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[quote=Anonymous]Yes this is normal. They will also try to balance the age and genders of babies starting each month. WAY too much will change between now and March 2023 - there is no way they can predict that far out. Starting in December / January, call to check in and confirm you are still serious about March. Ask what dates kids start - any day? First day of the month?

You can ask now for very explicit description of if when and how spots are offered each month. There will be a certain number of people ahead of you, but each month there will people who don’t get a spot for their desired start date and they find something else and drop off the list. There will also be people who don’t get in and choose to wait and thus bump you later.

Once you know their schedule, you will know when to call each month to understand how the March start date is shaping up. It’s not a strict wait list or you would need to take a spot as soon as it opens. Think of each month as it’s own mini list and that people from prior months can choose to join your list and have priority over you.

If this is Bright Horizons, my oldest actually started at a different BH location for 3 months until a spot opened up at our preferred location. [/quote]

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