Daycare vs. Stay-at-Home Parenting -- your approach, the sacrifices and/or compromises you're willing to make, etc.

my mom found her because she answered my mom's ad in the newspaper btw

your mom put an ad in the newspaper to get rid of you....?

Apparently

think we found one. theyre willing to take little dude for just 2 days a week, and one of the prime teachers/kid wranglers is the sister of a dude i have known for years (and who i have hung out with along w/her brother). i have to admit that the almost factory vibe of these places is a little unnerving - like the people were all super awesome, but yknow room with 15 cribs or whatever just sets off all those distopian sci fi freakouts even thow i get it.

the number one issue is that they don't confirm placement more than 30 days in advance? which seems fucking crazy to me.

yeah that was the case with the daycares we looked at too but I think it might have been 6 weeks. Anything longer than that then you had to start paying the full weekly amount even though your kiddo isnt even there yet.

also, im glad you found someone you know!