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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they having you pay a money to "hold" a currently vacant spot for 7 months? If so, that's a steal.

If they're having you pay a month upfront just to reserve the spot that they expect to be open in 7 months (likely because one of the older kids is moving on to preschool), then no, that's not normal.

Watch out for these out of norm charges. There was an in-home in my city that was charging twice what all the other in-homes were, claiming that they could accomodate every parental request and tailor care to your baby. Something seemed off to me, even though the lady did otherwise seem to be running a rather excellent program. A year later she was raided and they found her to have three times as many kids as she was licensed for. I think the excessive rate she was charging was one of the red flags - she was promising something that would have been worth double but simply wasn't possible. [/quote]

OP here. It's the latter.  The other couple family daycares I've visited seem to do it differently, they maintain a wait list and go down the list once the spot is open or the child is about to age out.  My first choice thinks they'll have a spot, but can't guarantee it right now.  This particular daycare is nice and seems to be well liked, I'm just hesitant to commit a full month tuition this far out. Then again, a guaranteed spot would give is peace of mind.

Also, I know someone who's baby ended up having a developmental disability that wasn't caught till the 32 week ultrasound and was a complete game changer in terms of what kind of child care they needed. Although maybe in that scenario providers would be more understanding.[/quote]

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