My DD#3 is 3.5 yrs old too. And i dont send her to daycare. Im a SAHM to 4 children - 2 at school this year, 2 at home. I dont understand why i would fork out up to $50 a day to send her to daycare/kindy/preschool, when im at home...thats why im at home, to mind my children - not watch Oprah or sit on FB....
I learnt from my lessons though. I sent DD#1 to daycare when she was just 2.5yrs old...just for 1 day a week, moved it up to 2 days a week when she turned 4. REgret it now. So regret it. Did it for #2 also (although she started when she turned 3). It didnt prepare them for school (they both still cried their little hearts out for the first week)and it didnt ease the separation anxiety. Yes, i may have got a few things done that day i might not have with them at home, but nothing i can truly remember...nothing thats stuck in my mind...nothing that i couldnt have asked my mother, or MIL to step in for.
For me, im at home to mind the children. My husband works two jobs so i can do this. So why would i cart them off to daycare??? Why would i pay for someone else to mind them??? I would rather invest that money into my child in other ways - swimminglessons, dancing lessons. Which is what we do.
I agree with Mayaness...its a good thing if thats what your ok to do.