In a few months, I will be heading back to work. I had hoped to send Sam to a French home daycare so that he would continue to learn the language that I have been trying to teach him since birth. However, thus far I have had very little luck finding a daycare with space available. What's more, even the English day cares have minimal spaces available. I'm really struggling with what to do. Here are the main problems:
1. Many day cares do not take infants until they are a minimum of 16-18 months old. Sam will be 12 months old when I go back to work.
2. If a day care takes an infant of 12 months of age, most do not take them part time. I will only be working part time, so that's all we need and can afford.
3. Many day cares will not take children who wear cloth diapers. This is a big issue for me, because not only do I believe that using cloth diapers is the most environmentally conscious choice, but we've also invested time and money into cloth diapers. To have to start buying disposables would be a huge issue for me both financially and ethically.
4. The person or people I leave Sam with I need to trust and feel comfortable with. They will be taking care of someone very precious. I'm struggling with having to send Sam to someone else for care.
So the battle continues. I'll find someone eventually, but in the meantime, it's definitely a huge learning curve. I'll probably post some tips on how to find a great daycare, when I find it. :P
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hey Laura - are you checking out any home-based daycares vs. centres? i find that home daycares are much more accommodating to cloth and part-time care.
I use a home based daycare and we love it. I found mine online, but she is also a part of the subsidized daycare program run by the county. We pay 1/3 of full price on the days I work. You may want to see what your area offers.
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