Dilemna with trying to change daycares

[Van]

Why not just be honest to your caregiver and say we are looking for a new daycare in the future and just want to give you the heads up and we have not found one yet and it is not you but we need longer hours or closer to work etc
then you will feel comfortable to bring the child , to the new daycare and if your child talks about the new daycare you have nothing to hide = less stress

[lisapisa]

Why not just be honest to your caregiver and say we are looking for a new daycare in the future and just want to give you the heads up and we have not found one yet and it is not you but we need longer hours or closer to work etc
then you will feel comfortable to bring the child , to the new daycare and if your child talks about the new daycare you have nothing to hide = less stress

I guess my worry is that if I give my current daycare provider a heads up now, can she then somehow terminate us if she finds a replacement before we have found a new daycare? After all, you'd think she'd want to look after herself and start looking as soon as she hears that we are planning to leave.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I guess my worry is that if I give my current daycare provider a heads up now, can she then somehow terminate us if she finds a replacement before we have found a new daycare? After all, you'd think she'd want to look after herself and start looking as soon as she hears that we are planning to leave.

Sometimes not always possible to control situation so all your preferences covered. It really tricky to leave carer in dark and leave child in dark until last minute when all your ducks in row. Especially as new provider will need meet child before agree to care for them.