Thinking to send my 5 months old baby to daycare. Going to take some tours, What should I look for? Or what questions should I ask?

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Pre-Covid I was looking for a daycare for my infant and these are the things I looked at:
1) how clean the corner areas of the cubbies were?
2) how did they manage sleep times if they had mixed aged kids
3) food / breast milk storage
4) how much music they played through the day (it was important for me as I would constantly have music on or would sing to my child
5) entrance security / gates between the house and yard
6) teacher child ratio

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Pickup and hug when crying? Tap on back? Cry it out?
Number of support staff
Accommodative of parents special care request (eg, not doing crying out loud for their child)
Furniture bolted to wall properly
Outdoor time - how many times a day, where to and bad weather alternative (eg indoor activity, toddler gym - though irrelevant now, etc.)

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1) do they have a curriculum and is it used in infants. For ex, my daycare is STEAM based and they do work in those principles with the infants as it makes sense
2) what does the calendar look like - do the closed days align with your work holiday schedule
3) do they have a connected app for updates/pics during the day. What is reported through it
4) what do they require for supplies? I got
Quite the list of required items / things i needed to purchase: shoes for an infant, wet bags, tissues, cleaning supplies, etc.
5) ask to see their enrollment packet. Ours covered everythjng from parents preferences on cry it out, to comfort items allowed, to disciplinary styles at home, etc. quite a lengthy questionnaire but it helped me understand what areas they would support at school and what things they wouldn’t

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If they have a camera you can look at and if they provide food (as toddlers)

Vaccination policy for teachers and students, COVID protocols, days they are closed/reasons for unexpected closures

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