However, after two weeks of driving the additional distance and trying to fine tune the process of getting herself and a baby ready in the morning, my daughter determined that she needed to find another alternative. Her husband recommended using a day care center until the opportunity occurred in the neighborhood in six months. There was a center cited three blocks from my daughter’s workplace. She went to observe the center and was happy to see the fantastic care the children were given. It was close enough to her work that she would also be able to go and see the baby during her lunch hour. She determined that she would go with this choice. Following one month she decided that she was so fond of the center that she took her name off of the waiting list with the neighborhood home provider.

Moms-to-be should obtain all the information and make all the initial arrangements for child care before the baby arrives if at all possible. It's hard to interview care providers and visit daycare sites while also caring for your own infant.