The post below has me wondering when I should start looking for day care for my little one. I'm only 7 weeks along and I plan to stay home for 12 weeks, then go back to work. So, we're talking January of 2012 for an infant in the city.
I got on the list at our day care as soon as I found out I was pregnant. Depending on where you want to go, there may or may not be a wait list. It's better to find something early and hold your spot rather than have to "settle" for a center simply because you didn't start looking soon enough.
Go ahead and start. We started looking at 12 weeks pregnant, got on a list at 16 weeks pregnant, and finally confirmed his spot the week before he was born (to begin after 12 weeks of maternity leave). There's no reason to not start early.
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