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[quote=Anonymous]Director here - I find that parents do start daycare at specific ages if they didn't enroll their child in a childcare center as a newborn:

Here are the ages and what parents use to decide to send their child at that age - I'm not saying what I think is right, what parents do:

15 months - children are walking, dropped the morning nap, and they are ready to be around others for socialization.  Their child doesn't feel like a baby any longer, and they are looking ahead

2 years old - children are now more verbal, enjoy being with others, ready for socialization, and their child isn't a baby any longer and they are looking for more than a 1:1 nanny: child

I think you can't go wrong with either one, if you are comfortable with the program, are confident in your decision, etc.

Ask yourself if YOU are ready for this leap?  it's financial, but also your child will be with a group so will get sick more often, will learn to do stuff you don't want them to do because they observe other children doing it (this starts eventually, but you have to be ready earlier than if you waited to send them at 3, 4 or 5 years old)

NOW - also ask yourself - do you have a bold, confident child?  someone who can go into places, playgrounds, and walk up to children and play?  Has your child dropped the morning nap?  (toddler rooms do NOT have an AM nap, and a child who needs to sleep in the morning is a sad disaster by the time 12:30pm naptime starts, it's horrible)

If your child tends to be shy, slow to warm up, hides behind you always when meeting new people and never comes out from hiding, seems sensitive to noise, hubbub, activity, etc - then PLEASE wait until your child is closer to 3 years of age.  Because group care is 8 toddlers all playing - for some kids that's great, for others it's overwhelming and they can't do it.  They will eventually need to do it, but when they are 3 years old they will have developed more stamina and have grown up a bit.

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