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Daycares
I feel daycare dumb. Do you have sites that you recommend looking at to find a daycare?
Feel free to recommend a daycare, especially if it is in the North Hills, downtown or Squirrell Hill/Greenfield area.
Thanks!
B Born 6.27.13
Re: Daycares
Don't feel dumb, I don't think many of those sites exist. And those which do are not awesome. There is the Keystone Stars system. Though my center only gets one star and we are happy with it after 5 years. We just toured a few centers near
Ditto the advice Amanda gave you!
Although downtown daycare = being able to use the HOV lanes would be very tempting....
My three sons!
I was going to suggest the keystone stars site as well as a starting point. My center only gets 1 star and I think it's awesome, so I wouldn't use that as a rating system, but more as a resource to find daycares to check out. Unfortunately
I agree with Amanda about sticking with a daycare closer to home. Days I work from home are much easier with drop off/pick up closer to home and when the roads are bad, I feel better about having a shorter commute with them in the car. (Plu
I can't figure out what location is most convenient. Close to my work is nice, because I have two SAHM sisters who live within 5 minutes of my work, and I work about 5 evenings a month, so I wouldn't mind picking him up, spending time with him, feeding
B Born 6.27.13
I agree with the others - close to home was key for us. Originally I'd thought we'd go somewhere close to DH's work, but I'm glad we didn't as he no longer works there. Which would have meant a change in daycares because his work was a good distance fr
For us, it works better to be closer to home for all of the reasons mentioned (if I'm off a day but still send the kids in, DH & I work in 2 different areas and he does pick up, I do drop off, so being near one of our work places wouldn't be conven
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Thanks for all the advice. H and I carpool, for the most part, so we can't even split the pick ups and drop offs.
We live in Shaler. I work near the Waterfront and H's office is in the North Hills. I think we're going to look at daycares i
B Born 6.27.13