Often there are mothers consulting online about monthly centers, and most of them ask about price and room type when they ask a question, so what's the difference between that and choosing a hotel if you only consider price and room type? How can you pick a quality monthly center if you don't know what it's really like or what services or programs it offers? Today, I have compiled the most complete monthly strategy, read these, and then go to select the monthly center, will never be fooled!
Environment
Villa type or hotel type
If according to the environment to categorize, now the market is divided into two main types of monthly center, one is the hotel type, one is the villa type.
Hotel-style centers are generally located in the city's busier areas, with easy access to transportation. Mainly rented hotel room transformation, all the rooms, functional areas are relatively more centralized, to participate in the mother's classroom or to do postpartum rehabilitation program is more convenient, do not need to walk a long distance. However, if the hotel floor height is insufficient, it is easy to produce a sense of oppression, but not conducive to maternal recuperation.
The external environment of the villa-style monthly child care center is more elegant and chic, with fresh air, usually located in parks, gardens, suburbs and other places, covering a relatively large area, a building has only 2-3 floors, which can be used to accommodate 4-6 mothers, so the privacy of each room is very good. The villa's high floor height and wide view without the hustle and bustle of skyscrapers and traffic helps postnatal moms stay relaxed and happy. It's a little farther from the city center, but it's just a minute's drive away.
Hotel-type and villa-type each have their own characteristics, just like two different ways of being in the world, one is the pursuit of tension and fast pace, the other is the pursuit of relaxation, as you wish, the mothers in the choice of which depends on which one they like. But I prefer the villa style, now the rhythm of life has been so tense, in the time of the month should find a place to let their minds quiet down, in addition to the body to vacation, but also to the appropriate psychological vacation.
Room
Single room or suite
When you ask the sales of a monthly child center what room types they have, they may give you a whole lot of room types, do not look at those names to get fancy, in fact, the room is the main is a single room and suite of two categories.
Suite than a single room in addition to the area a little larger, there will be an additional living room or second bedroom, what is the difference? In terms of rooms alone, that's the difference. However, it's worth mentioning that the room is paired with the contents of the package to which it belongs, and you can't mix and match rooms and package contents freely (except for room upgrades).
If a family with a big baby, most of them would like to choose a suite, so that it is convenient for the big baby and accompanying family members to rest, and if the mother is a cesarean section, in order to avoid sleeping at night and touching the mother's wounds, they would also prefer a suite. For families with limited budgets, single rooms are affordable and cost-effective, and are also a good choice.
Whether it's a single room or a suite, the amenities in each room are the same. A good monthly center should have at least an air purifier, heater or air conditioner, milk warmer, crib, smart toilet, emergency caller, refrigerator, microwave, etc. in the room, and regular staff to sterilize the room with UV light.
So the next time you visit a moonlighting center, take a closer look to see if there are any of the above equipment and facilities, as well as observing the details of the room's layout, such as whether there is a non-slip mat in the bathroom, or whether there is a handrail next to the toilet, and so on. Choosing a room type is not just about the size of the room, these things are much more important than the size.
Diet
Three meals and three points
Now the monthly meal "three meals and three points" has basically reached the **** knowledge, you go to each month to ask the center, they will say that they provide three meals and three points, then three meals and three points what do you mean?
Three meals and three points are three main meals and three additional meals. This is to follow the principle of eating less and eating more, both supplemental nutrition can also lose weight. The main meals, in addition to breakfast, are two meat, one vegetarian and one soup, and the additional meals are mostly a combination of pastries + fruit.
When you go to the monthly child center to try to eat the monthly meal, the first time to eat will feel the taste is very light, especially for the heavy taste of the mother, may feel completely tasteless, but this does not mean that this monthly meal is not good. Postpartum mothers because of the birth of the body caused by qi and blood loss, this time should not eat stimulating food, and because it involves breastfeeding the newborn, the birth mother if eat too heavy or spicy stimulation, will also affect the baby's health. So if you go to try to eat the monthly meal, eat spicy and fresh, for such a monthly center do not hesitate to go early.
Nursing care
Nurse system or sister-in-law system
Finally, it comes to the most important part - nursing care. The most important thing about the monthly child center is to provide nursing service for mom and baby. So who will provide services for mom care and baby care? Choose a nurse or choose a sister-in-law?
A sister-in-law can live with the mother at night, so she can quickly deal with any emergencies she may have. However, the nurse is not as systematic as the nurse and relies on years of nursing experience, which is not as scientific as the nurse.
The full nurse system of the monthly child care center, inside the nursing staff are nurses, holding a nurse license and nurse qualification, itself has a professional medical background, and then after the monthly child care center of mother and child care training, each nurse has mastered the mother and baby care of professional knowledge and practical skills, the baby is prone to abnormalities of the early prevention and active treatment. That's why most mothers prefer to choose a full nurse system when choosing a monthly center.
Knowing the people who provide the services, now let's see what services should be a must for a quality monthly center.
Mom's services
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Admission health assessment: A simple health assessment of the new mother's body will be done upon admission.
Obstetrician check-ups: It is not enough to have a nurse to take care of the mother. Nurses focus on care, not treatment, so many monthly centers invite special obstetricians to visit the mother to check on her physical recovery and to treat any problems early.
Vital signs testing: The mother's blood pressure and temperature will be measured every day, so that the mother's physical recovery can be detected in time.
Physical therapy and care for perineal wounds: after delivery, normal mothers need to have professional care and physical therapy for perineal wounds to avoid infections and help wounds recover.
Abdominal wound physiotherapy and care: cesarean mothers also need to care for abdominal wounds after delivery and physiotherapy, there will be a special baking lamp to irradiate the wound physiotherapy, to help the wound recovery.
Mom's classroom: This is a classroom that enriches the mother's monthly light. Staying in the room for a month will surely be boring, so the monthly center will organize colorful mom's classroom, such as flower arrangement, baking, handicrafts and so on.
New Parents Club: If you simply enjoy the feeling of being taken care of for 1 month and don't learn some practical parenting skills, you'll still have your hands full when you get home. A quality monthly center will teach new parents how to take care of their newborns in the week or so before they leave the center, including bathing, diaper changing, touching, and dressing, and so on.
Baby services
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Health assessment on arrival: Like new mothers, babies are assessed on arrival, and are usually left alone in an observation room for a period of time. A decision is then made on whether to carry the baby to the mother or to trust it to the baby room.
Pediatrician check-ups: Specialized pediatricians will visit your home on a regular basis, so that any physical abnormalities in your newborn can be detected and dealt with in a timely manner.
Vital Signs Monitoring: Newborns' temperature, weight, length and jaundice values are recorded daily, and each baby has a special growth diary where you can see the daily care.
Newborn daily care: including swimming, bathing, touching, umbilical cord care, skin care, oral care, hip care, private care and so on.
Newborn baby early early education: including hearing, vision training and music inculcation.
Professional art photos: leaving the baby's appearance in the month.
Full moon party: every baby will organize a full moon party, inviting friends and relatives to witness the first memorable day of the baby's life,**** with good wishes for the baby.
These are the more important services, in addition, there will be into the pick-up and drop-off service, baby hosting services, room cleaning and disinfection, baby and mother clothing cleaning and other services.
Maternity
Independent maternity room
To go to the monthly child center to sit in the month, in addition to enjoying maternal and child care services, there is another is to do postnatal rehabilitation, to help mothers to recover the body, for working mothers, postnatal rehabilitation is particularly important.
Nowadays, most of the monthly child care centers have a maternity health program, during the month, almost all of the maternity health program can be completed in their own room, but after leaving the house, if there are still remaining items are not done, you have to return to the club to do it again, which is the need for a more private independent maternity health room.
When examining the postnatal rehabilitation, do not just pursue the instruments and equipment, not the more instruments the more professional, many postnatal rehabilitation equipment need to obtain medical qualifications to be able to carry out, if you see a month of sub-centers have a lot of equipment, then when you look at their qualifications, we should pay attention to whether they have obtained the medical qualifications, or not easy to choose.
The above are the major issues that you should pay attention to when selecting a monthly child center, after learning, and then go to visit the monthly child center, absolutely will not be fooled!