What babies do in daycare?

A started daycare when he was almost 5.5 months, when I resumed my job. So what he does full 8hrs in there?
For infants no structure is followed usually. They follow the baby. Eventually all babies fall in routine more or less.
Actually there was no fixed time table, it was more of freeplay. Half the time he used to be sleeping. He used to take 2naps one morning one afternoon. Rest of time feeding, changing etc. In evening they used to take all kids and babies out in playarea. Elder kids used to play. Babies used to watch, that itself is learning activity. It was playschool cum daycare. Playschool had less kids 6-7. So many  times babies also will be in classroom in morning. They will be singing rhymes etc When A started moving/ crawling he will play with other babies. Maids will play simple games like peek a boo, go n fetch the ball etc.
When A was around 13months I changed job and changed his daycare. He was walking with support then. He had shifted to only one nap a day. Here there are more kids in daycare and many more in playschool. Here in daycare there is rhyme or story session once. 1hr playtime outside, he plays on slide, in sand pit or in car/scooter etc. Thats very good for physical development. Sometimes there is art n craft session. elder kids will do activity, he wil watch. In dance practice also he will stand n watch n try to do. There r many toys etc to play n keep thm engaged.
Maids dont play or engage babies that well like we can. They cant exactly follow parenting style we follow. Some difference is always there.
Heard there are sm gud day cares where maids are educated and very well trained. But we have to choose based on many other factors. For us we got pretty good daycare next to my office. That was our priority.
A wil start playgroup this June. He will be approx 22months then. I am planning to enroll him for summer camp also in April. He will learn something and enjoy.

9 months

I missed 9 months post earlier. But recording his development milestone for 9 months now.
Earlier i have never forced him to sit with/without support much. So I didnt realize when he was able to sit without support.
Yes he is able to sit without support easily :)

10 months

Its been long i have not updated here. I went to mum place last month. During that missed the routine of updating here. Yes he is 10 months now, 2 months short of big one. 

He had started standing with support, but now he is getting better at it. He quickly pulls himself up for standing and is very careful now while going down to sit. 

He has started waving bye. Claps also sometimes randomly. Makes sign as if signalling somebody to come. 

Crawling

Yes he is crawling now. Its almost been a week. He is doing properly with bottom shuffling. He is all over the place and liking exploring. He was doing caterpillar crawling earlier, but never came out of his play area. Last Friday i went to his daycare in afternoon. After feeding, i was playing with him. He came to me properly crawling. At first i didnt notice and then gosh he is crawling nicely. I was so proud as if he has conquered the world :D
Now at home he follows me till kitchen. Goes and holds on to dining table and chairs. Plays with kitchen trolley, picks onions potatoes from it. 

Baby food for 8 months

Here are food that i started at 8 months:

• Suji/Rawa halwa
• Salt and Turmeric
• I started putting pinch of salt and turmeric in one of his feed daily. 

Baby food for 7 months

Here are the foods that I started for him around 7-8 months.

• Beetroot
• Gourd
• Green Peas
• Grapes
• Raisin water

He doesnt like water as it is tasteless. So i have started giving him raisin water daily morning, that will fulfill some of his water requirement and it is good source of iron as well. I soak 4-5 black raisins overnight in half bowl water. In morning, i mash it and strain it. He is taking it happily.

• Fruit Juice

I have started giving him fruit juices, again mainly to fulfill his water requirement. I have started watermelon, pomegranate, orange juice till now. I will put recipies in separate post.

8 months

He is making many more sounds now. Incomprehensible and totally random but seems as if he is getting how the conversation is done.
He tries to pull himself up to sit. When he is on his tummy, he will lift his chest quite up, bring one leg forward and does something something and he is almost in sitting posture. He falls also many times in attempt to sit.
He had his first fever (earlier he had got fever because of vaccinations). His body was very hot, it lasted 3 days.  His sleeps were very disturbed and he was quite cranky as well.  I had planned to not give any medication. I had to give him one dose one of the night as he was very cranky. And continued with regular breast feed and diet. He was fine in 3 days.