please help me choose a childcare?

[Marigoldy01]

Hi all, I'm having difficulty deciding on two different childcare centers. I have twin boys who are 32months. They already go to a childcare, but I have recently discovered one that is a 2-minute walk down my road and is also free. Here are the pros and cons of both:

Current childcare centre:
pros- provides food and nappies and toilet training, and beds for naptime.
cons- takes a 5-10 minute drive depending on traffic, costs quite a bit

Other childcare center:
pros- is just down the road, is free, has great philosohies and huge outdoor area with good activities
cons- doesn't provide food, nappies, or naptime.

I feel so silly for not being able to make up my mind! Please any input or different point of view would be greatly appreciated! Thank you :-)

The second one doesn't let children nap?!

Ah, sorry. I see your children are two and a half (32 months confused me!) I think you need to visit the second place and see how it feels. Providing nappies etc are all just minor considerations

Hi Foxes, the second one doesn't do naps - it's more like a school and only has kids from 30months up to 5 years. But my boys still need a nap so I have trialled the second childcare and of course they come home super tired! They seem to enjoy both centres, the main reason I was looking at the second one was because it is free and so close to home

Could you stick with the first until they no longer need a nap and then move them? It's difficult to know what to do really, a lot of these decisions seem to be based on how somewhere feels. Hope it all works out!

Yes the feel of the place is what matters and will be the deciding factor I think... Thanks for your input Foxes! :-)