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Intro and backup care question

MrsKAT11MrsKAT11 member
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Hello, I have lurked all around the bump..but have really come to like this board and find lots of helpful information here. I am a school psychologist, have a 17 month old DS, and am expecting my second child in September. DS goes to a SAHM's for childcare. She is fantastic and my DS loves her. He's been with her for a year now. Backup care has always been a concern in the back of my mind, but it's just now come to the forefront as I scramble to make other arrangements for DS because his sitter and her DD have a stomach virus. Staying home isn't an option for myself or DH this week as we all missed work last week battling this virus ourselves. Luckily my mom can help me out tomorrow, but it has gotten me thinking. Those if you in somewhat similar situations..do you have back up plans?
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  • ricekezricekez member
    Our back-up plan, in order of what we'd try first is:
    1) DH and I split the day, each staying home for a 1/2 day. We can do flextime/work-from-home to avoid taking vacation time.
    2) Use our work-sponsored back-up care through Bright Horizons; they'll send a nanny or find a center for DS to go to(work covers part of the cost). Haven't used this yet because we've been lucky to never need backup care on a day that our nanny couldn't care for our son.
    3) Hire a sitter, high school kids when they don't have school or college kids based on their availability
    4) Call in a favor with my SAHM friends and offer to watch their kids next time they need/want me to.

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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    Amazingly, we never had to find backup care when DS1 went to any of his home daycares.  This winter having two we've found ourselves needing to take lots of days for sick kids and DH just started a new job in January so he couldn't stay home at all.  I was getting pretty stressed and starting to look at backup care but the illnesses have plateaued and DH can now safely take a day here and there.  Long story short, I signed up on sitter city but didn't end up using it but would consider it.
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  • jlaOKjlaOK member
    Our backup care is:

    1) DH takes off because he gets a lot of sick/vacation leave

    2) We split the day and each try to WFH

    3) I WFH and care for DS/DD

    4)  Call in my mom to come over and help
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  • vvvvvfeevvvvvfee member
    generally either DH or i take a sick day to stay home with DS. i don't have the option to work from home. DH can do some of his work from home, so sometimes he only has to take half a sick day and can get some stuff done. occasionally, my mom will take a day off from work to watch DS (she works full-time, too). so far we haven't needed a backup beyond my mom.
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