Choosing a daycare

We’ll be starting Colin in daycare after we move to New York in a couple of weeks and we’ll need to make yet another decision as parents that could have a impact on Colin and our lives.

I am forever grateful that we are first time parents in this day and age of tech. We were able to do Facetime and Zoom virtual tours despite being across the country. We can sign-up Colin for a spot in daycare in just a couple weeks pretty much all virtually making our lives a lot easier.

Even 10 years ago, I’d guess we’d probably have to go and spend a day or two touring the facilities with no guarantee that he could start the following week. Thanks to tech, we’ll have things figured out by the time we make the journey east and be ready for our first days in the office the following week.

On our choice though - I feel like this is going to be a tough one as we balance location with facilities and care. Luckily, I feel comfortable with all 3 in terms of level of care and they all seem to have good reviews.

Unfortunately, perhaps the ones with the best facilities are far away and we’ll need to weigh adding 30-60 minutes to both our morning and evening commutes if we wanted to go with the ones further away.