Thank for your responses. It seems like I should already know all these things. I have had some part time jobs in the past and when my husband and i split up for a couple months last summer I worked full time and had brittney in day care. It was a nightmare. She was always sick, which she had never been sick at all in the past. I had a job as a bill collector (the worst job in the world!!). I hated it. The one thing that I know is that I need at least a part time job. My husband and I are having problems deciding on what kind of day care. I hate day care centers. It was so hard to leave her with people I didn't know, with a bunch of other kids that are carrying all kinds of germs. I know it sounds bad but it was a very bad expeirence before. I would rather have someone i know take care of her. He thinks that a day care center would be good for her to learn to interact with other kids and she would learn a lot. i don't disagree with him, but he can't possibly understand what is was like. He wasn't there! We lived an hour and a half away. He wasn't there missing work to take her to the doctor, listening to her cry when i had to leave or when she was sick. He doesn't trust anyone that we know besides his mother or my sister. His mom lives an hour away and my sister works full time. Am I being to protective?? Do I just need to let her go again and get used to it?? It would only be a few days a week. I just have such a bad feeling about day care