Day Care Poll

JustcallmeGG2

I was wondering what everyone did after their multiples were born.  Everything we planned will be different now that there will be two.[Poll]

LakeGenevaBride

I work 24 hours per week on evenings and weekends.  DH watches the boys while I work.  Its tough b/c I rarely have time to myself or with DH, but it works for us right now, and we don't have to pay for childcare. 

E&RMommy

We kept ours out of daycare until 5 months old.  I cared for them the first 7 weeks.  DH did the next month.  His mom and my mom shared the next three months.

They went into daycare Jan 2nd.  Lasted 7 weeks total - but only made it the entire week for the first three weeks.  Weeks 4-7 they both missed at least three days for illness/fever.  The last week they caught RSV.  DS ended up in the hospital for one week and was trasnferred to a children's hospital critical care unti mid hospital stay.  DD got it less severe and only required a 10 hour ER trip.

Then we hired a nanny and have scarcely been sick since.

It's not easy but you will determine what is best for your family.

UsedToBeGoldie

i went back to work but in a job share/PT role - my older son goes to daycare 3days/week.  My twins go to daycare 2 days/week and on the weeks that i work a 3rd day my mom watches the twins that day.... which saves us like $500/month not to have the twins in 3 days each week.

 

Haven1

I went back to work full time at 12w. They've been at an in-home ever since. They'll be 18 months after the first of the year, and we'll send them to a center. They need more space, structure, and schedule than they're getting now.

jxd215

DH and I both went back to work part time at first, so one of us was at home or my pparents helped out if we were both working. At 5 months we both went back full time and LOs went to daycare. They're in a preschool-style toddler daycare now, which we love.

Rangergal9

Wondering why there wasn't an option of  "went back to work and use a daycare" because that is what we do.  I went back to work when they were 16 wks old and they have been in daycare 5 days a week since.

kafunder

I went back to work at 4 months, and they split their time between daycare (3 days/week) and MIL (2 days/week). I get every other Friday off and on those weeks, they only go to DC for 2 days.

Eriksgal

I will be going back to work at the end of Jan when the babies are 4 months old. I will be working mon-Thur but doing 36 hrs. So glad i got it worked out to take fridays off! We are hiring a nanny-have been interviewing the past 2 weeks.

cocojack10

I went from FT to PT to spend more time with boys.  MIL watches boys with help of a housekeeper / nanny.  Great setup for our family.

Mrs.Greg

I am going back to work full time January 3. The babies will be 5 months old. DD1 will go to daycare full time and we hired a nanny to take care of the babies until they turn 1, then they will go to daycare with DD1. Sure isn't gonna be cheap!!

mmbench

I went back to work at 13 weeks full time, and they went to a day care center.  I found one that cut me a great deal, and I liked the security of not having to cover if someone else was sick (with nanny or my mom).

OrangeSmoke

Rangergal9:

Wondering why there wasn't an option of  "went back to work and use a daycare" because that is what we do.  I went back to work when they were 16 wks old and they have been in daycare 5 days a week since.

Ditto!  Except I went back when they were 17 weeks old.

 

s270453

I went back to work when the boys were 6 weeks old.  My MIL and mom each watch them one day a week, then we take them to an in-home care provider 3 days a week.  Works out great for us!  We could not afford both for 5 days a week! 

Fancy3Face

We wanted to avoid daycare.  

I cut back my hours at work and M works the night shift at his unit (military) and stays home when I'm working.  Its hard, but it was important for us to keep them home.  We're moving in 2 months and I'm staying home full time then. 

jalaiaa

I put nanny. We went back to work but I only work 20-30 hours a week and DH works 24 hours on 48 hours off. So We have a nanny but she's not here a lot. 

keg

I voted SS because I went back to work and we just have daycare (no nanny or family) and it's worked great for us. 

Mrs. Alice

I put special snowflake because I went from working full time to part time (one 12 hour shift per week).  My parents or DH watch them while I am at work.

clarku2000

DH and I both work FT and girls are in DC right by my work.  It'd be really nice if we had family around, but for now we have to deal with it.

cookiemonster03

DW went back to work at 14w. Our moms are watching them now (2 and 3 days/week). When MIL goes home (1500 miles) in Jan, they'll go to day care 3 day/week and to my mom's 2x/week until mobile (probably late spring since I think crawling will end it), then they'll go to day care FT. We're going with a small center as it is much cheaper, but I'm not 100% sold, so if I'm not thrilled when we're there 3days/week, we'll move to the nicer one ($$) when they go FT.

blondek8

My mat leave was a year long. I just went back to work part-time the end of September. I work 2 or 3, 12 hour shifts/week. My husband works 4, 10 hour shifts/week Mon-Thurs. My IL's or my Mom take care of the kids on the days I'm working during the week. Otherwise, if I'm working a weekend, my husband obviously takes care of his kids. We are putting them in daycare 2 days/week (Tues and Fri) starting in January. I'm in need of a break from them and they're in need of a break and some socializing away from me.

everam01

I was on maternity leave the first 3 months, then my mom and MIL watched them for 3 weeks until we finally got in off the wait list at the daycare near my office. Now they are in daycare FT and DH and I both work FT.

jenn_darrin1515

when I first went back at 16 weeks we had a family friend watch them in her home for a year...then they went to an inhome (where they are now) and we will likely be starting them 2 days a week in a more structured center-based program (and they will continue the other 2 days with their current inhome)

jbl126

I started with a nanny but that fell apart rather quickly.  So they have been in an in home daycare since they were 5mths old and will be there until they turn 3 and I will send them to preschool.  they go full time, 5 days a week

alindt

We plan on going back to work and taking the twins to the same in-home daycare as our toddler. There goes all our money for the next 4 or 5 years.

smit3807

Rangergal9:

Wondering why there wasn't an option of  "went back to work and use a daycare" because that is what we do.  I went back to work when they were 16 wks old and they have been in daycare 5 days a week since.

This, my DH took 9 weeks off when I went back to work.  They started daycare at just shy of six months.

Kittycat196

I way on maternity leave with them for the first 4 months then they went to daycare and My DH and I work full time and the kids go to daycare full time.

We rarely have any help, closest family is 2 hours away.