I have just taken four months to add to my daycare....same as you...gorgeous playroom and set up...many years of experience....laid off from daycare I was happily working at...and all parents seem to care about now is price! Very scary! While I realize finances for all of us are a mess, never should it come before our children.

In my case, I prefer to accept children from six months, but less of them so we have a nice stresssfree day, and not be driven from school to school twice a day...parents need to understand that if we charge less...we are forced to take in more children...when perhaps we wouldn't...

Hang in there my fellow provider....build it...they will come! Not before we get a few grey hairs perhaps!