I will preface this by saying that i believe there are pros and cons to all set-ups and the decision ultimately boils down to what you feel is important.
My wife and I have seen our friends and family put their kids through dayhomes and we decided it just wasn't for us. We didn't like the fact that our holidays would essentially be dictated by the dayhome operator.
We went with a daycare and while I'm very happy with it it isn't all positive. The cost is noticeably higher, so that's the biggest factor. Our little guy has been sick a few times since he started but it feels like everybody has been getting sick lately and the kids we know that went through dayhomes were constantly sick as well. That's pretty tough to avoid i think when they are in the 1-3 age range (not to mention at that point there are positives to getting a few bugs).
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