We have this week just started our little guy 2 days a week, admittedly so I can go back to work to enjoy some "mummy time"! Our families provide very limited support to us so for us it was the only way.
It was hard to find the right care set up for us, Family Day Care is very thin on the ground in my area and initially I had a real thing against creche due primarily to my seeing kids with runny noses every time I looked at one. After getting through the year and Zac having been ill with coughs and colds from mother's group, DH bringing them home from work, going to the shops (!) I have realised to a certain degree it comes with the territory and like Lucy am hoping that Zac's immunity will build early on in his life as a result.
We eventually found the right centre near work.
One week down - Zac did not cry on our leaving him or collecting him. Only a little during the day when he woke up. A good feed helped him through that. He has already come home doing and saying different things and whilst it is an adjustment (and we have our first cough already!) nothing, touch wood, has otherwise majorly changed in terms of his routine etc.
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