Hi Play and Learn- my parents started having cold feet towards the end of my pregnancy, which prompted me to take a leave. I wasn't going to take a leave, was just going to have an assistant come in [actually had a teacher hired to come!] but the parents wondered if I could "handle" having a newborn and still care for their children, so I decided to close completely for a year. So I'll have to start over with new families when I open up again, which is not what I wanted as I had a great group, but..sometimes that's what happens in this business. We all know, there is no loyalty in home daycare, which is unfortunate. I am doing after school care though, starting in October and I've got one part-timer who has stayed with me but otherwise...i've closed completely and will re-open Sept 2012