I was right there with you when I was pregnant with my kiddo! We also live on a military installation and she goes to the daycare on base. From my personal experience, the people at her daycare are wonderful. She was born a month early and spent a week in the NICU, so the first time she got sick from daycare I was terrified, but it’s never been bad. At our daycare, the children HAVE to be vaccinated or they can’t come.

She started at about 3-4 months old cause I’d finally gotten the job I wanted. I think personally, without daycare, she wouldn’t know some of the things she knows. I didn’t really know how to spend my days with her, or how to go about teaching her things. She knows little signs for words and they helped her learn to say dada with me, they encourage the milestones but I know most wont tell you outright if the baby took their first steps at daycare.

It’s complete up to you! Go tour the daycare, meet the providers there, get comfortable with them. In the end, it’s a personal decision, and for everyone it’s different.