with my youngest I told my daycare families early on - i wanted them to know in case something had happened. anyways it was a booked section - i had 3 families- 2 of them actually went to my mom's house ( she had an inhome daycare at the time - for 18yrs) i finished 5 days before my scheduled section - which was in may- i took off until sept - the first day of school actually. it was fine going back- i was able to really heal - the one family decided to not come back. It all worked out in the end.