As a single and new first time mom (considered by my doc to be an older mom) I would wake up in the middle of the night and wonder "did I put her to bed?, Is she in the playpen or her crib?" She was always right were I put her at 7:00 at night, in her crib.
I didn't go to work anymore after she was born, I started a business from home (and boy has that been a bumpy ride). I can't imagine the days that my mom and dad watched her (2x a week for a few hours at a time), not calling and saying "hi, everything ok?"
I still do it when I have a friend watch her while I go run errands or have to go to meeting or something, I always just check and make sure everything is ok. - She's 2.5 now. I simply don't know how (new) mommy's go a whole day without knowing something isn't right.
Excellent point. How does a mother of a 5 month old not call the day care at least some point during the day to check on her child? It is beyond me. Don't parents worry if their child is crying, has she/he been changed, fed on time, etc....I would worry myself sick all day which is why I could never leave my child in daycare of any kind.