Anonymous wrote:We’re being offered an infant daycare spot for when my baby will be 5months. I could probably stretch another 2-3 months (8 month old at that point) with all the leave I’ve saved up. The question is, should I risk giving up a spot given how hard it is to get spots but then save a ton of money? The daycare is at my work so it’s the ideal setup

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I would. My kids went to daycare at 3 mo. and 1 week. There was an opening at 2 mos. and I paid to secure.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d quit my job and raise my own child, but you do you.

So you’re going to sponge off your husband? Lazy.

NP, but some of us saved money to take time off or quit when we had a baby. No judgement either way, but I'm surprised you just assumed the poster was taking advantage of a guy.

Huh? All that money you saved will be used for the rest of your child-rearing years both for yourself and the baby? Impressive...

Oh Huh Lady!

Take the spot and ease yourself back into work by using your leave to work part-time. I worked three day (Tu/W/Th) weeks for 6 months with my first baby and it was lovely.

Anonymous wrote:I would take the spot.

I hope your daycare from work has a separate room for the cribs do the babies can sleep.

My son almost never sleeps at my jobs daycare. He's miserable. He does sleep at home. I wanted to really like the Daycare from my job's building. It's not working for us. Other parent's kids sleeps only 15 minutes each nap.
Now I'm looking for a Family Daycare near my home.

fwiw I also didn't have good luck with a center daycare (not by my work). Family home daycare worked better for us for this exact reason (we switched), my son had a separate room to sleep in. Some kids do adjust to sleeping in the louder room though it seems to depend on the kid! (though many struggle if we're being honest). Even if they do though, by the time they are 1 they transition to one nap at most of these daycares and then go to one nap in the afternoon where everyone goes down and it gets much better.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d quit my job and raise my own child, but you do you.

So you’re going to sponge off your husband? Lazy.

NP, but some of us saved money to take time off or quit when we had a baby. No judgement either way, but I'm surprised you just assumed the poster was taking advantage of a guy.

Huh? All that money you saved will be used for the rest of your child-rearing years both for yourself and the baby? Impressive...

Take the spot op but you also don't have to send the second your spot opens. No pressure to do this, but I have paid for daycare spots to hold them that I'm not using multiple times if I'm being honest. You'll pay for plenty of daycare you don't use over the years it's just how it goes. Get your spot and then do what is best for you. Use the spot to easy baby in slowly, personally if you have the leave I would take til 6 months and then ease back in to both work and daycare for baby. I would just say personally I think it's easier if you don't feel like any cent I pay to daycare I have to use. You are paying so it's available but there will be plenty of times your kid isn't there.

Take the spot - it will cost you in the short term but is the risk of getting stuck waiting another year and commuting to a further away day care worth it? (Honestly if you are at a certain income/savings level it really might be expensive enough that it is worth the risk, but DCUM skews very well off.)

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Anonymous wrote:I’d quit my job and raise my own child, but you do you.

So you’re going to sponge off your husband? Lazy.

NP, but some of us saved money to take time off or quit when we had a baby. No judgement either way, but I'm surprised you just assumed the poster was taking advantage of a guy.

How many years of money did you save before having a baby? Asking for a friend.

Take the earlier spot. Save your leave, you will need it. Most babies spend their first year in daycare with colds, sniffles, etc. and end up needing to be picked up early, sent home, etc. And they bring all their daycare germs homey to you and your partner. You will be happy to have days available for things like this

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Anonymous wrote:I’d quit my job and raise my own child, but you do you.

So you’re going to sponge off your husband? Lazy.

NP, but some of us saved money to take time off or quit when we had a baby. No judgement either way, but I'm surprised you just assumed the poster was taking advantage of a guy.

Yep, this is exactly what I did - sent my daughter to daycare at 5.5 months in order to secure her spot at the onsite daycare at my office. I had used up my parental leave at that point, and while I had more annual leave I could take, it turns out that I was pretty ready to get back into the swing of things. I'm glad I did so: not only did her transition go really well at that age, but I now have plenty of annual and sick leave remaining for inevitable illnesses, daycare closure days, etc.

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I would take the spot.

I hope your daycare from work has a separate room for the cribs do the babies can sleep.

My son almost never sleeps at my jobs daycare. He's miserable. He does sleep at home. I wanted to really like the Daycare from my job's building. It's not working for us. Other parent's kids sleeps only 15 minutes each nap.
Now I'm looking for a Family Daycare near my home.

Anonymous wrote:I’d quit my job and raise my own child, but you do you.

Why is Brunch Granny still on the infants forum?

Anonymous wrote:You will need the leave later to survive the wave of limeades your kid will get at daycare. It’s natural and nothing to be afraid of but worth planning for. Loved having my kid at on-site daycare. It made the transition back to work so much easier. Do it!!

Why is there so much limeade at daycare?