A colleague told me good infant daycares fill up months in advance. We will probably need care when the baby is around seven months old. Did you register early, and what questions should we ask before paying any booking amount?
The thing that helped us most was lowering expectations for everything except feeding, rest and basic hygiene. The house can run at 60% for a while. We also checked anything health-related directly with our paediatrician. We are in Hyderabad, so local logistics may be a little different.
Interesting — we had assumed the opposite. Helpful to hear a first-hand experience. What felt urgent at 2 a.m. often looked more manageable in daylight. We only reached that conclusion after trying the other approach first.
Same here. The logistics are what make the 'ideal' option difficult in real life. Practical help from family was more valuable than extra advice for us. I would still test it for a short period before making a long commitment.
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We kept one shared note on the phone for feeds, medicines if any were prescribed, and questions for the paediatrician. It reduced the 'did you already do this?' confusion. We are in Bengaluru and this came up for us last year.
Our routine only became predictable gradually. I wish someone had told us not to treat every difficult day as proof that we were doing something wrong. We are in Chennai and this came up for us last year.
That makes sense. I think consistency is the part we are currently missing. Having one simple shared routine saved us a lot of confusion. We made the change gradually rather than all at once.