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Oahu Daycare???
I was wondering what the Oahu Mamas are doing for daycare for their LOs. Do you have any recommendations for me? I guess the most common options out there are private daycare at the DCP's house or sending LO to a preschool/church-type facility. There are a gazillion DCPs out there and I don't really have any friends my age who have children in daycare so I need some help! I haven't researched this at all and may need to go back to work sooner than expected. I am SO behind! Feel free to PM me if you don't want to post here. TIA!
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Re: Oahu Daycare???
My gf has her infant at Cole Academy, which is $1600/month. Because of that, she's on the Rainbow School waitlist, and that one's about $1000/month. Another friend of ours has her child at an unlicensed day care, which is more aunty-style and I think around $600/month. If there are infant care programs you like, it wouldn't hurt to get on the waitlist now, as my friend is still moving up the ranks and she signed up before the birth and her child is now about 9 months.
When I go back to work PT, the grandparents will be watching him since it's just a few hours a day. GL!
Oh, forgot to add that you can contact PATCH for assistance in finding affordable, quality care for your LO.
patchhawaii dot org
Thanks for the info! Wow! Some of those figures took my breath away.
Ideally, we'd like a close family member to watch LO, but my mom and ILs still work. My dad is retired, but he has some physical limitations resulting from a stroke he had 4 years ago. My mom mentioned that her job might be in jeopardy and she's not sure her employer will retain her position come next year. If that happens, she proposed watching LO full-time...for a fee! She asked if we would consider paying her $XXX per month to watch her first grandchild. If she did watch LO, I'd definitely be grateful and try to help her out a bit, but to ask for a monthly fee upfront? I thought that was kind of odd.
MH and I actually had a discussion about daycare last night. We even discussed the possibility of him being a SAHD. Wow, not something I even remotely considered, but the past few months have taught to me seriously think outside the box.
Oooh, thanks for the link!!! I was browsing Craigslist and stumbled on their childcare listings. I saw that some of the listers claimed to be PATCH certified.
I don't think we could afford the center/preschool prices, either. Some of those places cost more than our mortgage! I would love to find a private DCP, but at the same time, I'm so paranoid about leaving a 3-month old with a non-family member.
good luck - infant care is not easy to find anywhere!
a lady at my work did this. Her daughter had twins and she quit her job to care for them, I know she got paid and when it was all happening she said that her daughter "interviewed" her and the expectation was to be that she would be as close to a nanny as possible and the only way she was able to quit her job was because she would be making money. Sounds like a win win. If I could afford to employ my mom I would seriously consider it, unfortunately she needs her salary which is much more that we could afford
The lady is back 2.5 years later and says it was a great experience but she is happy "just" to be grandma now.
I think the idea, in general, is great. My mom and I just have too much financial and emotional baggage for it to ever work. I've been severely burned by her in the past on several different occasions. The last straw was when MH (who was my boyfriend at the time) got burned, too. I felt SO bad and we vowed from that point on to be very careful when it comes to my mom and money.
Ekk..you are getting closer and closer:-)
Personal experience: Don't bother with craigslist. Use PATCH, but there is no need to start calling them now....when their is an open infant spot it is gone fast and these HDCP are not going to hold a spot for you (unless you pay them). I found our HDCP about a month before Ashton was going to be attending. I had a list of 20 providers, 3 had openings when I needed and I interview all of them and went with the lady I am with now. I would call once you have the baby.
Oh and I pay about $700 per month. Ashton is one of 4 other kids. The state law is 2 kids under 18moths and they can have up to 6 kids (not including their own childern).
I do plan to put Ashton in some sort of preschool when he turns 2 and have started to reaseach due to waitlists.
Just my 2 cents.
Hey Renee! Thanks for the insight! We really need to catch up sometime.
I'm having a hard time making decisions because we're just not sure when I'm going back to work. There are too many variables right now. If Brian is still unemployed by the time I go back to work, he can watch LO and no need for DCP. If he finds a job, maybe I can stay home longer and, again, no need for DCP. It's just so hard to say right now.
Thanks for the info on the max number of children. I was wondering about how many of each age were allowed.
Yeah, kind of weird to ask for it. My mom helps out and I'd like to pay her since she's single and supports herself. She wouldn't take money, but I give her gift cards to places she visits a lot and treat her whenever I can. A strict monetary arrangement could get weird, in my opinion. Then again, knowing that I reciprocate makes me feel better when I ask her to follow our "rules"!