I have expected that is what would happen to daycare centres.

I had an interview last night for a child for beginning of February and the mom made it clear right from the start that they intend to put him into a daycare centre "eventually" so he gets the group experience before going to school but for now she wants the home environment.

She did say they have to be walking is the new criteria for entering the daycare centre programs. So guess I won't be encouraging any of my gang to walk any sooner than they have to. I asked if there was a waiting list and she said yes and then added about the walking criteria. The problem with a wait list is if the parents are on it they will have a week to take the space whenever it is offered or go to the bottom of the list and we will be left arguing with them for proper notice and payment in lieu of attending meaning they will be paying for two spaces. At least by having them pay for the last two weeks upfront it won't seem quite so bad so more chance you will get some kind of severence pay.

Did the mom say what centre they are going to. Watching their website will help give a handle of upcoming openings they have maybe or at least I am going to start watching those in my area to see about new programs they are offering and the admission criteria, compare prices etc. There has to be some kind of edge we can come up and sure hope it doesn't come down to lowering fees but I know in other places I have lived with an overabundance of centre spaces that is what happened as we had to stay $5 a day at least lower than centre care to get kids.

Not sure what to do about the family that interviewed if they want to come knowing they also want to leave just not sure when.