To me, that looks like weekly rates at a center or in home daycare, not a nanny. It's super cheap for a daycare, which is nice for you, but that's not a living wage for a provider who comes to your house and watches only your kid.
ETA - The study says "in home". That doesn't mean your home. That means a daycare someone is running out of their home.
Maine DHHS has defined "unlicensed-legal" to include friends and family providing nanny care services, which is what we're using as a rough benchmark. DHHS otherwise does not keep records of or study nanny options. Again, it's a rough starting point, but it does seem consistent with the few FB and other social media ads/classifieds I've come across here of caregivers looking for new work. Care.com rates vary wildly!
Well, I'd feel like a horrible person paying someone that little to watch my children. Sure, I'll trust you with the most important person in my life, but I won't give you enough money to feed yourself. Awesome.
We've decided to pull our son from the daycare we just put him in. He has only completed 2 full weeks of daycare and has already come home with 3 different marks on his face. Only one mark was witnessed by the daycare. A child wanted the toy my son had so she scratched his neck. And by scratched I mean about 3 scratches and a few gouges. The other two marks on separate occasions on my son's face were unwitnessed. Last night was the final straw. It looks like a bite mark on his face but yet no one saw or heard anything. I emailed the principal last night to let her know that our son will not be back. I haven't heard a word from her.
@cwalker042 I am so sorry this happened. We had a few incidents with children biting at daycare but luckily the daycare saw and notified us each time. I don't understand how they didn't see this I mean surely he cried if it left an impression like this. I would also consider reporting the daycare to local services.
We have struggled with deciding to switch to a daycare closer to our work or keeping DD and LO at DDs current daycare. Ultimately we have decided for the next year to stay where we are and once DD goes to school we may change LO. There are nuances we deal with at the current daycare: one week paid vacation all holidays and some holidays that includes days around the holiday. IMO that's vacation not a holiday. Daycare also closes if there is even a dusting of snow or slight bit of ice. We get no sick days or vacation days for our child. If she doesn't go we are still responsible for paying. However, I trust them with my child and any problems we've had have been addressed immediately. Our daughter has really excelled there and it's an overall tough and risky decision if we switch.
@cwalker042 That's crazy! How did no one see that bite happen? Or see the aftermath of it happening? (Because I'm sure he screamed bloody murder - I would have.) I think you're right for pulling him. They are obviously not doing their job of watching the kids very well. We've had a couple bite incidents at daycare. (I think it's just something that happens when you put a bunch of toddlers and preschoolers together.) But it's always been addressed immediately, I've gotten a call, and I've been told of a plan of action to keep the biter more closely watched. I get that things happen, but the fact that no one saw or reacted to this is 100% a reason to leave that daycare.
That is definitely a reason to pull them. As a former daycare teacher I can say that it is super hard and you don't always see everything happen but that mark he would have cried and that's definitely something that would have been noticable even if he didn't cry and should have been a phone call to the parents to notify. Tip: keep Vaseline on it as it will help it heal faster and keep the bruising down!
The principal did call me yesterday after the incident and left a message on my voicemail but her message said that he had "a mark" on his face that no one saw or heard but that he is totally fine. I didn't realize it was a bite mark! The principal still has not responded to my email. I totally understand that things happen and not everything can be witnessed. However, in the 2 weeks he's been there, this is the third mark that has been left on him. I did not get a copy of a report for this incident. As a matter of fact, I didn't receive an incident report on the child that scratched my son's neck. This goes to show that a top notch day care is not always the best day care. I feel awful for allowing this to happen to my baby. Each time I dropped or picked him up I would get that feeling that something wasn't right.
I paid my mom a little to watch my first, will do again if she likes, otherwise we will do an in home daycare. It looks like I will be subbing again, so we have to have something affordable.
@cwalker042 This isn't your fault!! I think you are making the right decision. I saw the pic and felt like
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
I wouldn't rely on incident reports personally just because my old boss (the owner) and her daughter would tell me to make something up if I didn't see what happened. I had a good relationship with most all of my parents and I preferred to just talk to them at pickup and be honest. Like, I noticed this bruise/scratch on so and so but I didn't witness what happened and he/she never cried. The majority of the parents preferred me being honest with them.
@NYTino24 thanks! I know it's not my fault but my natural reaction is that I did not protect him. He's now got a pretty nice bruise on his face but it thankfully never seemed to bother him.
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https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/child_care/2016 Market Rates - 50th percentile EXEL FINAL5-5-16.pdf
To me, that looks like weekly rates at a center or in home daycare, not a nanny. It's super cheap for a daycare, which is nice for you, but that's not a living wage for a provider who comes to your house and watches only your kid.
ETA - The study says "in home". That doesn't mean your home. That means a daycare someone is running out of their home.
https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/child_care/ME MRS 2015 Report.pdf
We have struggled with deciding to switch to a daycare closer to our work or keeping DD and LO at DDs current daycare. Ultimately we have decided for the next year to stay where we are and once DD goes to school we may change LO. There are nuances we deal with at the current daycare: one week paid vacation all holidays and some holidays that includes days around the holiday. IMO that's vacation not a holiday. Daycare also closes if there is even a dusting of snow or slight bit of ice. We get no sick days or
vacation days for our child. If she doesn't go we are still responsible for paying. However, I trust them with my child and any problems we've had have been addressed immediately. Our daughter has really excelled there and it's an overall tough and risky decision if we switch.
Tip: keep Vaseline on it as it will help it heal faster and keep the bruising down!
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