Hi there, I recently signed a daycare contract for my two children, admittedly without reading the whole thing (my bad, I know). We have had our children in this daycare for over a year. Originally, she was part of an agency. When she broke away from the agency this spring, she had us sign this new contract.

We have decided to enroll our kids in a french immersion preschool starting this September, so we gave our daycare provider notice last week - which effectively gave her 5 weeks notice. She said that the new contract specified that we are required to give 2 months notice (should have read the thing, I know), and wants to charge us for September.

Has anybody come across (as parents) or has required (as a daycare provider) 2 months notice prior to withdrawing the children?

It seems oppressively long, but interested in hearing others' experiences.