No kidlove, maybe it's just me, but I feel exactly the opposite. You don't have to craft with babies and take them places and entertain them. I call it 'assembly line daycare' when I have all 5 children under age 2. Feed them, change them, let them play, let them sleep and that's all done in 2 rooms so not much work. I find it kind of boring, but I like to take children in as babies so they learn my daycare rules and routines as they grow. They learn etiquette at the table and naptime routines and what I expect in their behaviour.

Last year I had my favourite group, all ages 3 & 4 and we had so much fun in my home and wherever we went. I'll admit that. I find 2 and up to be much harder work. I do find it more interesting, but harder work. I teach them and let them craft and create and take them lots of places which I LOVE, but so many times I'm cooking or cleaning up after the meal and they are standing in the doorway looking at me instead of playing. I'm not here to entertain them all the time, you know? All children have different personalities and as the groups change this problem changes of course. But crafting and travelling costs money too.

So I still think I make more profit with babies, but it would most likely depend on how you run your daycare.