I'm a first-time, SAHM to DD who is almost 21 months old.
Didn't do any baby classes with her and have only in the last few months started taking her to parent-and-toddler groups etc. I'm happy to be a SAHM, so things like nurseries/pre-schools etc haven't been on my radar. Until this morning when I was chatting to some other mums at the toddler group about pre-schools.
They said that waiting lists in our area are really long (I checked on our council's website - it says that you should consider putting your child's name down before they are a year old, and one of the pre-school's websites said they have a 12-18 month waiting list).
DH and I really wanted to avoid getting caught up with the parenting "arms race" - if no-one put their child's name down until shortly before their child is old enough to start pre-school, then there wouldn't be a panic about "leaving it too late".
So - I have no idea whether I'll even want to start DD at pre-school as soon as she is 2.5 years, but should I put her name down now just in case??
What are your experiences of pre-schools?
I'm all confused and slightly flustered now!