Daycare hours question and vent
First off, I am so tired of worrying about daycare, I just want to find DS a great place and be done with it. I found two in homes that want to drive him around everyday to take their kids to school (which I am not comfortable with) and one center that is ok, but doesn't thrill me. Anyway, here is my question. Has anyone ever heard of an in home daycare holding these hours:
Mon - Thurs: 8am - 5:30
Friday: 8am - 4pm
This woman came highly recommended from the woman that is temporarily keeping DS right now, has a waiting list (that she is willing to bump us up on to get DS in in March) and those are her hours. How the heck would a normal working parent be able to abide by those hours? I have to be at work at 8am and I don't get off until 5pm (4:30 is I asked nicely), and I know I am not alone in my hours. WTF?
Re: Daycare hours question and vent
Most all daycares I am aware of are open for 12 hours. That's weird to me that the hours are so bankerish...how are you supposed to get there and work a full day?
Good luck though, it's a tough call when you have heard so many good things about them
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That's crazy to me.
It doesn't matter how highly recommended she is - I can't see working around her hours when you're paying her to do a job.
those hours suck. Unless everyone else in the world gets off early on Fridays except for me and you. And how could you possibly leave early every singe Friday?
Another thing that makes me suspicious is the willingness to bump you on her waiting list; How is that possible? Either you have people actively looking to come in or you dont't.
To be honest, I feel like the mom's who want to take your DS with to drop their kids off ( assuming they have clean driving records and insurance) may be the way to go. It sucks~ but we have to, to a certain extent, allow our children to fold into these other families lives and routines.
I don't like it, but I realize that it is a part of the reality of someone else having the responsibility of caring for my child.
Hope that helps, and wasn't too harsh.
Best of luck.
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not to harsh at all! If we have to choose from what we have seen, then I think we will go with the daycare center. The only concern we had with them is that it is brand new and the director had no real daycare experience, so there was no one we could call for references. But she obviously passed her director classes and has a BA in Child Development, and seemed really great with the kids she had.
Our sitter asked for similar hours. Roughly 8:30 to 5:30, although without that short day on Fridays.
It works for us. She's about 15 mins away from both our home (I work from home) and from DH's office. I have flexible hours, so I usually drop her off well after 8:30 and pick her up right at 5:30. I can also alternate pick-ups/drop-offs with DH, so he can pick her up while I keep working if I need to work late.
On the weeks when I travel, DH drops her off right around 8:30 and picks her up right at 5:30, so he gets roughly 9-5 in the office. He catches up at night if he needs to.
I know other families have one parent who starts work early and leaves early, and the other who starts late and leaves late. So the start-late parent can do drop off, and the leave-early parent can do pick up.
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When I looked at in-home, the hours were a problem for us. We currently carpool and drive to work together and we would have had to stagger our hours and have one person do pick up and the other drop off to meet most of the in-home daycare hours. I think that must be what most people do.
We don't even work long hours, although we do have a half hour or so commute. When I talked to one woman who a friend recommended, she basically said she'd been doing this a long time and there was plenty of demand for her services, so she was able to set her hours. Good for her, but it didn't work out for us. We found centers to be much more accommodating, time-wise.
I know of one local in-home daycare who has hours like that. It is on Tuesdays because her middle school daughter has volleyball games. And no, it isn't convenient for the parents. This was one of the reasons we didn't go with in-home.
I'm sorry finding daycare is such a challenge for you. That stinks.
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That's the beauty of running your own business, you get to decide what your hours of operation will be.
Our in-home is open from 6:45-4:40, however you are only "allowed" 9 hours in a given day meaning that if you drop off at 6:45 you have to pick up by 3:45. She mostly has teachers kids and teachers hours are generally shorter.
If the hours don't work for you then obviously you should find a different daycare no matter how highly recommended she is.
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it obviously works for someone - b/c she's got a daycare going.
My work schedule would work with that.... but i would expect to pay a lot less thank I do for my daycare that is open 7-6:30 M-F... even though DS is never there that long- it's nice to have the option on an off day if needed.
I know I am late on this one, but you are not alone with finding a good daycare that works with your hours.
I work 11.5 hr days/odd shifts so it's been difficult. No day care is open late or early enough for me.
Hopefully you can find another in-home that is willing to work with you, or a regular daycare that has longer hours. Most here are open from 0630-1800 hrs. I found a co-worker whose daughter is a SAHM. GL.
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