Bethany goes to FDC one day a week (2 at the moment cause there is an extra space and she LOVES it!!) She loves being there with her carer so much that she threw a wobblely when I went to take her home yesterday!! LOL Our carer is brillant, an ex centre manager so she has heaps going of for the kids and really encourages their development. We are so please. She is also pretty flexable, there have been times when she has dropped Bethany home or picked her up for me when I have been caught out, in fact she is part of the family almost!!! She takes all the kids to the carers playgroup so they can interact with "big" groups. They go to the park and there was an exercusion the the nursery to go plant shopping!! (DD loved that one apparently, gee easy to please or what!) I like that our carer has a one on one almost relationship with Bethany and that we can work together on issues that Bethany might be facing. Also she has a great wealth of knowelege on child development and that is such an assest. Ok so I think you know which side of the fence I sit on.
I will say that the carer we have isn't the first one I met, I met with a few and this was the one I "clicked" with. I stayed for about an hour and watched her interact with the other kids she had with her that day and with Bethany.

GL Belfie!!