Firstly congratz on the new job!

Secondly i think you should ask the day care all of these questions because each centre is different.

In regards to her coping, well in my experience DD started care when she was 2.5. She'd never been looked after really by anyone else before then. She was ok. She didnt really talk to them for a while and she picked 1 teacher to follow everywhere lol. But after a couple of months she was fine. She loved it. In the mornings dropping her off she'd cry but picking her up she didnt want to leave lol. And they said she only cry for about a minute and then forgot bascially.

DS was only 6-7 months old and he loved it from the word go. No complaints there.

I coped alright. I did miss them a lot in the beginning, even though it was only 2 days a week. But i took it as a blessing, i could actually relax and get things done.

Goodluck with it all. I'm sure she'll be fine, and you too.