Daycare

Do you mean as opposed to a daycare centre? My son goes to a dayhome and we love it. We toured some daycare centres and they were not for us. Too many kids, very overstimulating environment, not much time outside, etc. In contrast the dayhome we take him to is amazing. The lady who runs it adores kids, does tons of crafts and activities with them, and they spend so much time outside either in her backyard or at the playground. There is max 6 kids per day and many days she has fewer than that - so they get more 1 on 1 time than they’d ever see in a daycare. You have to find a place that is a good match but I strongly believe that in most cases a dayhome is better than a daycare

@Jayden thank you ! My son currently goes to a Centre, but since we are moving not sure it's worth keeping him at the center. So we are looking into home daycares but I'm a bit worry because my husband made a point that if the provider gets sick or goes on vacation we would be screw, and unlike the center where they have people no matter what. Or like the food situation, sleeping arrangements.. I don't know just kinda looking for input on home daycares because we don't know much about them

@Karen Paola Hernandez yes your husband is right that that is the biggest downfall of dayhomes. There is no backup care if they have to close due to them being sick. It works if you have the flexibility to work from home when needed or if you have someone else you can take them to on those days. Because it definitely happens. My dayhome provider gave us plenty of notice about vacation days and we just took our vacation days at the same time. Sickness is unpredictable though. Otherwise I wouldn’t worry about the other details because they’ll have that sorted out. Mine provides two snacks and lunch. And she has a quiet room with portable playpen things for nap time. When the littles go down for a nap the older kids know that it is quiet time and she usually has some sort of craft/activity planned for them.

I would start by checking out who has availability and what their rates are etc, and then do a tour and see how you feel about them and their space. Tour multiple places if you can

Thank you so much ! Your making me feel a bit better about home daycares! We are seeing two daycares today, that of course have availability and are within our budget. So we will see

My daughter goes to a home daycare and she absolutely loves it. She goes with 2 boys, 1 a year older and 1 a few months younger and she has an absolute blast. The lady who runs the daycare is amazing. I did a tour of the daycare area of her house and we sat and chatted for an hour at least well the kids played before I started sending her on her own. It's been soo good for her and for us. It's really regulated her naps. And gives her some socialization with kids her age. Especially now that I'm pregnant again and can't keep up with her to try and play