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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But with in home, you look three months in advance, no earlier. People only give 2-3 months notice that they're living. And you're more likely to get a spot in June, July, August, September or January[/quote]
OP here - why those months? We wouldn’t need daycare until next February at the earliest…[/quote]

That’s when people get preschool spots and leave. [/quote]
Ok, so if I don't need care until February, what are my options? Because it's sounding like I'm already too late for a center (even though I just tested positive yesterday?!) and my timing won't work with an in-home. I can't imagine I'm the only person needing to start care between February and August.[/quote]

You can tour and get on the waitlists for centers. You have a whole year.

The in home daycares are trickier. They book quickly whenever they have an opening. You should contact them closer to that time. In my experiences they don’t keep waitlists. Whenever I need a spot, I ask if they have space for a specific time frame, then if they do, I go tour and then enroll. It’s luck of the draw as to when a specific one has an opening at the same time that you need it. I usually don’t have any issues getting a spot, but that’s probably my child was a toddler when he started going to daycare. Spots for infants in these home daycares are harder to come by. I think they are only allowed to have 2 infants at a time. If you have 1-2 places you really like, you may have to pay to hold a space when you get closer to the date that you need care even if you don’t use it. [/quote]

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