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@Bookish: I fully support this move

My commute isn't quite that long (it's about 45-50 min). Do you and your DH work the same hours? Or could one of you do drop off and the other do pickup? My DH will be doing drop off and I will be doing pickup, so LO is in daycare about 5 min from our house. If I had to do both and had a 1hr 15 min commute I would probably put LO in daycare near work because otherwise she'd be in daycare for a really long time each day (though it would suck if you ever needed to bring her to daycare but didn't need to go to work).

We chose close to home because we each had an hour long commute but in opposite directions. Having daycare close to home allowed me to do drop off and DH to do pickup. It also allowed us to utilize daycare on days we were off work but needed to get something done that was easier without DD.

@Bookish: they were very understanding about the commute, many of the parents had a similar if not longer one. Typically when they'd call to let me know she needed picked up I'd try and give them an idea of when I would get there; they'd usually keep her in the office until I got there and often told me not to rush. If that is a concern, I would suggest talking with the center being in the suburbs they may encounter this frequently. We're no longer at the daycare center (two LO was too expensive) but we have the same understanding with our current sitter, when she calls we give her an idea of when we'll get there but try to get there as soon as possible.

@Bookish: Good luck, it is a big decision.

I've thought about this a lot because J will likely move to a daycare sometime within the next year. I think that we will choose one close to home because it will make it easier for DH to pick up J because my schedule changes a lot with work and school. Plus it would be nice to have something in walking distance, and in the off chance that I need to stay home and study one day, I can still drop him at daycare.

We both work an hour away from daycare (in opposite directions) I do drop off since I go into work later- and DH does pickup since he gets out of work later. We haven't had a call with him being sick (yet- fingers crossed) so I am not sure who would go pick him up. (although we are at an in home daycare- so I think she would just keep him if he was sick)