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I have to admit, I don’t love the title of this post and went back and forth on what I should call it. Do I call it bullying? Do I title it, “How to handle when your kid is picked on”? I don’t think that, at this age, kids really understand bullying and would hate […]

Sometimes I feel like all I write about is daycare issues, but for those of you who are dealing with transitions between daycares, I thought I would share our experience. A quick recap: the daycare that is a few blocks from our home and both our kids have attended since they were infants lost their […]

If you’ve been following our daycare drama, the most recent issue is the fact that our daycare lost its lease and is closing its doors forever at the end of June. As I noted in that previous post, I contacted about ten center-based daycares in our area and toured most of them. I learned a lot […]

I am so sad to be writing this post! We have not had the best luck with our daycare situation, with our oldest being kicked out of his daycare when he was just a few months old. We thought that it had all worked out for the best, even though it was stressful at the […]

Since we moved cities, we had to start over with our childcare search. But this time we looked for home daycares instead of preschools. Daycare is so different from preschool/toddler programs because they usually mix ages and can be more free spirited and less academic. It is probably more likely to get in right away at […]

Little CC is getting ready to start his second year of preschool (what?!). Since we’ve done this before, I thought I’d share what we’re stocking up on and sending with him on the first day. This time last year, I was so lost and confused as to what he would need, and I felt a […]

We’ve gone back and forth on what childcare arrangement would work best for us: a center-based daycare, in-home daycare or nanny share. We knew that we needed full-time care and I already discussed our deliberations on whether we wanted childcare close to work or close to home. We had discussions about these three types of […]