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day care options

murphyecmurphyec
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My DCP is closing the week of christmas, so I am having to find some one to watch DS for 3 days.  Through my local board I have found several other in home daycares that would take him and then a friend of mine suggested another friend that is currently unemployed.  On one hand I am afraid to leave him in a day care that I know nothing about and have no personal references for, but on the other hand my out of work friend has never had kids or been around infants all day.  DH is more comfortable leaving him with the friend and I am kinda leaning that way...wwyd?
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Re: day care options

  • mrsmikeymrsmikey

    When I was laid off 2 years ago I kept my friend's son during the week of Christmas b/c her daycare was closed.  I had experience with kids, had done some babysitting as a teenager and have younger siblings, but I wasn't in any way an experienced DCP or anything like that (and didn't have any of my own yet).  Her son was 5 months old at the time, and we did just fine! 

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  • jpowell3jpowell3
    I think it would be wonderful for you & your friend to help each other out! Can she come to your house? It would save you the drive time, your son will be familiar with his surroundings, she will will have everything she needs. (bottles, diapers...etc) Since she is new at this I would write her a detailed list of things like his schedule, what his moods are/mean, and other things on how to take care of him. I feel like that is a great option for you both.
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  • itsmyturn2itsmyturn2 member
    I would use the friend - like the PP said, write everything down. A friend watched DS when he was like a month old and she had never taken care of any kids and I was amazed at the things she didn't know (like babies need to be burped), so just write down everything. And honestly so long as you trust her judgement in general those small details don't really matter. The other upside is you are helping a friend and grooming her to be a potential sitter when you want to go out!
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  • murphyecmurphyec
    OK so my next question would be, how much should I offer to pay her?
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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    I would look and see what rates are in your area and then be conservative. I wouldn't go along with the most expensive rates, but I would be fair to the friend. DD was in home daycare as an infant and we paid about $940/mo. Nannies can be pretty pricey, and I made the mistake of overestimating with a summer nanny when I first went back to work. The nanny was taking home more of my salary than I was!
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