What are the ages of your daycare kids?

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If you're set up for babies, don't sweat it. My crew is as follows:

19 mos boy - full time
18 mos boy - Mon/Wed/Fri
14 mos girl - Mon/Wed/Fri - going full time in May
14 mos girl - Tues/Thurs
12 mos boy - full time
9 mos boy - full time starting in March.

It's stressful at the very beginning as you get hold of your routines. Once you get that all sorted, it's smooth sailing, or so I've found anyway. Personally, I prefer starting with all little ones, then having them 'outgrow' my facility, then moving on to a whole new crew.

Disney Princess makes a good point with the winter issues. Snowsuits are a bugger! I'm totally honest with parents at intake interview stating that we don't go out every day. If the weather is good and we can load up the wagons, sure, but a few of my kids don't walk or walk well enough to enjoy playing in the snow. Really, it's an exercise in pure misery for everyone involved. But during the warmer months we're out every day for several hours.

I also splashed out and got a 6 seat stroller on Amazon. It was pricey ($1000), but soooooo worth it as we can all get out for great, stress free walks.

So far as part time vs full time....full time wins hands down. I have some part time now as I just relocated and had to fill up quickly, so took some part timers on. I'll honour my commitment to them (the 2 add up to full time anyway), but once they're gone, full time all the way