you will select the best day-care option for infant care. Imagine that you are a parent with an infant and must return to work. You need to find a licensed day care center for your child. Based on the descriptions below, indicate both the pros and cons of each day care center. 1. Little Stars Child Care This licensed day-care center is within 5 miles of your home. The cost of care is $100.00 per week. When visiting the center you find that the setting appears to be both clean and safe. In the infant room, there are 10 cribs in rows with one caregiver in the room. The cribs all have clean sheets and blankets and are equipped with bumper pads, mobiles, and infant toys. Seven of the cribs have an infant in them. The caregiver is feeding one infant a bottle and the last infant is swinging in a swing. Several of the infants are crying. When you talk to the caregiver, she informs you that she recently started working there and has been there for a little over three weeks. The caregiver seems patient with the infants crying and is caring toward the infant she is feeding, rocking the baby in a rocking chair while feeding it. When looking around the room, you see a clean station with bottles and formulas. Both bottles and formulas are labeled with the infant’s names. There are also three infant swings, a few bouncy seats, and other infant toys that all appear clean. PRO CON Caregiver-child ratio Facility cleanliness and safety Age-appropriate toys Caregiver turnover rate Caregiver disposition (patient and caring or impatient) Meets infants' needs Distance from home Cost
you will select the best day-care option for infant care.
Imagine that you are a parent with an infant and must return to work. You need to find a licensed day care center for your child. Based on the descriptions below, indicate both the pros and cons of each day care center.
1. Little Stars Child Care
This licensed day-care center is within 5 miles of your home. The cost of care is $100.00 per week. When visiting the center you find that the setting appears to be both clean and safe.
In the infant room, there are 10 cribs in rows with one caregiver in the room. The cribs all have clean sheets and blankets and are equipped with bumper pads, mobiles, and infant toys. Seven of the cribs have an infant in them.
The caregiver is feeding one infant a bottle and the last infant is swinging in a swing. Several of the infants are crying. When you talk to the caregiver, she informs you that she recently started working there and has been there for a little over three weeks. The caregiver seems patient with the infants crying and is caring toward the infant she is feeding, rocking the baby in a rocking chair while feeding it.
When looking around the room, you see a clean station with bottles and formulas. Both bottles and formulas are labeled with the infant’s names. There are also three infant swings, a few bouncy seats, and other infant toys that all appear clean.
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