Selecting Crèche For Children

• Ask about the motivation for starting the crèche
• Pay attention to the personal hygiene, house and surroundings.
• Assess the mannerism of the caretakers, their education standard and reading ability.
• Know how many children are there at the crèche at a time.
• It is advisable to find out how many people of the staff and their own children stay at the same premises.
• Check whether there are enough caretakers to look after all the children.
• It is your right to know what food is given to the children and what will you need to provide for the baby.
• Know about the sterilization of the bottles and whether milk is boiled and stored properly.
• The caregivers should know the basic home nursing and first aid knowledge and there should be a medical facility inside the premises.
• Having medical assistance, doctors and hospitals nearby is always almost a necessity in big crèches.
• If the crèche you are opting for is far away, know whether the conveyance available at home or locally nearby.
• Check for the language spoken at the crèche and what all needs of the child are catered to at the crèche.
• Do ask about their recreational ideas, toys, picture books and types of outings that they arrange for the children.
• Check the safety precautions that they take at the crèche for preventing falls, keeping children from wandering out of the house or to the staircases and keeping away medicines and other poisonous liquids or things out of reach of children.
• See whether kids have access to kitchen and if they do, whether there are enough safety precautions taken there to keep children away from knives, gas, kerosene oil and matches.
• See the safety precautions taken in the bathroom and toilet facilities and in the water storage area.
• It is risky if children have access to open balconies or windows without grills because they may climb up and try to peep from there and consequently fall off.
• Keep away from the crèches where they kiss and cuddle the children too much.