Is home daycare the place for older children?

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I am keeping a dcg that is about my son's age and they play very well. The others are babies. She is a great child, but there is something that bugged me with the parents (long story...). At the end I opted for keeping her. Otherwise I would have enrolled my son in a part time daycare or preschool for a couple of days a week so he could be around kids his age. I preferred not to do that and compromise a little. The main reason I opened my daycare was to have my son close by during his first years and at the same time he could have other kids to play with.

She was on vacation for a few weeks. He was sooo happy when she came back and I could see the difference on how he played with the girl compared how he interacted with the babies.