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[quote=Anonymous]Yes get on waitlists. Center daycare waits can be a year long. It is good to get on a few and see what happens.

I would recommend finding out what the neighborhood parent listserv is in your area and get on that, that is where you will get the best advice on where people go. It is also a good resource to find out about home daycares in your area. These usually do not hold waitlists so you find one closer to the time you will need care, usually a few months or even closer before because that is when they will know they have a child moving on to preschool or moving or whatever.

We tried a center with our oldest at first and ended up moving to home daycares for the infant years. It is totally personal preference (and dependent on the center!) but we reallllly liked the home daycare over our center experience for infants because most center infant rooms there is no separate sleeping area so many infants sleep just terribly and it can be stressful. We liked the cozy home atmosphere with separate room for sleeping etc that the home daycare provided and then moved our kids to center based more preschool program at 2.5.[/quote]

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