This job is hard ! For ME I feel like in order to be able to do this job you have to be passionate about it. I love kids, I love teaching them and being around them. I would not be spending so much time at it if I did not like most aspects of it. I CHOSE this career to be with my kids however I did have background and interest in child education. I did not dislike my previous job but I no longer felt interested and even now on bad days ...nothing else speaks to me. Yes sometimes I would go back to work just to get a break lol. Although my husband works ALL THE TIME and I take care of EVERYTHING by myself he is supportive and does listen and help when I ask for it. That's really really important. In everything you do, you need a good support system. So have a serious discussion right down the pros and cons, your goals and what you wish to achieve. See if daycare gives you what you are actually looking for and if you can live with the sacrifices you need to make to get there. As others have motioned find where is the sources of your dissatisfaction. Is it really daycare or that particular child or the pile of dishes that you are to tired to do at the end of the days. Those are fixable.

I would be very honest without going into specific that you have decided daycare is not working out well for you and you are looking at a career change. Give them a date of closure with proper notice and maybe help them out finding another great daycare provider. They have put their trust in you so they deserve an honest and professional answer. As a parent I would further appreciate if my provider would tell me she is closing then continuing with it and being unhappy and possibly impacting the services received. It takes a lot of courage to do so and anyone with a little bit of common sense can understand that.

So that's my advice. I hope it helps you and I wish you best of luck !!