still in the room a year on and not looking at moving up yet.

Each child is different and each centre is different. I would hope you can build a relationship with the centre to be able to voice your concerns and be happy with the decision made for your daughter.

What a relief Kandice. Good on you for talking to them!

Edited by .Mel

Thats good that it was just a misunderstanding.