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. 2. Peas in a Pod Child Care This licensed day-care center is within 5 miles of your home and costs $150.00 per week. When visiting the center you find that the setting appears to be both clean and safe. In the infant room, there are 7 cribs lined up along the different walls of the room with two female caregivers in the room. The cribs all have clean sheets and blankets and are equipped with bumper pads. However, only three of the cribs have mobiles. There are no infant toys in any of the cribs. Three of the cribs have an infant in them. One of the caregivers is feeding an infant a bottle while a second infant is placed in a swing with a bottle propped in its mouth. The other caregiver is changing the diaper of another infant. Only one of the infants is currently crying. When you talk to the caregivers, both inform you that they have worked at the facility for over two years and have worked in the infant room together the entire time. Both caregivers seem patient with the infant crying and are caring toward the infants they are tending to. When looking around the room, you see two rocking chairs (including the one the caregiver is sitting in) and the station for preparing bottles looks clean. Bottles and formulas are labeled with the infants’ names. There are two infant swings, one bouncy seat, and some infant toys in a small bin. All of the toys 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.
2. Peas in a Pod Child Care
This licensed day-care center is within 5 miles of your home and costs $150.00 per week. When visiting the center you find that the setting appears to be both clean and safe.
In the infant room, there are 7 cribs lined up along the different walls of the room with two female caregivers in the room. The cribs all have clean sheets and blankets and are equipped with bumper pads. However, only three of the cribs have mobiles. There are no infant toys in any of the cribs. Three of the cribs have an infant in them. One of the caregivers is feeding an infant a bottle while a second infant is placed in a swing with a bottle propped in its mouth. The other caregiver is changing the diaper of another infant. Only one of the infants is currently crying.
When you talk to the caregivers, both inform you that they have worked at the facility for over two years and have worked in the infant room together the entire time. Both caregivers seem patient with the infant crying and are caring toward the infants they are tending to.
When looking around the room, you see two rocking chairs (including the one the caregiver is sitting in) and the station for preparing bottles looks clean. Bottles and formulas are labeled with the infants’ names. There are two infant swings, one bouncy seat, and some infant toys in a small bin. All of the toys appear clean.
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