baby in daycare; im a crazy!?

I went in to Bays daycare today for a birthday farewell lunch for my nephew who also goes there and has just turned 5...so anyway i was chatting to the teachers and they asked when Astin was starting there which made me think that maybe it will be a good thing to put him in a few hours a week after xmas so i went and booked him in...but then when i got home i though maybe its just really unnecesary putting him in daycare seen as i have no current intentions of going back to work and i dont want to loose my bond with Astin

Is it unnecesary to put him in daycare for no reason or do you think itl do him some good???? at the earliest he will be about 7 months old....

TIA

I don't think it will be bad for Astin, just more work for you getting him organised and you missing him so much . Bella will be going into daycare at least 3 days a week when I go back to work and I think it will be good for her as she's a bit of a bashful baby and the socialisation with other babies will be good. It will also help her be a bit more flexible (hopefully) as at the moment, if she's out of routine, shes a cot-case

On the upside, you will get a wee break and enjoy him even more when you get him back

Astin sounds a bit like Bella Shell hes very social and loves to play with other kids and unfortunately we dont have alot of mummy/baby groups around here i use to take Bay to quite a few in Tauranga but the only ones here are in Whakatane which would mean i would have to travel an hour each time (and Astin is NOT a great traveler!), and we would have to juggle cars with DH working out of town as well so unfortunately those groups arent an option for us

I don't have children but have been a preschool teacher for 5 years..and if you have a sociable youngster then i don't see that it would be a problem.. it would be good for if you (and him) then decide to go back to work and a few hours wont break a bond..and having some you time is very good for both of you too .. it is true some children who just go occasionally are more unsettled but some are not..they come straight in are fine and everything goes well..esp if they start young..and preschool teachers love little babies:) i think its a good option esp if you don't have the choice of going to groups etc.

oooohhhh scary stuff for me, Sam is still little but it is my intention to return to work but it wont be till end of July beginning of August (at this stage anyway) then Sam will be in care more or less full time.

I have a mate who has a bubba and a 3 yr old and the 3 yr old goes to pre school even tho my mate is home with bubba. And I see that it works for her, 3yr old gets play and interaction time and mum gets time with bubba.

I was going to suggest playcentre. We just started and we love it. There is all the activities daycare has but I get to stay. When they are toilet trained they can go on their own (but you do mother help so their not there alone every time). I don't even want time apart from Caprece.

It all depends what you want to do. I decided to be SAHM and review DC or otherwise after 2yrs. As it turned out my eldest prefers smaller groups and felt quite overwhelmed in preschool type settings in favour of smaller mums groups etc. So we have ended up settling into those.

What about setting up your own mums group for people in your area? Maybe contact Plunket and see if they know anyone who might be interested perhaps.

Otherwise take him and volunteer yourself as a helper for that time until you feel that he's settled - and then either continue helping or go do some shopping.

I think it would be a good idea. I have both mine in even though Im not working yet. Kobe has always gone for 3 mornings and when Addison started wanting to stay and play I decided to give her a go and she loves it. In saying that I did put her in when she was about 5 months old and she hated it, and i hated it so that was a huge factor and I ended up leaving my work and Im only going back now and both kids will be in full time. I would do at least 2 or 3 mornings though because I know Kobe had trouble adjusting when he was only going in for one full day and the teachers said that often happens if the kids arent there very often.