Childcare rants
I have a 5m old. I had planned for him to start a daycare at 10.5 weeks old when I returned to work. I started with him there 3x a week while working. It was a great daycare and flexed with my different days weekly. Then, I picked him up on a Friday and got a note in his cubby that they were closing and selling within a week. Haven’t been able to find anywhere else because the waitlists are crazy long. The ones available are a 30-45+ min drive in the opposite direction of my work. When I was pregnant, I had so many people offer to watch him and say they’d be there. Everytime I ask someone to watch him, nobody has been able to. I have to quit my job due to childcare. The amount I spend in daycare and gas to get him there is totaling up to a lot of my income. I didn’t realize how scarce childcare is becoming. Though I’m not surprised, with as little as they make. Anyways. Just frustrated and wanted to rant somewhere.
Posted Sep 25, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC