I started out with 5 children all under age 1 and it was like assembly line daycare, change them all, feed them all, put them all to bed and start again. But it turned out as they grew together at age 2 and 3 and 4 it was fantastic with all of them having the same needs and interests. We were able to have some great fieldtrips to the ambulance, firehall, art galleries, playdates by taking the bus, splashpads.

Now that the oldest 3 have moved on and I have taken in 3 younger children over the past year I'm back to 3 in diapers, 2 who can't walk or talk and 2 three year olds I'm finding it quite a challenge with the age differences for crafting, field trips we can't make anymore and menu planning. I really prefer to have all the children close in age and now I see that starting them as babies together works great.