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Daycare drop off logistics with 2 under 2

Daycare

I have a newborn and an 18 month old. The 18 month old is in daycare. For now I have my mom helping me so she either takes her or waits in the car with the infant, but once she goes home how do I drop off the older kid?

Do I leave the baby in the car alone?? Do I take her out and put her in a carrier for the 5 mins it takes to drop off? Do I take the car seat with me?? My older kid still needs carried quite a bit.

Once I go back to work how do I do it then? Drop off the big one then the little one? Vice versa? How do you do it? What works best?? This kept me up last night...

Posted Apr 9, 2021, 10:18 PM UTC

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mlind711•

Do NOT leave the baby in the car. Take baby in with you every single time (even if you think you'll only be inside for a few seconds and it seems inconvenient).

I'd keep baby in the car seat and have the toddler walk, but if toddler needs to be carried, use the carrier. At our daycare, most drop the infant off first, but that's probably because the infant room is in the front of the building. You can always try a few things and see what works best.

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thelumpybunny•

So I pick up my toddler first and then pick up the car seat with the baby. It's a little awkward because my toddler weights 35 pounds but it's doable. If you can't carry both, work on the older one walking next to you. My toddler can walk just fine, she just likes to be carried because she is jealous of her sister.

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CrimsonPorpoise•

Keep baby in car seat and just take them in and out of the daycare. It's a bit of a pain but I know a couple of parents who have managed to lock baby in the car while picking up their eldest.

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CriticalJade•

I would ask your daycare what they usually do in this situation. They might have policies around it.

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newenglander87•

My daycare doesn't let parents inside due to Covid so I would just leave baby in car because I would be within eyesight. If your daycare usually has you go in, maybe they'd be willing to come out and get your toddler? I would probably call daycare and ask what they think.

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areareoh•

From a carrier perspective, I was never a big fan of the sling, but the one situation that I thought it was great for were these times when you had to take baby out of the car for a few minutes. There was a learning curve, but after a bit of learning, it was much faster than getting the ssc carrier all buckled up.

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rujancified•

I got the small stroller that went with my infant car seat.

Got baby out of car in car seat. Put in stroller thing. Got toddler out of car. He could be carried if needed. Drop off baby first once inside the building.

This is all pre Covid. We aren’t allowed in the building currently but most people with 2+ kids bring the bigger kids first. They go back for the infant seat after dropping the bigger kids at the door. Alternatively they just carry the car seat up to the drop off door.

FTR: The parking lot is right in front of the door and you can see your car the whole time.

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rmc1848•

I carried the baby in the car seat with me. It wasn’t a huge time to walk in and drop off so it didn’t seem to make sense to take out of seat and out baby into something else and then back into the seat 5 minutes later. Once they were both going I’d drop off baby first snd leave the car seat at the baby room. Then I’d walk toddler up to their room. If you are out of sight of the car or drop off usually takes more than 2 minutes I would not leave the baby in the car.

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