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[quote=Anonymous]I missed out on a chance at one family day care that I felt pretty comfortable with for my 12 week old infant.  Since then, I have visited nearly a dozen others and I literally leave crying at the idea of leaving my child there.  It's like the worst Goldilocks story ever.  Some places are clean and seem safe, but the provider pays no attention to the baby when she holds him and has minimal interaction with the other children.  In other places the provider seems warm and engaging, but the place smells like cat and is in a tiny basement with no door outside or is dirty.  One provider I could communicate really easily with, but she left an infant crying the whole time we talked an the children who were playing in the street as I drive up turned out to be her kids.

The only provider that's even remotely palatable to me is new to running a home day care (though licensed and supervised by Infant Toddler) and has no parent references.  Her son is sweet and smart and she is very affectionate toward my baby.  But she needs to drive her son to preschool during the day (and back) and the preschool is 15 miles away requiring getting on 95 in rush hour, so my baby would be in the car about 2 hours a day dropping him off and picking him up.

That seemed like an awful option two weeks ago but with just weeks until he needs to be in care, I'm weeping with despair that we won't find anyone else!  I can't afford a nanny or to stay home.  I'm
scared![/quote]

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