when is it time to look into daycares

Ive been reading a lot of old posts about daycare and see that many places have long waiting lists. When did you start to look for daycare?

when is it time to look into daycares

I reserved a spot back in September, I'm due next week. I think it was at some point between 18-20 weeks. I don't know if I had to do it THAT early but I felt better knowing it was done and out of the way.

when is it time to look into daycares

thanks!

when is it time to look into daycares

I waited til I was 11 months and we had waiting lists everywhere we went. It was Feb and I was due to go back at the end of Fed and we still didn't get a call for a spot so we went on a scamble to find anything even if it was temp until one of the places we wanted opened up.

Thank god a daycarre opened right near my house a week before I went back to wrok. DS has been there for almsot a year and we love it and I am so happy it worked out the way it did.

IMO...Its never to early...infant spots fill up fast because they are so limited.

Re: when is it time to look into daycares

As early as possible.

I had my oldest registered almost a year in advance, and the little one's spot held when I found out I was PG.

Re: when is it time to look into daycares

I went at about 6 months...some places had year long wait lists, others had none and others had 3-4 months....so you just never know