Thanks for the tips! My husband is a firefighter and I know he works with others in similar situations, although many of them live farther out in VA or in MD, so we probably can't use their daycares. But we should definitely ask around in case anyone in the dept has suggestions!

I live in Alexandria and we are currently trying to find daycare for our soon-to-arrive daughter. My husband works a job where his shift is 24 hrs on and then 72 hrs off. So we would only need daycare a couple days a week and each week the days would change (for example, one week he works Monday and Friday, the next week he only works Tuesday, etc.). I was wondering if anyone knew of daycare (whether in-home or not) in the NoVA area that is more flexible - instead of having to pay for an entire week, you can pay by day or a minimum number of hours or some other type of schedule? Any suggestions or advice would be great!! Thanks!

I live in Alexandria and we are currently trying to find daycare for our soon-to-arrive daughter. My husband works a job where his shift is 24 hrs on and then 72 hrs off. So we would only need daycare a couple days a week and each week the days would change. I was wondering if anyone knew of daycare (whether in-home or not) in the Alexandria/Arlington (or close by) area that is more flexible - instead of having to pay for an entire week, you can pay by day or some other type of schedule? Thanks!