Asking for a different practice from your licensed childcare professional.

At your childcare professional's it's a bit like your daily routine at home. You can ask her to comply with various things that are already part of your life, not forgetting, of course, to ask her opinion.

This is the case of some specific practices that you dare not impose directly to your childcare provider.

What are some examples?

• Cloth diapers: good citizens willing to respect the environment, you have considered the use of cloth diapers. They are environmentally friendly, reusable, economical and better for the health of your baby. You would like that your childcare provider uses them.
  If she does not seem thrilled by your proposal, ask her to give it a try and discuss it again, in about a week.

  When the mom told me about her cloth diapers, I was not very enthusiastic ... Actually, it's great and I use it now for my baby. I save on diapers and he has no diaper rash…

• Breast milk: you are still breastfeeding your baby and you'd like to continue. It's not a big concern, you can prepare bottles in advance, making sure that they remain refrigerated. There is no reason that this is problem for the nanny but still mention this in the interview, because you certainly do not want that choice to be constantly questioned!

A Montessori childcare professional?

Since you've heard, you are a strong supporter of the Montessori method, this type of sensory education, based on the promotion of the autonomy of the child. You can find childcare professionals already applying this pedagogy or ask your childcare provider if this method could be of interest. 

Pikler-Loczy, Steiner-Waldorf, Freinet, etc.

There are countless educational pedagogies If you have chosen a particular, we hope that you will be lucky to find a childminder who correspond to yours.   

Talk about it together!