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[quote=Anonymous]Stayed home for 3 months, then was able to find a convenient 12-month daycare that was good quality. This was not cheap, but it let me stay in the workforce. Also, I had a little flexibility on work hours, which helped a lot.

After the infant stage, being in all day weekday childcare had some additional benefits. They had a fenced play area with toys and a play structure, and went outside to play twice a day when it was dry. Our street does not have same age kids to play with, so this also provided good socialization with same age kids. They also introduced letters, numbers, and Phonics -- good for reading readiness. Lots of opportunity to trace shapes and color, which is fun and also helps build fine motor skills. At age 4, we switched kids to a 9-month preschool and also paid for "summer day camp".  Many more summer "day camp" options exist locally starting at ages 4 and 5.

Even so, it would have been nice if I could have switched to half-time work or 3/4-time work until last child was in 1st grade. That would have given me more time to do "child care prep" like formula/milk bottles for the next day, lunches for the next day, and such like -- while all of my kids were still at daycare or elementary school. [/quote]

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