Parents: Did you send your children to daycare/preschool (something other than an informal babysitter) and if so, at what age did they start?

Parents: Did you send your children to daycare/preschool (something other than an informal babysitter) and if so, at what age did they start?
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I went back to work PT when my daughter was 18 mos old. She was at an in home daycare 3 days a week and loved it. (She’s always been very sociable). When she was 3 she went to preschool 2 mornings a week, just for fun gave me a chance to get stuff done and I think it made the transition to K very smooth for her. We were both really happy with how that worked out.
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