{"items": [{"author": "Neela", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889622302652", "anchor": "fb-889622302652", "service": "fb", "text": "This is one of the most useful posts. Childcare ends up eating money and cognitive time.", "timestamp": "1500908552"}, {"author": "Sarah", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889635391422", "anchor": "fb-889635391422", "service": "fb", "text": "Childless, but wondering about family members caring for children. Which, of course, requires a willing family member.", "timestamp": "1500912262"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889635391422&reply_comment_id=889647906342", "anchor": "fb-889635391422_889647906342", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Family members caring for children is, globally, probably the most common way of doing things.  In our case, anyone who would be capable of caring for the kids (physically) and potentially interested already has a full-time job.", "timestamp": "1500915326"}, {"author": "Ajeya", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032", "anchor": "fb-889779298032", "service": "fb", "text": "Any lessons for future parents? Something you consider clearly a mistake?", "timestamp": "1500960006"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=889969367132", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_889969367132", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It might have been good to get on the wait list for our daycare of choice earlier. We had a lot of uncertainty about how many hours I'd want to work, whether I'd change jobs, whether we'd be able to find a nanny share, etc in a way that meant we didn't make decisions much in advance.", "timestamp": "1501029285"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=889982510792", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_889982510792", "service": "fb", "text": "→ How early might you recommend?", "timestamp": "1501032188"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=890053189152", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_890053189152", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I've heard as early as you know you are pregnant to 3 months before you need daycare. Depends on how competitive it is.", "timestamp": "1501065514"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=890125224792", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_890125224792", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Depends on how firm you expect your plans to be and how much of a deposit you want to pay? If you want anything other than a center (like a nanny share, nanny, it home daycare), get on the local parents' email lists and keep an eye out for openings or all for recommendations. Those sorts of openings don't seem to get posted on sites like Craigslist or care.com.", "timestamp": "1501087834"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=890128039152", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_890128039152", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Our plans are almost completely up in the air so maybe we'll keep it at doing nothing for now.", "timestamp": "1501088388"}, {"author": "Bernadette", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/889612986322?comment_id=889779298032&reply_comment_id=890131811592", "anchor": "fb-889779298032_890131811592", "service": "fb", "text": "→ We listed on work daycare places at 5 months pregnant to start at age 1 (i.e. 16 months in advance). In the end we only had a partial place (3 and a half days a week) for the first 3 months. (This was in the U.K.)", "timestamp": "1501090156"}]}