Bradley..situation at the daycare center

[Guest guest]

Bradley has been going to the same daycare center since we moved to

las vegas for 8 months. he is less than 4 months shy of 2 years old.

First off he didnt get placed into the toddler (one year old room)

until he was 19 months old, due to before that he didnt walk that

well. ow they have moved all the kids who will be 2 years (within 4

months) old into the 2's room, but they left bradley in the toddler

room as he is actually the same size or smaller than the kids who

just turned one. so now he is the oldest, but the same size as the

rest of them. and the other ones used to take his toys and smack at

him. now he is doing the same to the younger ones. do i request to

have him moved now or leave him in there until he is actually 2. He

is very mild RSS, wich is why i dont post much, but any help will be

appreciated.

Paige

mom to

Bradley-RSS, hypoglycemia, ear tubes, ezcema, 20.5 months old 31

inches and 25.8 pounds

Harmon-non-RSS, 16 pounds 27.75 inches

[Guest guest]

Been there, done that! My son, non RSS had benign hypotonia so did

not walk until 26 months (he rolled) and had a walker at 22 months

(crawled at 23ish months).

The daycare director would not move him from the infant room until he

could walk (all other kids moved at 14 mo of age). So basically I

told her she was discriminating against my son. I asked would she

leave him if he was in a wheelchair!? Now, my daycare is through the

town so it is a public daycare run by the school system. They CANNOT

discriminate. I had a meeting with her supervisor who told her she

was flat out wrong and they moved him less than 2 weeks later. That

director was finally fired several months later and things were great

when Emerence was born. The felt she was ready intellectually for

the toddler room even though she couldn't walk. The teacher were

great and my biggest fear, a really huge kid named AJ, was the best

thing to happen to her. He would protect her and she loved him to

death. Before she could walk, they would call snack and he would go

hold her hand to help her walk (okay, he was 2 - how CUTE!) and

another child would take her other hand. She is pretty scrappy and

looks out for herself. She started the room at about 14 lbs max, a

good 10 lbs lighter than most and does really well holding her own.

She also LOVES the activities. Be firm, be polite, and be informed

about discrimination. Also, re read your daycare policy book before

your discussion in case they suddenly pull out an " updated " copy.

This is discrimination - good luck!

, almost 5, hypotonia, Emerence 20 mo 18 lb 11 oz 28.5.

>

> Bradley has been going to the same daycare center since we moved to

> las vegas for 8 months. he is less than 4 months shy of 2 years

old.

> First off he didnt get placed into the toddler (one year old room)

> until he was 19 months old, due to before that he didnt walk that

> well. ow they have moved all the kids who will be 2 years (within 4

> months) old into the 2's room, but they left bradley in the toddler

> room as he is actually the same size or smaller than the kids who

> just turned one. so now he is the oldest, but the same size as the

> rest of them. and the other ones used to take his toys and smack at

> him. now he is doing the same to the younger ones. do i request to

> have him moved now or leave him in there until he is actually 2. He

> is very mild RSS, wich is why i dont post much, but any help will

be

> appreciated.

>

> Paige

>

> mom to

> Bradley-RSS, hypoglycemia, ear tubes, ezcema, 20.5 months old 31

> inches and 25.8 pounds

>

> Harmon-non-RSS, 16 pounds 27.75 inches

[Guest guest]

Can you ask them why he hasn't been moved. Is it because of size?

That shouldn't be an appropriate reason. There is way too much

developmental difference from a 1s room to a 2s room.

Some schools have weird things like potty training, etc. My poor

son, we had to pull him from daycare and put him in a parent coop

program when he was 3 because he was kept in the 2s room because he

wasn't daytime potty trained yet....

You don't want them to get mad, but you can absolutely request that

if the only reason they have kept him is because of size, find out

their fears and concerns, and meet them at every point.

Let us know what you find out. But no, you are NOT over reacting.

>

> Bradley has been going to the same daycare center since we moved

to

> las vegas for 8 months. he is less than 4 months shy of 2 years

old.

> First off he didnt get placed into the toddler (one year old room)

> until he was 19 months old, due to before that he didnt walk that

> well. ow they have moved all the kids who will be 2 years (within

4

> months) old into the 2's room, but they left bradley in the

toddler

> room as he is actually the same size or smaller than the kids who

> just turned one. so now he is the oldest, but the same size as the

> rest of them. and the other ones used to take his toys and smack

at

> him. now he is doing the same to the younger ones. do i request to

> have him moved now or leave him in there until he is actually 2.

He

> is very mild RSS, wich is why i dont post much, but any help will

be

> appreciated.

>

> Paige

>

> mom to

> Bradley-RSS, hypoglycemia, ear tubes, ezcema, 20.5 months old 31

> inches and 25.8 pounds

>

> Harmon-non-RSS, 16 pounds 27.75 inches

[Guest guest]

Hi Paige,

It seems as though we are in a similar situation. I have 4 1/2 year

old twins. has RSS and Becca does not although she is behind

on some things and they are both in a special needs preschool. Last

year, was in a self-contained (all special needs) class and

Becca was in an integrated (half special needs, half non-special

needs) class of 3 year olds. This year, they moved to the 4

year old self-contained and Becca to the 4 year old integrated.

However, was too advanced for his class, so they wound up

placing him in the 3 year old integrated class where he is the

oldest child. For , this is working out quite nicely as he is

about average in size for this class. Also, with his other issues,

he fits right in. They didn't want to place him in the 4 year old

integrated class because they felt they were too advanced for him

and they didn't want the two children placed in the same class.

Can you spend some time there and see how he functions with the

class he is in? Then look at the other class and see their

behavior/activities and see what is a better fit for him.

Good luck,

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 4 1/2 year old twins

>

> Bradley has been going to the same daycare center since we moved

to

> las vegas for 8 months. he is less than 4 months shy of 2 years

old.

> First off he didnt get placed into the toddler (one year old room)

> until he was 19 months old, due to before that he didnt walk that

> well. ow they have moved all the kids who will be 2 years (within

4

> months) old into the 2's room, but they left bradley in the

toddler

> room as he is actually the same size or smaller than the kids who

> just turned one. so now he is the oldest, but the same size as the

> rest of them. and the other ones used to take his toys and smack

at

> him. now he is doing the same to the younger ones. do i request to

> have him moved now or leave him in there until he is actually 2.

He

> is very mild RSS, wich is why i dont post much, but any help will

be

> appreciated.

>

> Paige

>

> mom to

> Bradley-RSS, hypoglycemia, ear tubes, ezcema, 20.5 months old 31

> inches and 25.8 pounds

>

> Harmon-non-RSS, 16 pounds 27.75 inches