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We had put in spots in waitlists the moment we knew we were pregnant. Then Covid happened and threw everything out the window.
So many parents pulled kids out of daycares that some daycares were scrambling to fill spots. It went from worrying about having to shove him wherever that had space to having some choice by us as parents on where to send him.
There are the more expensive "business-y" ones that advertise schedules, and lessons, and also you pay more for extra-curricular stuff. At the end we decided our kid at 18 months old, really isn't going to benefit from those. A friend of ours sent her kid to one of those and she says she watches the cams and her son just derps off and does whatever when these "special" lessons are taught. They really aren't benefitting from it. The only big upside is they catered lunch so you don't have to think about it. Is it worth the extra $500-800 a month is up to you.
One more thing we noticed with our kid is, the fancy toys don't make too big of a difference. I've always said having a cat is like having a 2 year old. They hear you, whether if they listen or respond is another story. I've added one more thing to that, they can have the most fun with the most ridiculously worthless things. Clicking bottle caps? Awesome. Ball of paper to throw and bat around? Great. Kind of defeats the point of the $2000/m daycare with their fancy toys.
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