daycare wwcnd

noisy_penguin · January 2011

When Lorne finishes the PhD and goes back to med school (which will probably be in June) we're going to need to find daycare for the kids, so we're starting our hunt. I just got off the phone with our place of choice. They'd probably be able to accept Will in June, but the waitlist for kids Evie's age might be at least a year from when we apply (which will be in about 10 minutes).

For Will this place would be like preschool, with learning activities and playtime outside with kids his own age and teachers for teaching stuff and such. I really like the idea of this and we really like the facility. The cost is pretty reasonable for what it is.

If we're unable to find something comparable that can take both children, would you send them to separate daycares until the preferred place has space for both and deal with the hassle of splitting them up and two daycare pick-ups and drop-offs daily? Or would you send them both to the less desirable place?

I guess some of this depends on how much different the less desirable place is, once we figure that stuff out. Ugh.

modb1rd · January 2011

I would just put Evie away instead of dealing with daycare.

Sorry, I have no idea what I'd do in your situ.

CaliopeSpidrman · January 2011

That's kind of a pain. I'd hate to have to drop them off and pick them up at two different places, but if you can make it work, I would consider it. Places with a waiting list are probably worth it, so if you can get one in now you might as well go for it. Do you think you can find Evie a daycare in the same general area so you won't have to drive all over town to get them both?

ChristinS · January 2011

Are you pretty committed to keeping both kids?

wingedbride · January 2011

I would have to see what the less desirable place was, the distance between the two, if the vacation days (if any) are the same, etc. to make a proper comparison.

but I would be open to sending them to two different ones if all factors would make that easy and the other option really was not that great.

wendyld · January 2011

I think location of all centers would play a big role to me, but I will say that learning environment vs just daycare made a big difference for Connor when I moved him at about 18 months (when our waiting list opened up and we were finally fed the eff up with the old daycare). It was like an explosion of learning. Would the same parent do both dropoffs and pickups? Does that add an extra hr to your day?

KayRI · January 2011

I find that drop-off and pickup take longer than I thought they would, so it would be a pain to have to do two drop-offs and two pickups. I would suck it up, though, if the alternative was having Will in a less desirable place just for the sake of convenience.

lmydogally · January 2011

How bout you just give me Evie, that will solve both our problems.

FallinAgain · January 2011

Send Will to me.

I think daycare isn't going to affect his lifetime of learning, so I'd go for convenience.

lindsayll · January 2011

If it is not unmanageably inconvenient, I would totally get Will into the good place and hope for the best with Evie & the waitlist. I think sometimes they give you worst case scenario. People drop off, go the nanny route instead, find other places, quit their jobs, etc.

Aliza131 · January 2011

I would put Will in the place you like and wait it out.The truth is, with Will in the school she will most likely get bumped up and it may happen sooner then you think.

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