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Shannon,
As a former preschool teacher, I find this director's attitude alarming. Two-year olds are not supposed to be in a "school" environment. They are meant to be in a home environment, which in a day care set-up should
mean a very low child-adult ratio, opportunity for socialization time and co-playing with other children, and also opportunity for one-on-one with a caring adult for stories, songs, and quiet time. Nursing - even at
two - should be seen as a norm not a "distraction." What is their policy on bottle use? Would she reprimand a formula feeding mother if she offered a bottle in front of the other children? I wonder what her
thoughts are on children seeing another two-year-old in a diaper after they have toilet trained. Does she also see that as regressive?
The burden of proof is on the director's side. Sadly, in the day care industry she can probably find plenty of literature to back her up, but it not probably from any study, just someone's opinion.
Cindy Garrison, BS IBCLC
> The reason the director is giving is that they have noticed "that children
> who have been weaned often have a "setback" when they see their peers
> nursing so we try to keep it from being a distraction in the classroom,
> where we want the focus to lean a bit towards "school" rather than home."
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