The Benefits of Part-time Daycare

 

There are many parents who put their children in daycare because they work and don't have anybody to take care of them.  Unfortunately, they're not as lucky as those who have family to watch their children.  Some stay-at-home mothers might put their children in daycare part-time because of the following benefits:

Develop Normal Social Skills-children get the opportunity to interact with other children and learn how to take turns, share and respect others. 

Increase Fine Motor Skills-children usually manipulate many objects, such as crayons, books, puzzles and play dough.

Prepare for Kindergarten-it makes the transition to kindergarten a little easier for child and mommy.

Extra Free Time-part-time daycare comes in handy if mommy wants to work part-time, go to school part-time or make appointments.

We had our four year old in daycare part-time and she loved it.  She used to be very shy, but now she's more comfortable around people and she made a lot of friends.  She starts full-time kindergarten in September and I'm confident she will do great. 

Pros and Cons of Bunk Beds

When my husband and I had our third child we put our older daughters in the same room.  We decided to put a bunk bed in that room.  Here are the pros and cons of bunk beds:

More space-our girls have more room to play with and store their toys. 

Easy sleepovers-We can put another bed in that room for our girls to have a sleepover.

More design options-I can arrange the furniture in their room in many ways because of the extra space.

Here are the cons of bunk beds:

Can be dangerous-children call fall off the top bunk resulting in a serious injury.

Making the bed-Making the top bunk is challenging.

The ladder- The younger child is supposed to sleep in the bottom bunk for safety reasons, but they get tempted and climb the ladder to the top bunk, which can be dangerous.

It's a good idea to put children six years old and up on the top bunk and make sure there are guardrails on both sides.