Hello! Looking for some honest advice here. My 3.5 year old DD1 has attended the same daycare since she was 18 months old. While I can’t say she’s crazy about it, she has good friends there. Things have been tricky lately as most of her friends are doing some days of kinder now at a different facility but my daughter was to young to meet the age requirement this year. She feels quite left behind.
The daycare is a long way on foot and takes me an hour return (I don’t drive and learning now would be a good idea but won’t help in the short term. I already feel very ashamed about this).
I now need to plan for my DD2 to start daycare in a month or so (she’s 5.5 months). There is a daycare just a couple of blocks from my house - it’s very small and peaceful and I think would be a good fit for her. But it would offer less educationally to my older child.
So, do I put both my daughters into this small, nearby daycare and get all the drop-off time back in my day? Do I send my DD1 to two different daycares so she can still see her friends two days a week? I’m tearing myself to bits over the decision!
Sorry for the lengthy question.