I cant really comment on a centre. I couldnt find a nice enough one with vacancies!

We use FDC and Claire LOVES it. In the morning when we get in the car, she spends half the drive there saying her carers name over and over, lol! She likes the smaller group (she gets overwhelmed with lots of people around) and I prefer it too because she can have more personal care, iykwim. Usully our carer has about 3 - 4 kids there a day. She's always happy when I drop her off and our carer is so lovely. Her kids are a bit older - 10 and 14 - and while she does often do the school pick up, it doesnt seem to cause much of an issue for Claire as she still always gets a good sleep every day.

Our carer is part of a FDC scheme and there are other FDC mums around our area through the same scheme and sometimes they go out together to the park or something. They also have special play days where a whole lot of the FDC mums get togtehr at the FDC office and do activities there (the FDC has a special bus that picks everyone up and drops them all back). One of the things that was an advantage for us was that FDC is heaps cheaper tahn any of the centres near us.