When checking out preschools...

bebemama

Did you bring LO with you to check them out with you? I will be visiting around 5 in the next week or so.  I would like to just breeze through them with DH but wondering if we really should take him.

ellemoney:)

I did.  I marked one off my list because of how they interacted with Layla.  

hikerbeth

I looked at preschools by myself initially and then took DD back to the one that was my favorite to see her reaction.

DaiLyght

I prefer to go alone so I have time to focus on things, rather than worrying about where he is or what he's touching. For us, each time the decision has been easy enough, but if you have it narrowed down to two, I would maybe take him down on your second visit to each place to see how he interacts with the other kids and teachers.

Good luck!

JOEBunny

We only applied to 2, One did not allow children to visit the other had a special day, without regular students where you could bring your kids.  It would be disruptive IMO for my DD's school to allow that on any kind of regular basis.

Zenya

I wouldn't go to see that many but if I were then I wouldn't bring him to all of them.  I just looked at 2 and I brought him.  5 seems like overkill.  Would probably be confusing for DS.  And me

npeacock

We went on our own, and brought DS back to the one we liked.

bebemama

I don't want to bring him but the one we are seeing tomorrow said that usually parents bring the kids.  It is during school hours and I could see him really wanting to play with the kids and their stuff and of course there would be no way of him remembering them all and telling which he likes.  I am checking them all out because they are all different prices, sizes and locations. I just want to feel really confident in my decision.