Well decided today to chase up the child care centres I am on waiting lists for. I am only looking for day per week, so I thought I would have heard something by now.

Anyway I am feeling really bummed, one place does have me listed even though I do remember calling I just don't remember exactly when, so it sounds as if I just missed a place. :mad: This place seems really nice and the staff are quite friendly.

Another I have only just put our name down with, as I worked out they were closer than I thought. (I am restricted by centres that are within walking distance). Well they seem really nice, they were happy to talk to me even though I had just dropped in, the staff all smiled at Maggie, it seemed like a nice place. So I am really kicking myself about not going on the waiting list sooner.

The third place, well I assume we are still on the waiting list, I can't confirm until next week. They were soooo rude about me dropping in, even though I remember when I first called up they said I could drop by at any time. The person I needed to talk to was looking after kids at the time, ok fine with that, but she could have been nicer about it. None of the staff even smiled at me or Maggie. When I left, I noticed one of the safety gates was broken, 2 of the staff coming back from their break at the time did not even look worried about it. So assuming I am still on the list, this will probably be the first place I will be offered, but I don't think I want it. I have an appointment next week, so I will see if things are different.

So feeling really down now, as I was starting to feel ok with the idea of Maggie being in care 1 day per week, now it looks as though it either wont happen, or I will not like the place. I am just really concerned as I put Maggie into occasional care once, I was called to collect her after 1 hour (I only had her booked in for 2!). So I want somewhere that is sympathetic to the fact she is not used to others caring for her.