Firstly, how terrible that people felt they had the right to privately attack your choices! Ugh!

I work part time (2days a week) and put Ari in 3days so I could have a business day (obviously before we sold the business) now I have the extra day and we are unsure what to do with it. On one hand it is the only day I have to be child free for 5hrs as DH works shifts and weekends on the other hand I would love to have that extra day to spend at home or doing things like playgroup etc?

as for settling in, I did find Ari took about 3-4mths to settle in only being there a few days whereas my son had zero seperation (but he has autism so can't really compare)

We make sure that she knows it's daycare day, we pack her bag together the night before and I'm getting her a uniform (so to speak) from the centre so she knows when she is wearing this shirt it's daycare day.

I think it is good for them to go for a day or two and it will be less of a rude awakening when they go to kindy etc. the great thing about CC is that for the first few weeks you can put them in and stay the whole time, then start leaving them for 1-2 hrs and then until nap time and then after nap time and gradulally get them used to it IYKWIM.