DH and I went for a tour at a child care centre which is close to my work for DS2. They are a larg-ish company and the their website seemed promising.
We are moving to the other side of town so thought that something closer to work would be ideal.

We couldn't get out of there quick enough. The children had no space to run (okay, it was at the back of a government building) but the child ratio at the centre was rather high. They certainly had not space inside they were just about falling all over each other. Certainly not the size of a "campus" as the director kept referring to centre.

I think we will stick with the detour and keep him at his current centre. It is attached to an early childhood school (which only goes up to year 2) so they have access to a large oval, playgrounds, trees, dirt, climbing equipment. Plus his room is about the size of the entire centre that we viewed today (which she told us has 65 children in it every day). The outdoor area is the same size as his old centre (at my work) which caters for a maximum of 35 children from 6 weeks to 3 years.

So, it got us wondering, who goes around to inspect these centres? Are they done independently? Do they have to just submit the paperwork, or does someone physically go out there?

Or, are we just so utterly spoilt by what we have had so far and this is quite acceptable.

Kind of sad really - no wonder so many mums and dads get "guilt" when dropping their little ones off.