Daycare – check!

How you know you’ve found the right daycare:

a. It’s located about 1.5 blocks from your mother’s house and a 5-minute drive from your home

b. When you called yesterday, the director’s voice made you think of your godmother, Grace

c. She tells you no problem for the March 2010 waiting list

d. When you arrive for this morning’s tour, the sound of kids screaming with joy outside in the playground makes you smile big time

e. You are right, the director is a kind, black woman and there is much ethnic diversity throughout the large facility

f. The baby room manager is a kind woman, very into child care and welfare

g. All the babies look very happy and healthy and are very busy with activities and group play

h. The manager gets VERY excited when you tell her you have adopted your daughter and she is eager to do some research on internationally adopted kids and looks forward to charting your daughter’s progress next to other babies her age

i. The director also gets very excited and mentions another baby joining in March is adopted (from India)

j. The director feels so good that she decides to not wait and gives you the parent registration and information package right there and then, instead of waiting until February

k. You feel rather verklempt with joy from the whole experience and know that your daughter is going to love coming to this place

l. You feel confident because you are also on another waiting list in case this one falls through for whatever reason