Today I went on my second daycare tour. The tour was at 9am and I was back in the car by 9:14. Ugh. No way would I leave Keegan there. There are so many things wrong with the place I couldn't tell you all of them. Perhaps a few examples:
I ask, "What kind of accreditation does your center have?"
She responds, "Oh I could have done all that but it's a lot of money for just a piece of paper."

I ask, "What kind of transition plan do you have for parents and infants to begin daycare?"
She says, "Their parents drop them off and leave."

I ask, "What is your discipline policy?"
She says, "Well he's just an infant."

Do I have to go on? I swear these are all real answers, I couldn't make this stuff up. I ended up skipping most of the rest of my question sheet because I just wanted to get out of there. She presented so well on the phone I was really disappointed when meeting her. Did I mention the infant and toddler room had no other infants and three two year olds? Their ratios were too high and the general condition was shabby and unclean. Hello, $190/week for that?
I am feeling not so positive right now about the whole situation. I called eight places in the next town over and they were either in home care or didn't accept children until 18 months. I got on the waitlist for another place that sounds nice but they don't expect openings until the Spring. I really hope Wednesday's tour works out. I made another one for Friday at a franchise type center. At first I wasn't going to consider it because I am biased against the company. But I have never heard anything bad about them in this state and I got a recommendation from my neighbor's daughter. I almost cancelled when I found out their prices are higher than the place I went last Friday. But I figure if I am stuck with high end daycare as the only option, then I better see them all.

P.S. You know a daycare is bad when you apologize to your 8 month old son for making him visit the place.