Will you be the first to send your kids back to daycare when it reopens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I will wait.

For what though? A vaccine?

[Anonymous]

I think the demand for daycare will be way down after everyone has had to figure out how to go without for 2-3 months.

[Anonymous]

It depends on when they open again. If they open before I feel is a good time to go back, I’ll see if they can work with us to reserve the spot somehow.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately I feel like this is more work's call than mine. I'd like to keep the infant, in particular, home as long as possible, but I cant expect infinite flexibility if federal buildings are open.

[Anonymous]

Yup. If daycare is open and my office is open they will be there.

[Anonymous]

Daycare won’t open until fall at earliest

[Anonymous]

Yes. I’d go now if they let me. If I don’t get childcare soon I’ll be adding to the ranks of the unemployed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately I feel like this is more work's call than mine. I'd like to keep the infant, in particular, home as long as possible, but I cant expect infinite flexibility if federal buildings are open.

+1
If my building opens back up, how will it even be a choice to keep my 4 year old at home? I'm tied to the daycare/still paying, and won't be hiring a sitter or a nanny while still paying daycare. Unless my employer gets ridiculous and mandates return early, like on May 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately I feel like this is more work's call than mine. I'd like to keep the infant, in particular, home as long as possible, but I cant expect infinite flexibility if federal buildings are open.

+1
If my building opens back up, how will it even be a choice to keep my 4 year old at home? I'm tied to the daycare/still paying, and won't be hiring a sitter or a nanny while still paying daycare. Unless my employer gets ridiculous and mandates return early, like on May 1.

In which case, I'd have to pay a sitter and the daycare.

[Anonymous]

Not a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately I feel like this is more work's call than mine. I'd like to keep the infant, in particular, home as long as possible, but I cant expect infinite flexibility if federal buildings are open.

Curious, why keep infant at home if older children are in group settings? If an older kid gets it, your infsnt is exposed.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if I’ll be the first, but when they reopen they will expect us to pay to keep the spot and the spot took over a year on a waiting list to get in the first place. We don’t have other care lined up so I imagine we will start using it again when we have to be back at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately I feel like this is more work's call than mine. I'd like to keep the infant, in particular, home as long as possible, but I cant expect infinite flexibility if federal buildings are open.

+1
If my building opens back up, how will it even be a choice to keep my 4 year old at home? I'm tied to the daycare/still paying, and won't be hiring a sitter or a nanny while still paying daycare. Unless my employer gets ridiculous and mandates return early, like on May 1.

Same. I try to keep in mind that most of us will be exposed eventually, if we haven’t already.

[Anonymous]

If daycare reopens in June, I'll probably send soon after. If it opens before that, I'll pay for our spot, but I'll most likely wait a couple of weeks to see how things go. I'll just continue to WFH or take leave if I'm not comfortable sending her right away.

[Anonymous]

Nobody is going to want to go first. People are going to want to see if everybody else’s kids are getting sick before they send their own. It’ll be a process.