Agreed - it depends on the demand for care in your location ... being NEW to this is a disadvantage as well cause clients are wary of the 'newbie' and are you going to be reliable and stick it out .... sadly in our industry so many providers start out doing things thinking it will be easy money realize it is anything BUT and close up shop leaving the clients who took a gamble on them high and dry and they share that story with every person looking for care 'beware the newbie try to find a seasoned provider who is in it for the long haul'

I started advertizing in June for a September opening and was fortunately full by November - but at the time those 6 months felt like FOREVER for me to be honest and for the longest time I got NO bites at all so I revamped my ads and removed anything that implied I was NEW to home childcare and instead focused on my selling features - and the calls came flying in

I can empathize with those who've had to wait years to fill up cause the 6 months was challenging on the self esteem