The baby really doesn't care yet. It's all you
Advice I received was to choose a daycare close to where you work rather than close to your home. This way you can stop in at lunch breaks and if something DOES happen you're that much closer.
Honestly, you'll be better off putting your child in daycare rather than having family and friends do it. If the daycare provider does something you dislike it's a lot easier to talk to them than it is to tell your mother "No, I really dislike how you are doing this." You don't have to worry about straining relationships. If the daycare provider pisses you off you can take your child elsewhere and not worry about hurt feelings.
I had to go through something similar. My neighbor was watching Sprout, but when school let out she had her hands full with her children and didn't feel she could give Sprout enough individual attention. So I was stuck last minute looking for a provider. All the centers in the area have a 1+ year wait. You're going to be calling home providers.
The best updated website I found for finding providers was actually here on SOMD.com:
Child Care. Before you call anyone,
check out these two websites:
You can look up providers to see what their inspection results have been. They haven't migrated the old records to the new site, and the old site can be a bit of a bear to deal with. But it's still worth it to go through.
Find somebody you are comfortable with. Trust your gut, etc etc.
but he will be.
Providers should give parents these websites so they can monitor how their provider is doing.
