Hi everyone!
I am pregnant and approaching the end of my first trimester. I have been anxious to tell my daycare families, as they are all close friends of mine, or have become close friends over the years now. I will finally be able to tell them next week and I am trying to think of the best way to do it...
I know this will be a hard transition for them, despite being happy for me. It will be stressful for some of them, as I have had their children here since they were 1 year old. Now they are 3 and by the time I am due, it is just a few months before they will be heading to kindergarten. Basically some of them will have to find a new daycare just for 4 months.
I have 3 questions.
1. What's the best way to tell them?
2. I am trying to pick a closing date for my daycare, well in advance, so that my families know when they need to get alternate childcare. I am thinking about a month before my due date. If you've been in this situation, what did you do?
3. Is it overstepping my boundaries to research some daycares myself, to try to suggest alternatives for them? I want to help them as much as I can, to lessen their stress in this situation.

Thanks in advance for any advice.