I have contemplated on writing this review but after much thought and affirmations from friends and…read morefamily, a review is a must.
My son who just turned 1 was moved to C2C a 2 weeks' ago. I was nervous, excited and cautious all at once; my son was in a previous daycare for 8 months before I decided to move him. During his time at the first daycare, my son did not cry not once, other than when tired or hungry. I was switching for the structure and curriculum as well as convenience.
I decided on C2C for several reasons. C2C is around the corner from my oldest school and made it convenient for me to eventually move my oldest to the before & after school care. My husband would be able to help me with pick/drop off on days I am needed to work longer than expected and I wanted my 1 y/o to be surrounded by others his age and I wanted him to experience more for his developmental stage.
I expected for my son to feel out of place and act shy around everyone at first but this was not the case. My son cried almost every day, rarely ate and looked distraught.
I was curious to see how they would put him down to nap as he was never used to sleeping on a matt so I logged on and watched. The main teacher, Ms. Yesenia essentially flipped and slammed my child onto the matt and covered him, she did the same to other kids. And this happened EVERY SINGLE DAY he was there! I then begin to record and watch the camera to see how my child was being treated. One day during nap time, most of the babies were awake expect for 3, my son was one of the 3. She begins to pick up all the matts and when she got to my son's matt she picked up the matt from underneath him and rolled him off the matt without hesitating. My son rolled onto a sitting position and looked confused! This was NOT OKAY with me!! I decided to call Sally and express my concerns to her, I did not feel this sort of behavior was acceptable. Sally assured me that she would talk with Ms. Yesenia and review the footage. She communicated with Ms. Yesenia and the next day as I dropped my child off Ms. Yesenia gave me the cold shoulder and when I attempted to tell her about my son's meals, she would not even look at me, her energy was negative towards me. At this point, I decided to give her one more day, but the next day it was the same. At this point I brought it up to Sally and explained that this was not okay as my son is my priority and if I have a concern, Ms. Yesenia should not retaliate.
My son was at this daycare for 8 solid days. During this time, my child lost weight. He was not given the attention during meal times like I asked of them and by the time I was picking him up he would have about 3-5oz of milk total. I began to feel very anxious every day, he would cry when I would drop him off and I was not getting a comfortable feeling from Ms. Yesenia.
Both instances that I voiced my concerns to Sally, she relayed the message to Ms. Yesenia however, her behavior was being justified because she would not admit to the wrong doing and she "is" the best employee she's had. In return she took my concerns in a negative way and I felt she took them out on my son. My son was inadvertently telling me he was not happy at C2C. My son is a happy child; he cries for TWO reasons: hunger or tired.
So, I pulled him out on Tuesday started him at another daycare on Wednesday and it was night and day. My son did not CRY AT ALL. My son ate ALL his foods, had 10oz of milk along with 6oz of water without refusing them. I watched the cameras all day Wednesday and not once did I see my son cry - so I made the right move!
If your child is attending or will be attending the toddler program, beware of Ms. Yesenia. I feel that if she would have not been the teacher for my 1 y/o, we would still be at C2C. Being a parent is the hardest job on this planet but, if my child is showing me signs that he is not happy, I will act and defend my baby!
