Daycare Regrets

Anyone else have a toddler not in daycare or preschool? My daughter is 3 years old and while her father and I go to work her grandmother watches her however she stays at home. I’m worried because she doesn’t interact a lot with children her own age daily that her social development is gonna be affected. I’ve tried getting her into preschool/daycare but all the wait lists are too long so I don’t think that will happen and she will have to wait until next year when she starts school. She is an only child and doesn’t have any cousins to have play dates with either. I thought her staying home and not going to daycare when she was younger was the best thing but now I regret it, any suggestions on what to do?

I know she would love being with other kids more I just don’t know what to do

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Is there playgroups or something similar on your area?
Where I am, there is a resource centre that does drop in playtimes with crafts and snacks roughly twice a week. Something like that might be good to take her too!

Also, don’t feel like you made the wrong choice! Keeping them home at a young age is nice for lots of reason just as much as daycare and preschool are good for lots of reasons. But they both have cons too.
So it’s ultimately a win/win, lose/lose regardless lol. Parenting often makes you feel like there is no right choice, but sometimes there really isn’t

I don't know where you're located, but I took my daughter to EarlyOn centres. It's a free drop in program that parents can take their kids to. The facility is essentially set up like a classroom for kids and it's has lots of activities for parents and kids to play together. It was a great way for my daughter to start interacting with the other toddlers that came in. It's could be a good start for your little one.

I’ll look into the Early On centres that Chante suggested that I can take her to a few times a week! Just want to be around kids more her own age so the transition goes smooth when she starts school next year. Yeah it’s definitely a win/win or lose/lose situation just having a lot of mom guilt at the moment but thank you for the reassurance! I try to play with her and do as much activities with her at home but having someone to play with her own age is good for her socially

I’m located in Mississauga near sq 1 and I will look into the Early ON centres cause that sounds perfect to me! Thank you so much ❤️

No problem at all! 💕 Some of them close around 2pm so this is definitely an earlier thing. I'm in Mississauga to! I think there's one in the square one area on Kariya Drive.

Here the website for more info:

https://familydaycare.com/programs/earlyon-centre-support-families/

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