Well it has been a bit of a shitty week. Our daycare center is shutting down with barely any notice. Apparently the problem is with licensing and the fact that they were told to replace the carpeting in the center. Well, this was requested back in September and it wasn’t addressed. So here we are now, in February with very short notice to secure daycare for our kids.
I feel bad for the parents who have more than one child. It’s hard enough trying to find a place with an opening in the age group you need, but with two or more? What a pain. It’s like all this undue stress that the director caused everyone because of her lack of initiative in taking care of the licensing mandates of her own business. Four months and not even an attempt to take care of the issue?
I think she must have been looking for an out anyway, so used this as the scapegoat. Her husband is going through some pretty serious medical problem right now so I’m sure that’s her focus (as it should be), but if that’s the case and this was really an ‘out’ then why wait until 2 weeks before the deadline, then decide to tell everyone you are closing down? It makes no sense. If you want out, fine, but just let people know with adequate notice!
Luckily, I’ve enrolled J at the YMCA center. They had a spot in the toddler room so we took it. I’m very happy with the center from what I’ve seen and the people I’ve met there so far, so my stress level has normalized and I’m actually pretty excited about her starting there.
The Y has a much nicer facility that includes a kid’s gym, separate walled off areas by age group (good for containing sicknesses!), front door security, and very good staff with low turnover. I think J will adjust quickly there but I’m still kind of sad about her having to change her routine and get used to new teachers and new kids.
Or maybe it’s more of an adjustment for myself that I’m worried about. She’s not even two yet. She’ll probably forget about that other place after walking out the door for the last time…but I won’t.
