Waiting lists since birth?

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Question 2

[MummaBear03]

I'm not too sure how to vote on this one. I never put my dd on a waiting list since my intention was to remain a SAHM until she started school, then work school hours. It just so happened that I got a job in a childcare centre and they had vacancies for my daughter as well. Then they were taken over by a large company that will remain anonymous and went severely downhill. Staff were run into the ground and therefore highly strung as a result, and of course kids feel stress that adults feel whether we try to hide it or not. Then a brilliant centre opened up that was actually to counter this large company. Just happened that the centre opened up at the same time as I was looking to change her care arrangements. It was also my intention to work just a few hours a day but as all the parents on here would know, it's not worth just working a few hours when you have daycare fees to pay. You pay for 12 hours even if you only use 3 or 4 hours. What works for us is for me to work the full day 3 days a week and not work at all on the other days. I would still very much prefer to be a SAHM though :crying:

[Canuck]

Need a "Other" option for this one. I enrolled my son in the local daycare centre when he was 6 months old to start one day a week for a couple months and then start full time when he was 11 months. The daycare he goes to is highly sought after but by asking for one day a week he was given a spot at the centre and then because he was already going to the centre he was given priority when it came to going full time. I was stressing because I'd heard stories about having to enroll your child before they were even born. Thankfully not the case for us!

[Faeml]

While I was studying I was the group leader in a nursery room. I had a waiting list the size of a phone book and more than once I had women 6 weeks pregnant coming in for a tour and to join the queue.

[Owen&Noah's_mum]

i put my 11 month old on a waiting list last week for 2010 when he truns 3.

with DS #!, i walked into the centre i wanted and asked if they had any vacancies, they did so i put him in there. when i changed centres, i did the same and got the same result. he was 3 at the time and i hear that care is harder to find for babies.

[Milliner]

I voted other, there was no waiting list for us. DS got in straight away. We had a pick of many centres around here, some did have limited days though.