I had a similar experience. Went to one daycare center, and looked into a room where there were small children, in cribs in a room all of them waiting for their 2 minutes of interaction with someone changing their diaper.
I was there when my first born laughed for the first time. I saw her pull herself up for the first time. I waited for the first step, and was there to see it. I heard her first word.
They are this young for such a short period of time, that to miss out on watching them grow is a shame. Especially if it is just because some feminist tells you that what you are doing doesn't matter. It matters. Children raised in their home, by their own, marrried, parents do better in all the metrics of life that can be measured.
So, so true. We can never get that time back.
Children need to bond. I didn’t like that the workers were paid very low wages and there was a huge turn over.
Seems to me it does not develop trust in a little baby.
I will always treasure those moments with my little children. Every evening my son and I, he was about 18 months, but go up to the window at about 5 o’clock and wait for papa to come home from work:-)
It was a ritual, just like when I would give him massage and a bath around 4 o’clock p.m.
These are special moments you will never have a chance to experience again.