We got a personal recommendation from a friend (finally!) for a place that seems perfect - wonderful community of moms, great ratio of providers:kids, been in business for 20 years, perfect location.

First they told us they close 4 weeks out of the year... Christmas week and 3 weeks in August. Okay, we can try to manage to pay double for childcare those weeks.

Then they told us we start paying at the end of August regardless of when LO would start. Luckily for us that's "only" 3-4 weeks, vs 3-4 months like some people might have to do. This seems more like a pre-school setup than a daycare setup and sadly I think might be a dealbreaker for us since we really can't afford to pay for that much child care we don't need.

Have you guys ever heard of this?! LO will be 16 weeks when we want to start.