So. Daycare.
Last you heard from our intrepid heroine, she had committed to finding new care for her boys. Down but not out, she put up ads, sent out feelers and tried to connect with potential new caregivers.
And promptly skittered back into her shell, yelping like a kicked poodle.
I need a perspective check. I think maybe that despite the way-too-many-kids thing, we might have been spoiled with the flexibility of our current caregiver. Can I please ask what you think of these kinds of ‘rules’ in a daycare contract for a home daycare?
- 3 weeks paid holidays for her, PLUS regular pay when we’re on holidays or any time kids aren’t in care as regularly scheduled.
- paid stat holidays (daycare is closed on those days) PLUS paid lieu day if the stat falls on a weekend.
- if we want to continue our current routine of dropping down to one day a week care in the summer, we still have to pay for 2.5 days, her weekly minimum. Or, we have to quit in June and find a new provider in September.
- If your child has a runny nose, please keep your child home. If your child has vomited within 48 hours, keep your child home. A medical certificate required to re-enter care after pink-eye.
- If your child becomes sick, pick-up is expected within one hour.
- Full time is 5 hours a day or more, and costs $35/day. Part time costs $30/day. After school care for full-time students is $20/day.
I keep waffling. I get that a daycare provider is running a business and has to protect herself, but I also feel like I’m being gouged when I read some of this stuff. The idea of paying for the whole summer just to keep continuity for the boys when they’ll be home with Beloved most of the time (who, incidentally, is not getting paid, therefore we’re paying for care we aren’t using with reduced income) is painful. The idea of paying for her vacation PLUS paying someone else to cover off the time is also painful.
And you wonder why I ranted when Stephen Harper dismantled the Liberals’ plans for daycare reform.
What do you think? Was I just spoiled before? Can you tell me if this is the norm, or will I find more flexibility if I keep looking?
When the girls were wee we found homecare through Mothercraft. At that time it was $25 (or $28?) dollars a day.
Holidays:
I asked Mark, he confirmed. Our caregiver received two weeks paid holiday. Look at it this way, you’re her employer. Do you get paid holiday from work? I think the answer is yes.
BUT this makes it tougher for you as the parents, especially when you want to take your own holidays. That’s why we tried really hard to take our holidays at the same time she was. It made it a little less painful.
It helped me to think of it this way: daycare is hard to get in this city. You’re paying for your child’s spot at the daycare, not for his attendance. Get what I mean?
Illness:
Pinkeye requires treatment and doctor’s note, okay, check. Fever, the kid should stay home. Your vomiting clause is too specific and not clear. Kids throw up for a ton of reasons that aren’t related to illness: carsickness, stress, swallowing wrong, etc. The vomiting clause is excessive. And so is the runny nose! OMG. My kids go MONTHS with runny noses. I think it’s aggravated by Sarah’s allergies, but still, c’mon! That’s too much.
Expecting one hour pickup is nuts. I mean, as a parent you’re naturally going to do everything you can to get to your sick kid quickly. But what happens if you take a bus or get stuck in traffic? Are you penalized or something?
That being said, I bet some will that in there because they’ve been burned before.
Costs:
It’s been awhile, but that sounds in like that’s in line with the norm. I could be wrong. And it’s really up to the caregiver whether they have minimums or not. I have Sarah in a morning program and I pay $20/day. It would be like that whether she was there one or five days a week. But we have her there two days a week. She is dropped off at 8:30, the caregiver provides a snack, I pack a lunch, and he walks the kids to school for noon.
If you want to talk about this some more give me a call!
When the girls were wee we found homecare through Mothercraft. At that time it was $25 (or $28?) dollars a day.
Holidays:
I asked Mark, he confirmed. Our caregiver received two weeks paid holiday. Look at it this way, you’re her employer. Do you get paid holiday from work? I think the answer is yes.
BUT this makes it tougher for you as the parents, especially when you want to take your own holidays. That’s why we tried really hard to take our holidays at the same time she was. It made it a little less painful.
It helped me to think of it this way: daycare is hard to get in this city. You’re paying for your child’s spot at the daycare, not for his attendance. Get what I mean?
Illness:
Pinkeye requires treatment and doctor’s note, okay, check. Fever, the kid should stay home. Your vomiting clause is too specific and not clear. Kids throw up for a ton of reasons that aren’t related to illness: carsickness, stress, swallowing wrong, etc. The vomiting clause is excessive. And so is the runny nose! OMG. My kids go MONTHS with runny noses. I think it’s aggravated by Sarah’s allergies, but still, c’mon! That’s too much.
Expecting one hour pickup is nuts. I mean, as a parent you’re naturally going to do everything you can to get to your sick kid quickly. But what happens if you take a bus or get stuck in traffic? Are you penalized or something?
That being said, I bet some will that in there because they’ve been burned before.
Costs:
It’s been awhile, but that sounds in like that’s in line with the norm. I could be wrong. And it’s really up to the caregiver whether they have minimums or not. I have Sarah in a morning program and I pay $20/day. It would be like that whether she was there one or five days a week. But we have her there two days a week. She is dropped off at 8:30, the caregiver provides a snack, I pack a lunch, and he walks the kids to school for noon.
If you want to talk about this some more give me a call!
When the girls were wee we found homecare through Mothercraft. At that time it was $25 (or $28?) dollars a day.
Holidays:
I asked Mark, he confirmed. Our caregiver received two weeks paid holiday. Look at it this way, you’re her employer. Do you get paid holiday from work? I think the answer is yes.
BUT this makes it tougher for you as the parents, especially when you want to take your own holidays. That’s why we tried really hard to take our holidays at the same time she was. It made it a little less painful.
It helped me to think of it this way: daycare is hard to get in this city. You’re paying for your child’s spot at the daycare, not for his attendance. Get what I mean?
Illness:
Pinkeye requires treatment and doctor’s note, okay, check. Fever, the kid should stay home. Your vomiting clause is too specific and not clear. Kids throw up for a ton of reasons that aren’t related to illness: carsickness, stress, swallowing wrong, etc. The vomiting clause is excessive. And so is the runny nose! OMG. My kids go MONTHS with runny noses. I think it’s aggravated by Sarah’s allergies, but still, c’mon! That’s too much.
Expecting one hour pickup is nuts. I mean, as a parent you’re naturally going to do everything you can to get to your sick kid quickly. But what happens if you take a bus or get stuck in traffic? Are you penalized or something?
That being said, I bet some will that in there because they’ve been burned before.
Costs:
It’s been awhile, but that sounds in like that’s in line with the norm. I could be wrong. And it’s really up to the caregiver whether they have minimums or not. I have Sarah in a morning program and I pay $20/day. It would be like that whether she was there one or five days a week. But we have her there two days a week. She is dropped off at 8:30, the caregiver provides a snack, I pack a lunch, and he walks the kids to school for noon.
If you want to talk about this some more give me a call!
When the girls were wee we found homecare through Mothercraft. At that time it was $25 (or $28?) dollars a day.
Holidays:
I asked Mark, he confirmed. Our caregiver received two weeks paid holiday. Look at it this way, you’re her employer. Do you get paid holiday from work? I think the answer is yes.
BUT this makes it tougher for you as the parents, especially when you want to take your own holidays. That’s why we tried really hard to take our holidays at the same time she was. It made it a little less painful.
It helped me to think of it this way: daycare is hard to get in this city. You’re paying for your child’s spot at the daycare, not for his attendance. Get what I mean?
Illness:
Pinkeye requires treatment and doctor’s note, okay, check. Fever, the kid should stay home. Your vomiting clause is too specific and not clear. Kids throw up for a ton of reasons that aren’t related to illness: carsickness, stress, swallowing wrong, etc. The vomiting clause is excessive. And so is the runny nose! OMG. My kids go MONTHS with runny noses. I think it’s aggravated by Sarah’s allergies, but still, c’mon! That’s too much.
Expecting one hour pickup is nuts. I mean, as a parent you’re naturally going to do everything you can to get to your sick kid quickly. But what happens if you take a bus or get stuck in traffic? Are you penalized or something?
That being said, I bet some will that in there because they’ve been burned before.
Costs:
It’s been awhile, but that sounds in like that’s in line with the norm. I could be wrong. And it’s really up to the caregiver whether they have minimums or not. I have Sarah in a morning program and I pay $20/day. It would be like that whether she was there one or five days a week. But we have her there two days a week. She is dropped off at 8:30, the caregiver provides a snack, I pack a lunch, and he walks the kids to school for noon.
If you want to talk about this some more give me a call!
Yikes! It’s like you’re dealing with the union. I agree with Andrea on the barfing and runny nose issue. From my limited experience, that happens quite frequently for some kids. It’s a tough call though and if the number of “good” child care providers is limited, they can probably pretty much ask for anything in the world. Good luck.
Yikes! It’s like you’re dealing with the union. I agree with Andrea on the barfing and runny nose issue. From my limited experience, that happens quite frequently for some kids. It’s a tough call though and if the number of “good” child care providers is limited, they can probably pretty much ask for anything in the world. Good luck.
Yikes! It’s like you’re dealing with the union. I agree with Andrea on the barfing and runny nose issue. From my limited experience, that happens quite frequently for some kids. It’s a tough call though and if the number of “good” child care providers is limited, they can probably pretty much ask for anything in the world. Good luck.
Yikes! It’s like you’re dealing with the union. I agree with Andrea on the barfing and runny nose issue. From my limited experience, that happens quite frequently for some kids. It’s a tough call though and if the number of “good” child care providers is limited, they can probably pretty much ask for anything in the world. Good luck.
The whole daycare situation is giving me a headache.
I’m just starting out on this daycare thing, but I have to wonder if the so-called national daycare the liberals talked about for 15 years and never actually did anything about is the answer. We are not North Korea for god’s sake. I don’t really know too much about it so I can’t say it’s better or worse than the present situation under Harper, but the fact remains the liberals did NOTHING about what they blabbed about for the entire how many terms they were in power.
Ok, the $100 per month from Harper isn’t perfect, and it’s still taxed which sucks, but hey, he did mention it during his election platform, and a few short months after he was elected that check arrived in the mail. Yes, it’s not nearly enough, but at least he DID something, and did what he said he would.
What we need is more options for those of us who choose to stay home, better options for those who want to work part time or less than full time, on that topic better part time jobs, WITH benefits, better recognition for those who do not re-enter the workforce full time, better benefits in general, a more realistic outlook at the whole daycare issue, etc. I could go on but I won’t.
We’re barely scraping by on one income, and I can’t afford not to have the toddler in some sort of part time care just in case that magic job comes up and I won’t find daycare in time. Like you said, continuity for your boys is important. Same for me. Having him in daycare now gives him the continuity he needs later when/if that job comes.
The whole thing is so frustrating. I hear you and your challenges, and wish you all the best in finding the right are for all of you.
Good luck.
The whole daycare situation is giving me a headache.
I’m just starting out on this daycare thing, but I have to wonder if the so-called national daycare the liberals talked about for 15 years and never actually did anything about is the answer. We are not North Korea for god’s sake. I don’t really know too much about it so I can’t say it’s better or worse than the present situation under Harper, but the fact remains the liberals did NOTHING about what they blabbed about for the entire how many terms they were in power.
Ok, the $100 per month from Harper isn’t perfect, and it’s still taxed which sucks, but hey, he did mention it during his election platform, and a few short months after he was elected that check arrived in the mail. Yes, it’s not nearly enough, but at least he DID something, and did what he said he would.
What we need is more options for those of us who choose to stay home, better options for those who want to work part time or less than full time, on that topic better part time jobs, WITH benefits, better recognition for those who do not re-enter the workforce full time, better benefits in general, a more realistic outlook at the whole daycare issue, etc. I could go on but I won’t.
We’re barely scraping by on one income, and I can’t afford not to have the toddler in some sort of part time care just in case that magic job comes up and I won’t find daycare in time. Like you said, continuity for your boys is important. Same for me. Having him in daycare now gives him the continuity he needs later when/if that job comes.
The whole thing is so frustrating. I hear you and your challenges, and wish you all the best in finding the right are for all of you.
Good luck.
The whole daycare situation is giving me a headache.
I’m just starting out on this daycare thing, but I have to wonder if the so-called national daycare the liberals talked about for 15 years and never actually did anything about is the answer. We are not North Korea for god’s sake. I don’t really know too much about it so I can’t say it’s better or worse than the present situation under Harper, but the fact remains the liberals did NOTHING about what they blabbed about for the entire how many terms they were in power.
Ok, the $100 per month from Harper isn’t perfect, and it’s still taxed which sucks, but hey, he did mention it during his election platform, and a few short months after he was elected that check arrived in the mail. Yes, it’s not nearly enough, but at least he DID something, and did what he said he would.
What we need is more options for those of us who choose to stay home, better options for those who want to work part time or less than full time, on that topic better part time jobs, WITH benefits, better recognition for those who do not re-enter the workforce full time, better benefits in general, a more realistic outlook at the whole daycare issue, etc. I could go on but I won’t.
We’re barely scraping by on one income, and I can’t afford not to have the toddler in some sort of part time care just in case that magic job comes up and I won’t find daycare in time. Like you said, continuity for your boys is important. Same for me. Having him in daycare now gives him the continuity he needs later when/if that job comes.
The whole thing is so frustrating. I hear you and your challenges, and wish you all the best in finding the right are for all of you.
Good luck.
The whole daycare situation is giving me a headache.
I’m just starting out on this daycare thing, but I have to wonder if the so-called national daycare the liberals talked about for 15 years and never actually did anything about is the answer. We are not North Korea for god’s sake. I don’t really know too much about it so I can’t say it’s better or worse than the present situation under Harper, but the fact remains the liberals did NOTHING about what they blabbed about for the entire how many terms they were in power.
Ok, the $100 per month from Harper isn’t perfect, and it’s still taxed which sucks, but hey, he did mention it during his election platform, and a few short months after he was elected that check arrived in the mail. Yes, it’s not nearly enough, but at least he DID something, and did what he said he would.
What we need is more options for those of us who choose to stay home, better options for those who want to work part time or less than full time, on that topic better part time jobs, WITH benefits, better recognition for those who do not re-enter the workforce full time, better benefits in general, a more realistic outlook at the whole daycare issue, etc. I could go on but I won’t.
We’re barely scraping by on one income, and I can’t afford not to have the toddler in some sort of part time care just in case that magic job comes up and I won’t find daycare in time. Like you said, continuity for your boys is important. Same for me. Having him in daycare now gives him the continuity he needs later when/if that job comes.
The whole thing is so frustrating. I hear you and your challenges, and wish you all the best in finding the right are for all of you.
Good luck.
I agree with everything Andrea said. Sometimes there is more flexibility than that, but usually that’s because the provider is looking at it as a part-time job.
My kids have part-time hours with a caregiver who is never “full” (i.e. at her legal limit of 5 children in addition to her own). I pay her a weekly rate which remains the same whether or not a statutory holiday falls on a day my children would normally be in care and whether or not the children are out of care due to illness on either end (i.e. my kids or hers). There is the flexibility to adjust that weekly rate as my schedule changes, however, and I don’t have to pay to hold my spot over the summer, nor does she take a paid vacation.
I wouldn’t expect that from someone who was running a full-time home-care, though – it wouldn’t make sense for her to take on someone for a few months and then boot them out come September, nor would it likely be feasible for her to just go without that income for two months (turning away potential clients) in order to accommodate my schedule.
Fever and barf are the two reasons to keep the kids at home – we kind of take it for granted, though, that most illnesses are going to get passed around even so. Keeping the kids home for a runny nose, though? That’s ridiculous.
I’m paying $25/child/day, but that’s lower than the norm around here – it’s mainly because my children were the very first clients my provider took on, so she did not have the experience or references to demand more. Around here, unlicensed home-cares usually charge $30/day and licensed ones charge $35.
I agree with everything Andrea said. Sometimes there is more flexibility than that, but usually that’s because the provider is looking at it as a part-time job.
My kids have part-time hours with a caregiver who is never “full” (i.e. at her legal limit of 5 children in addition to her own). I pay her a weekly rate which remains the same whether or not a statutory holiday falls on a day my children would normally be in care and whether or not the children are out of care due to illness on either end (i.e. my kids or hers). There is the flexibility to adjust that weekly rate as my schedule changes, however, and I don’t have to pay to hold my spot over the summer, nor does she take a paid vacation.
I wouldn’t expect that from someone who was running a full-time home-care, though – it wouldn’t make sense for her to take on someone for a few months and then boot them out come September, nor would it likely be feasible for her to just go without that income for two months (turning away potential clients) in order to accommodate my schedule.
Fever and barf are the two reasons to keep the kids at home – we kind of take it for granted, though, that most illnesses are going to get passed around even so. Keeping the kids home for a runny nose, though? That’s ridiculous.
I’m paying $25/child/day, but that’s lower than the norm around here – it’s mainly because my children were the very first clients my provider took on, so she did not have the experience or references to demand more. Around here, unlicensed home-cares usually charge $30/day and licensed ones charge $35.
I agree with everything Andrea said. Sometimes there is more flexibility than that, but usually that’s because the provider is looking at it as a part-time job.
My kids have part-time hours with a caregiver who is never “full” (i.e. at her legal limit of 5 children in addition to her own). I pay her a weekly rate which remains the same whether or not a statutory holiday falls on a day my children would normally be in care and whether or not the children are out of care due to illness on either end (i.e. my kids or hers). There is the flexibility to adjust that weekly rate as my schedule changes, however, and I don’t have to pay to hold my spot over the summer, nor does she take a paid vacation.
I wouldn’t expect that from someone who was running a full-time home-care, though – it wouldn’t make sense for her to take on someone for a few months and then boot them out come September, nor would it likely be feasible for her to just go without that income for two months (turning away potential clients) in order to accommodate my schedule.
Fever and barf are the two reasons to keep the kids at home – we kind of take it for granted, though, that most illnesses are going to get passed around even so. Keeping the kids home for a runny nose, though? That’s ridiculous.
I’m paying $25/child/day, but that’s lower than the norm around here – it’s mainly because my children were the very first clients my provider took on, so she did not have the experience or references to demand more. Around here, unlicensed home-cares usually charge $30/day and licensed ones charge $35.
I agree with everything Andrea said. Sometimes there is more flexibility than that, but usually that’s because the provider is looking at it as a part-time job.
My kids have part-time hours with a caregiver who is never “full” (i.e. at her legal limit of 5 children in addition to her own). I pay her a weekly rate which remains the same whether or not a statutory holiday falls on a day my children would normally be in care and whether or not the children are out of care due to illness on either end (i.e. my kids or hers). There is the flexibility to adjust that weekly rate as my schedule changes, however, and I don’t have to pay to hold my spot over the summer, nor does she take a paid vacation.
I wouldn’t expect that from someone who was running a full-time home-care, though – it wouldn’t make sense for her to take on someone for a few months and then boot them out come September, nor would it likely be feasible for her to just go without that income for two months (turning away potential clients) in order to accommodate my schedule.
Fever and barf are the two reasons to keep the kids at home – we kind of take it for granted, though, that most illnesses are going to get passed around even so. Keeping the kids home for a runny nose, though? That’s ridiculous.
I’m paying $25/child/day, but that’s lower than the norm around here – it’s mainly because my children were the very first clients my provider took on, so she did not have the experience or references to demand more. Around here, unlicensed home-cares usually charge $30/day and licensed ones charge $35.
Before my kids went to school I ran my own dayhome. I considered myself a service business, in that I took in children from more than one client – not an employee, like a nanny. In that frame of mind, I didn’t expect clients to pay for my holidays.
The runny nose clause there is excessive, but any other condition where your child might be contagious is when they need to stay at home. Dayhoming is hard enough with healthy children, and this is their HOME you are bringing the illness to. This should remain a flexible discussion between the parents and the caregiver.
I didn’t require minimum pay for my clients, and it really challenged our budget when clients took holidays. Still, I didn’t believe in charging for time when I wasn’t working. At the same time, clients’ holidays gave me more time with my own kids – a different kind of reward.
I did sometimes charge more for non-regular clients, because I needed to rearrange my schedule and sometimes hire extra help to deal with overload.
I think if I had stayed in the business I might have gotten more restrictive over time – it is a very demanding business, and it wasn’t for me.
Before my kids went to school I ran my own dayhome. I considered myself a service business, in that I took in children from more than one client – not an employee, like a nanny. In that frame of mind, I didn’t expect clients to pay for my holidays.
The runny nose clause there is excessive, but any other condition where your child might be contagious is when they need to stay at home. Dayhoming is hard enough with healthy children, and this is their HOME you are bringing the illness to. This should remain a flexible discussion between the parents and the caregiver.
I didn’t require minimum pay for my clients, and it really challenged our budget when clients took holidays. Still, I didn’t believe in charging for time when I wasn’t working. At the same time, clients’ holidays gave me more time with my own kids – a different kind of reward.
I did sometimes charge more for non-regular clients, because I needed to rearrange my schedule and sometimes hire extra help to deal with overload.
I think if I had stayed in the business I might have gotten more restrictive over time – it is a very demanding business, and it wasn’t for me.
Before my kids went to school I ran my own dayhome. I considered myself a service business, in that I took in children from more than one client – not an employee, like a nanny. In that frame of mind, I didn’t expect clients to pay for my holidays.
The runny nose clause there is excessive, but any other condition where your child might be contagious is when they need to stay at home. Dayhoming is hard enough with healthy children, and this is their HOME you are bringing the illness to. This should remain a flexible discussion between the parents and the caregiver.
I didn’t require minimum pay for my clients, and it really challenged our budget when clients took holidays. Still, I didn’t believe in charging for time when I wasn’t working. At the same time, clients’ holidays gave me more time with my own kids – a different kind of reward.
I did sometimes charge more for non-regular clients, because I needed to rearrange my schedule and sometimes hire extra help to deal with overload.
I think if I had stayed in the business I might have gotten more restrictive over time – it is a very demanding business, and it wasn’t for me.
Before my kids went to school I ran my own dayhome. I considered myself a service business, in that I took in children from more than one client – not an employee, like a nanny. In that frame of mind, I didn’t expect clients to pay for my holidays.
The runny nose clause there is excessive, but any other condition where your child might be contagious is when they need to stay at home. Dayhoming is hard enough with healthy children, and this is their HOME you are bringing the illness to. This should remain a flexible discussion between the parents and the caregiver.
I didn’t require minimum pay for my clients, and it really challenged our budget when clients took holidays. Still, I didn’t believe in charging for time when I wasn’t working. At the same time, clients’ holidays gave me more time with my own kids – a different kind of reward.
I did sometimes charge more for non-regular clients, because I needed to rearrange my schedule and sometimes hire extra help to deal with overload.
I think if I had stayed in the business I might have gotten more restrictive over time – it is a very demanding business, and it wasn’t for me.
My girls are enrolled full-time in a fairly large day care center as opposed to with an in-home provider. To give you a sense of what their policies are:
— Center is open 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. There is no limit on how long your kid can be there per day.
— Center is closed for Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas, and most U.S. holidays. We do not get credit if we’re on vacation — still owe tuition (our last daycare would give you one week of vacation credit per year to use, if we gave 2 weeks notice — we wouldn’t have to pay if we were out.)
— Runny nose is OK. Fever over 100 gets kids sent home, and they must stay home for 24 hours (and be fever free for that long before returning). Same with vomiting: sent home/24 hours, but they do distinguish between what they think is vomiting due to eating quickly or what is an illness. Pinkeye, kids sent home until they are no longer contageous, but we don’t need a doctor’s note to return.
— If we’re called for a sick kid, we’re supposed to try and be there ASAP, but there’s no real time limit. They will keep the kid isolated until you arrive.
— We’re paying (gasp) $440 per week for two kids: a 2 year old and 5 year old. This includes breakfast and lunch plus afternoon snack. We provide diapers, wipes, etc.
My thought is that you might be able to find more flexibility, but if you have questions about specific things you may want to talk to the provider. I have found the written, formal rules of most places are a little more stringent than they tend to be in actual practice (i.e., they may have the runny nose policy in case they have a very miserable child without a fever, but may overlook a kid with just a slight sniffle.)
Good luck! And I’m in the U.S. with a different childcare arrangement, of course, but I am happy to provide more info if needed.
My girls are enrolled full-time in a fairly large day care center as opposed to with an in-home provider. To give you a sense of what their policies are:
— Center is open 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. There is no limit on how long your kid can be there per day.
— Center is closed for Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas, and most U.S. holidays. We do not get credit if we’re on vacation — still owe tuition (our last daycare would give you one week of vacation credit per year to use, if we gave 2 weeks notice — we wouldn’t have to pay if we were out.)
— Runny nose is OK. Fever over 100 gets kids sent home, and they must stay home for 24 hours (and be fever free for that long before returning). Same with vomiting: sent home/24 hours, but they do distinguish between what they think is vomiting due to eating quickly or what is an illness. Pinkeye, kids sent home until they are no longer contageous, but we don’t need a doctor’s note to return.
— If we’re called for a sick kid, we’re supposed to try and be there ASAP, but there’s no real time limit. They will keep the kid isolated until you arrive.
— We’re paying (gasp) $440 per week for two kids: a 2 year old and 5 year old. This includes breakfast and lunch plus afternoon snack. We provide diapers, wipes, etc.
My thought is that you might be able to find more flexibility, but if you have questions about specific things you may want to talk to the provider. I have found the written, formal rules of most places are a little more stringent than they tend to be in actual practice (i.e., they may have the runny nose policy in case they have a very miserable child without a fever, but may overlook a kid with just a slight sniffle.)
Good luck! And I’m in the U.S. with a different childcare arrangement, of course, but I am happy to provide more info if needed.
My girls are enrolled full-time in a fairly large day care center as opposed to with an in-home provider. To give you a sense of what their policies are:
— Center is open 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. There is no limit on how long your kid can be there per day.
— Center is closed for Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas, and most U.S. holidays. We do not get credit if we’re on vacation — still owe tuition (our last daycare would give you one week of vacation credit per year to use, if we gave 2 weeks notice — we wouldn’t have to pay if we were out.)
— Runny nose is OK. Fever over 100 gets kids sent home, and they must stay home for 24 hours (and be fever free for that long before returning). Same with vomiting: sent home/24 hours, but they do distinguish between what they think is vomiting due to eating quickly or what is an illness. Pinkeye, kids sent home until they are no longer contageous, but we don’t need a doctor’s note to return.
— If we’re called for a sick kid, we’re supposed to try and be there ASAP, but there’s no real time limit. They will keep the kid isolated until you arrive.
— We’re paying (gasp) $440 per week for two kids: a 2 year old and 5 year old. This includes breakfast and lunch plus afternoon snack. We provide diapers, wipes, etc.
My thought is that you might be able to find more flexibility, but if you have questions about specific things you may want to talk to the provider. I have found the written, formal rules of most places are a little more stringent than they tend to be in actual practice (i.e., they may have the runny nose policy in case they have a very miserable child without a fever, but may overlook a kid with just a slight sniffle.)
Good luck! And I’m in the U.S. with a different childcare arrangement, of course, but I am happy to provide more info if needed.
My girls are enrolled full-time in a fairly large day care center as opposed to with an in-home provider. To give you a sense of what their policies are:
— Center is open 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. There is no limit on how long your kid can be there per day.
— Center is closed for Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas, and most U.S. holidays. We do not get credit if we’re on vacation — still owe tuition (our last daycare would give you one week of vacation credit per year to use, if we gave 2 weeks notice — we wouldn’t have to pay if we were out.)
— Runny nose is OK. Fever over 100 gets kids sent home, and they must stay home for 24 hours (and be fever free for that long before returning). Same with vomiting: sent home/24 hours, but they do distinguish between what they think is vomiting due to eating quickly or what is an illness. Pinkeye, kids sent home until they are no longer contageous, but we don’t need a doctor’s note to return.
— If we’re called for a sick kid, we’re supposed to try and be there ASAP, but there’s no real time limit. They will keep the kid isolated until you arrive.
— We’re paying (gasp) $440 per week for two kids: a 2 year old and 5 year old. This includes breakfast and lunch plus afternoon snack. We provide diapers, wipes, etc.
My thought is that you might be able to find more flexibility, but if you have questions about specific things you may want to talk to the provider. I have found the written, formal rules of most places are a little more stringent than they tend to be in actual practice (i.e., they may have the runny nose policy in case they have a very miserable child without a fever, but may overlook a kid with just a slight sniffle.)
Good luck! And I’m in the U.S. with a different childcare arrangement, of course, but I am happy to provide more info if needed.
I have been doing family daycare for 10 years. Over the years I have added things to my policies to benefit myself but also hopefully is within reason from the parents’ standpoint. Every time I have changed something in my policies, I try to put myself in the parents’ shoes to see if it seems reasonable. I have personally never felt able to charge parents for my vacation time. I do charge for holidays that I close. Good luck in deciding to stay or find someone else. It is one of the most challenging things. I always feel for parents that I have to turn away because I simply don’t have space.
I have been doing family daycare for 10 years. Over the years I have added things to my policies to benefit myself but also hopefully is within reason from the parents’ standpoint. Every time I have changed something in my policies, I try to put myself in the parents’ shoes to see if it seems reasonable. I have personally never felt able to charge parents for my vacation time. I do charge for holidays that I close. Good luck in deciding to stay or find someone else. It is one of the most challenging things. I always feel for parents that I have to turn away because I simply don’t have space.
I have been doing family daycare for 10 years. Over the years I have added things to my policies to benefit myself but also hopefully is within reason from the parents’ standpoint. Every time I have changed something in my policies, I try to put myself in the parents’ shoes to see if it seems reasonable. I have personally never felt able to charge parents for my vacation time. I do charge for holidays that I close. Good luck in deciding to stay or find someone else. It is one of the most challenging things. I always feel for parents that I have to turn away because I simply don’t have space.
I have been doing family daycare for 10 years. Over the years I have added things to my policies to benefit myself but also hopefully is within reason from the parents’ standpoint. Every time I have changed something in my policies, I try to put myself in the parents’ shoes to see if it seems reasonable. I have personally never felt able to charge parents for my vacation time. I do charge for holidays that I close. Good luck in deciding to stay or find someone else. It is one of the most challenging things. I always feel for parents that I have to turn away because I simply don’t have space.
I think this is pretty standard, hon–sorry. We pay 730/month regardless of holidays (theirs or ours), vacations, sick days, off days–it’s 730/month. Otherwise, how do they pay their staff and bills? There’s a minimum rate of paying for 2 days/ week regardless of how many days your child is actually there for. Sick pick-ups and staying home w/ pink-eye and vomiting (only our limit is 24 hours, not 48–and hey, if we know she threw up when she wasn’t sick, we send her in. How will they know?), also standard in my experience.
When Frances starts after-school care, it’ll be $400-$500/month.
I think this is pretty standard, hon–sorry. We pay 730/month regardless of holidays (theirs or ours), vacations, sick days, off days–it’s 730/month. Otherwise, how do they pay their staff and bills? There’s a minimum rate of paying for 2 days/ week regardless of how many days your child is actually there for. Sick pick-ups and staying home w/ pink-eye and vomiting (only our limit is 24 hours, not 48–and hey, if we know she threw up when she wasn’t sick, we send her in. How will they know?), also standard in my experience.
When Frances starts after-school care, it’ll be $400-$500/month.
I think this is pretty standard, hon–sorry. We pay 730/month regardless of holidays (theirs or ours), vacations, sick days, off days–it’s 730/month. Otherwise, how do they pay their staff and bills? There’s a minimum rate of paying for 2 days/ week regardless of how many days your child is actually there for. Sick pick-ups and staying home w/ pink-eye and vomiting (only our limit is 24 hours, not 48–and hey, if we know she threw up when she wasn’t sick, we send her in. How will they know?), also standard in my experience.
When Frances starts after-school care, it’ll be $400-$500/month.
I think this is pretty standard, hon–sorry. We pay 730/month regardless of holidays (theirs or ours), vacations, sick days, off days–it’s 730/month. Otherwise, how do they pay their staff and bills? There’s a minimum rate of paying for 2 days/ week regardless of how many days your child is actually there for. Sick pick-ups and staying home w/ pink-eye and vomiting (only our limit is 24 hours, not 48–and hey, if we know she threw up when she wasn’t sick, we send her in. How will they know?), also standard in my experience.
When Frances starts after-school care, it’ll be $400-$500/month.
Some of it is stricter/harder/whatever than either my old home daycare or even our current center-based preschool.
Our old provider included 2 weeks vacation in her contract. it was, however, unpaid. She also rarely took it, but we knew it was possible.
Statutory holidays were paid, even if they fell within her week of unpaid. So: If she took the week includign the 4th of July off, we’d pay her 1/5 of our usual weekly rate.
Part time is almost impossible to find, and yes, anything more than 5 hours was treated as full time by most providers I talked to. Most of them, though, did not offer part-time by the hour (ie. you could sign up for 24 hours in 3 8-hour days, but they did not offer 5 5-hour days as something they’d give a cut rate for.
My home daycare provider was pretty flexible with me, though, in the end. We started off, 6 years ago, paying $100 for 20 hours/week when she was charging $130 for full time with 4:30 pickup and $140 for full time with 5:30 pickup. She also included all meals with her price.
Some of it is stricter/harder/whatever than either my old home daycare or even our current center-based preschool.
Our old provider included 2 weeks vacation in her contract. it was, however, unpaid. She also rarely took it, but we knew it was possible.
Statutory holidays were paid, even if they fell within her week of unpaid. So: If she took the week includign the 4th of July off, we’d pay her 1/5 of our usual weekly rate.
Part time is almost impossible to find, and yes, anything more than 5 hours was treated as full time by most providers I talked to. Most of them, though, did not offer part-time by the hour (ie. you could sign up for 24 hours in 3 8-hour days, but they did not offer 5 5-hour days as something they’d give a cut rate for.
My home daycare provider was pretty flexible with me, though, in the end. We started off, 6 years ago, paying $100 for 20 hours/week when she was charging $130 for full time with 4:30 pickup and $140 for full time with 5:30 pickup. She also included all meals with her price.
Some of it is stricter/harder/whatever than either my old home daycare or even our current center-based preschool.
Our old provider included 2 weeks vacation in her contract. it was, however, unpaid. She also rarely took it, but we knew it was possible.
Statutory holidays were paid, even if they fell within her week of unpaid. So: If she took the week includign the 4th of July off, we’d pay her 1/5 of our usual weekly rate.
Part time is almost impossible to find, and yes, anything more than 5 hours was treated as full time by most providers I talked to. Most of them, though, did not offer part-time by the hour (ie. you could sign up for 24 hours in 3 8-hour days, but they did not offer 5 5-hour days as something they’d give a cut rate for.
My home daycare provider was pretty flexible with me, though, in the end. We started off, 6 years ago, paying $100 for 20 hours/week when she was charging $130 for full time with 4:30 pickup and $140 for full time with 5:30 pickup. She also included all meals with her price.
Some of it is stricter/harder/whatever than either my old home daycare or even our current center-based preschool.
Our old provider included 2 weeks vacation in her contract. it was, however, unpaid. She also rarely took it, but we knew it was possible.
Statutory holidays were paid, even if they fell within her week of unpaid. So: If she took the week includign the 4th of July off, we’d pay her 1/5 of our usual weekly rate.
Part time is almost impossible to find, and yes, anything more than 5 hours was treated as full time by most providers I talked to. Most of them, though, did not offer part-time by the hour (ie. you could sign up for 24 hours in 3 8-hour days, but they did not offer 5 5-hour days as something they’d give a cut rate for.
My home daycare provider was pretty flexible with me, though, in the end. We started off, 6 years ago, paying $100 for 20 hours/week when she was charging $130 for full time with 4:30 pickup and $140 for full time with 5:30 pickup. She also included all meals with her price.
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THose medical rules sound stricter than anyone around here though – the general rule is 24 hours fever free or barf/diarreah free. Runny noses were “eh, well, everyone gets them in the winter.” If I’d had to keep either of them home with a runny nose we might as weel not have signed up, because both of them are always snotty from allergies.
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THose medical rules sound stricter than anyone around here though – the general rule is 24 hours fever free or barf/diarreah free. Runny noses were “eh, well, everyone gets them in the winter.” If I’d had to keep either of them home with a runny nose we might as weel not have signed up, because both of them are always snotty from allergies.
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THose medical rules sound stricter than anyone around here though – the general rule is 24 hours fever free or barf/diarreah free. Runny noses were “eh, well, everyone gets them in the winter.” If I’d had to keep either of them home with a runny nose we might as weel not have signed up, because both of them are always snotty from allergies.
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THose medical rules sound stricter than anyone around here though – the general rule is 24 hours fever free or barf/diarreah free. Runny noses were “eh, well, everyone gets them in the winter.” If I’d had to keep either of them home with a runny nose we might as weel not have signed up, because both of them are always snotty from allergies.
That sounds excessive. We have our son (2.5 yrs) in a Montessori Daycare, we pay $200 per week. They take 2 weeks off per year (Between Christmas and New Years and then one week in April) other than that they take one in-service day for training.
Runny Nose! Oh my, My son would have missed the first 6 months. He was home with me for 18 months, when we first took him to daycare he got the runny nose and kept it for six-months, it took a two week vacation (Ours not theirs) to clear it up.
We pay for days we are not there, we pay for those two weeks that they take off too. We are asked not to send him if he has a temperature over 100 degrees. That’s not to say some partents haven’t left their kids.
We have one hour to pick him up if he becomes or is deemed sick.
We pay late fees for more than 9.5 hours and also anything after 6:00 p.m.
This is not a home care situation, this is a privately owned daycare, she has two locations.
Just saying, seems like we aren’t getting gaffed much worse then others.
BTW, just surfed in today, love your blog.
That sounds excessive. We have our son (2.5 yrs) in a Montessori Daycare, we pay $200 per week. They take 2 weeks off per year (Between Christmas and New Years and then one week in April) other than that they take one in-service day for training.
Runny Nose! Oh my, My son would have missed the first 6 months. He was home with me for 18 months, when we first took him to daycare he got the runny nose and kept it for six-months, it took a two week vacation (Ours not theirs) to clear it up.
We pay for days we are not there, we pay for those two weeks that they take off too. We are asked not to send him if he has a temperature over 100 degrees. That’s not to say some partents haven’t left their kids.
We have one hour to pick him up if he becomes or is deemed sick.
We pay late fees for more than 9.5 hours and also anything after 6:00 p.m.
This is not a home care situation, this is a privately owned daycare, she has two locations.
Just saying, seems like we aren’t getting gaffed much worse then others.
BTW, just surfed in today, love your blog.
That sounds excessive. We have our son (2.5 yrs) in a Montessori Daycare, we pay $200 per week. They take 2 weeks off per year (Between Christmas and New Years and then one week in April) other than that they take one in-service day for training.
Runny Nose! Oh my, My son would have missed the first 6 months. He was home with me for 18 months, when we first took him to daycare he got the runny nose and kept it for six-months, it took a two week vacation (Ours not theirs) to clear it up.
We pay for days we are not there, we pay for those two weeks that they take off too. We are asked not to send him if he has a temperature over 100 degrees. That’s not to say some partents haven’t left their kids.
We have one hour to pick him up if he becomes or is deemed sick.
We pay late fees for more than 9.5 hours and also anything after 6:00 p.m.
This is not a home care situation, this is a privately owned daycare, she has two locations.
Just saying, seems like we aren’t getting gaffed much worse then others.
BTW, just surfed in today, love your blog.
That sounds excessive. We have our son (2.5 yrs) in a Montessori Daycare, we pay $200 per week. They take 2 weeks off per year (Between Christmas and New Years and then one week in April) other than that they take one in-service day for training.
Runny Nose! Oh my, My son would have missed the first 6 months. He was home with me for 18 months, when we first took him to daycare he got the runny nose and kept it for six-months, it took a two week vacation (Ours not theirs) to clear it up.
We pay for days we are not there, we pay for those two weeks that they take off too. We are asked not to send him if he has a temperature over 100 degrees. That’s not to say some partents haven’t left their kids.
We have one hour to pick him up if he becomes or is deemed sick.
We pay late fees for more than 9.5 hours and also anything after 6:00 p.m.
This is not a home care situation, this is a privately owned daycare, she has two locations.
Just saying, seems like we aren’t getting gaffed much worse then others.
BTW, just surfed in today, love your blog.
Hi Dani, just want to chime in with the others: this sounds standard, except for the sickness clause. Puke and diarhea are the only reasons to keep a kid home.
My kids both do 2 days/week as their usual practice, but my impression is that more moms in this small town are part-timers than full-timers, so our provider doesn’t worry about finding someone for the other days.
I am currently closing my ears to the after-school-care; but I’ll have to start paying attention pretty soon. My son starts kindergarten in fall.
Mightn’t your husband like to have some time w/o the kids in the summer? If you can swing it financially?
Hi Dani, just want to chime in with the others: this sounds standard, except for the sickness clause. Puke and diarhea are the only reasons to keep a kid home.
My kids both do 2 days/week as their usual practice, but my impression is that more moms in this small town are part-timers than full-timers, so our provider doesn’t worry about finding someone for the other days.
I am currently closing my ears to the after-school-care; but I’ll have to start paying attention pretty soon. My son starts kindergarten in fall.
Mightn’t your husband like to have some time w/o the kids in the summer? If you can swing it financially?
Hi Dani, just want to chime in with the others: this sounds standard, except for the sickness clause. Puke and diarhea are the only reasons to keep a kid home.
My kids both do 2 days/week as their usual practice, but my impression is that more moms in this small town are part-timers than full-timers, so our provider doesn’t worry about finding someone for the other days.
I am currently closing my ears to the after-school-care; but I’ll have to start paying attention pretty soon. My son starts kindergarten in fall.
Mightn’t your husband like to have some time w/o the kids in the summer? If you can swing it financially?
Hi Dani, just want to chime in with the others: this sounds standard, except for the sickness clause. Puke and diarhea are the only reasons to keep a kid home.
My kids both do 2 days/week as their usual practice, but my impression is that more moms in this small town are part-timers than full-timers, so our provider doesn’t worry about finding someone for the other days.
I am currently closing my ears to the after-school-care; but I’ll have to start paying attention pretty soon. My son starts kindergarten in fall.
Mightn’t your husband like to have some time w/o the kids in the summer? If you can swing it financially?
Wow, what a lot of information. Thank you all!
I get the whole concept of ‘holding a space’ and the caregiver depending on the income and don’t really have a complaint with that part. The whole approach is just so regimented, though. We have such an open, flexible, and considerate (on each part) relationship with our current caregiver that I wasn’t expecting to have so many restrictions spelled out up front.
I think the one-day-a-week thing during the summer is what’s causing the most trouble. I’m thinking maybe we can pitch that we’ll keep the boys home through July and August when Beloved is not being paid, but the caregiver would have lots of school-agers who potentially need care to fill those spaces. Also, that’s prime holiday time, thus maybe we can avoid that bullet, too.
I dunno. This is so hard, and so disheartening.
Wow, what a lot of information. Thank you all!
I get the whole concept of ‘holding a space’ and the caregiver depending on the income and don’t really have a complaint with that part. The whole approach is just so regimented, though. We have such an open, flexible, and considerate (on each part) relationship with our current caregiver that I wasn’t expecting to have so many restrictions spelled out up front.
I think the one-day-a-week thing during the summer is what’s causing the most trouble. I’m thinking maybe we can pitch that we’ll keep the boys home through July and August when Beloved is not being paid, but the caregiver would have lots of school-agers who potentially need care to fill those spaces. Also, that’s prime holiday time, thus maybe we can avoid that bullet, too.
I dunno. This is so hard, and so disheartening.
Wow, what a lot of information. Thank you all!
I get the whole concept of ‘holding a space’ and the caregiver depending on the income and don’t really have a complaint with that part. The whole approach is just so regimented, though. We have such an open, flexible, and considerate (on each part) relationship with our current caregiver that I wasn’t expecting to have so many restrictions spelled out up front.
I think the one-day-a-week thing during the summer is what’s causing the most trouble. I’m thinking maybe we can pitch that we’ll keep the boys home through July and August when Beloved is not being paid, but the caregiver would have lots of school-agers who potentially need care to fill those spaces. Also, that’s prime holiday time, thus maybe we can avoid that bullet, too.
I dunno. This is so hard, and so disheartening.
Wow, what a lot of information. Thank you all!
I get the whole concept of ‘holding a space’ and the caregiver depending on the income and don’t really have a complaint with that part. The whole approach is just so regimented, though. We have such an open, flexible, and considerate (on each part) relationship with our current caregiver that I wasn’t expecting to have so many restrictions spelled out up front.
I think the one-day-a-week thing during the summer is what’s causing the most trouble. I’m thinking maybe we can pitch that we’ll keep the boys home through July and August when Beloved is not being paid, but the caregiver would have lots of school-agers who potentially need care to fill those spaces. Also, that’s prime holiday time, thus maybe we can avoid that bullet, too.
I dunno. This is so hard, and so disheartening.
Everything you note, with the exception of the runny nose rule, is standard fare. And, for the record, I think it is all fair too.
My husband is a teacher and we routinely pay full daycare fees for the summer to hold a spot — do you really think it is fair for her to be without pay for the whole summer just to keep a spot for you? It would be very difficult, if not impossible for her to fill your spot for a 2 month period.
Daycare providers (the good ones at least) work extremely hard for what I consider very little money. It is a pet peeve of mine when parents complain about them, while paying them less than $5/hour for caring for their child.
Everything you note, with the exception of the runny nose rule, is standard fare. And, for the record, I think it is all fair too.
My husband is a teacher and we routinely pay full daycare fees for the summer to hold a spot — do you really think it is fair for her to be without pay for the whole summer just to keep a spot for you? It would be very difficult, if not impossible for her to fill your spot for a 2 month period.
Daycare providers (the good ones at least) work extremely hard for what I consider very little money. It is a pet peeve of mine when parents complain about them, while paying them less than $5/hour for caring for their child.
Everything you note, with the exception of the runny nose rule, is standard fare. And, for the record, I think it is all fair too.
My husband is a teacher and we routinely pay full daycare fees for the summer to hold a spot — do you really think it is fair for her to be without pay for the whole summer just to keep a spot for you? It would be very difficult, if not impossible for her to fill your spot for a 2 month period.
Daycare providers (the good ones at least) work extremely hard for what I consider very little money. It is a pet peeve of mine when parents complain about them, while paying them less than $5/hour for caring for their child.
Everything you note, with the exception of the runny nose rule, is standard fare. And, for the record, I think it is all fair too.
My husband is a teacher and we routinely pay full daycare fees for the summer to hold a spot — do you really think it is fair for her to be without pay for the whole summer just to keep a spot for you? It would be very difficult, if not impossible for her to fill your spot for a 2 month period.
Daycare providers (the good ones at least) work extremely hard for what I consider very little money. It is a pet peeve of mine when parents complain about them, while paying them less than $5/hour for caring for their child.
Wow. Sorry I can’t offer any advice or words of wisdom since I haven’t had to do the daycare thing for awhile, but I feel your pain. Ouch.
However as I read the rules I began wishing that as a special ed paraprofessional we could send kids home with the snotty noses (especially when they are really gross and the kids are wiping them all over you), and got 3 weeks paid vacation. Maybe I’m in the wrong job, lolol!
Good luck in your hunt for daycare. 🙂
Wow. Sorry I can’t offer any advice or words of wisdom since I haven’t had to do the daycare thing for awhile, but I feel your pain. Ouch.
However as I read the rules I began wishing that as a special ed paraprofessional we could send kids home with the snotty noses (especially when they are really gross and the kids are wiping them all over you), and got 3 weeks paid vacation. Maybe I’m in the wrong job, lolol!
Good luck in your hunt for daycare. 🙂
Wow. Sorry I can’t offer any advice or words of wisdom since I haven’t had to do the daycare thing for awhile, but I feel your pain. Ouch.
However as I read the rules I began wishing that as a special ed paraprofessional we could send kids home with the snotty noses (especially when they are really gross and the kids are wiping them all over you), and got 3 weeks paid vacation. Maybe I’m in the wrong job, lolol!
Good luck in your hunt for daycare. 🙂
Wow. Sorry I can’t offer any advice or words of wisdom since I haven’t had to do the daycare thing for awhile, but I feel your pain. Ouch.
However as I read the rules I began wishing that as a special ed paraprofessional we could send kids home with the snotty noses (especially when they are really gross and the kids are wiping them all over you), and got 3 weeks paid vacation. Maybe I’m in the wrong job, lolol!
Good luck in your hunt for daycare. 🙂
Wow, I have to admit I’m kind of shocked with all the rules.
We are lucky, very very lucky, with our daycare set up. Our kids go part time to private home care. Two days a week they are at home with my mil. Our sitter is the same sitter my husband went to when he was a child. She is amazing and loves and treats our girls as family. She is incredibly flexible with drop off and pick up times, willingly does overnights, will do my kids laundry if it’s needed, makes sure they have outside time, quiet time/naps, bakes with them and does crafts. On Friday she sent us home with homemade biscuits and coupons for baby food. Her rates are uber reasonable and she charges by the hour. Also last week Abby came down with a nasty stomach virus and our sitter put her to bed and took care of her all afternoon until I was finished work and she was willing to take her back the following day for which I thanked her profusely, but told her I’d keep her home.
So yeah, very lucky here. I think I might give her a hug tomorrow.
Wow, I have to admit I’m kind of shocked with all the rules.
We are lucky, very very lucky, with our daycare set up. Our kids go part time to private home care. Two days a week they are at home with my mil. Our sitter is the same sitter my husband went to when he was a child. She is amazing and loves and treats our girls as family. She is incredibly flexible with drop off and pick up times, willingly does overnights, will do my kids laundry if it’s needed, makes sure they have outside time, quiet time/naps, bakes with them and does crafts. On Friday she sent us home with homemade biscuits and coupons for baby food. Her rates are uber reasonable and she charges by the hour. Also last week Abby came down with a nasty stomach virus and our sitter put her to bed and took care of her all afternoon until I was finished work and she was willing to take her back the following day for which I thanked her profusely, but told her I’d keep her home.
So yeah, very lucky here. I think I might give her a hug tomorrow.
Wow, I have to admit I’m kind of shocked with all the rules.
We are lucky, very very lucky, with our daycare set up. Our kids go part time to private home care. Two days a week they are at home with my mil. Our sitter is the same sitter my husband went to when he was a child. She is amazing and loves and treats our girls as family. She is incredibly flexible with drop off and pick up times, willingly does overnights, will do my kids laundry if it’s needed, makes sure they have outside time, quiet time/naps, bakes with them and does crafts. On Friday she sent us home with homemade biscuits and coupons for baby food. Her rates are uber reasonable and she charges by the hour. Also last week Abby came down with a nasty stomach virus and our sitter put her to bed and took care of her all afternoon until I was finished work and she was willing to take her back the following day for which I thanked her profusely, but told her I’d keep her home.
So yeah, very lucky here. I think I might give her a hug tomorrow.
Wow, I have to admit I’m kind of shocked with all the rules.
We are lucky, very very lucky, with our daycare set up. Our kids go part time to private home care. Two days a week they are at home with my mil. Our sitter is the same sitter my husband went to when he was a child. She is amazing and loves and treats our girls as family. She is incredibly flexible with drop off and pick up times, willingly does overnights, will do my kids laundry if it’s needed, makes sure they have outside time, quiet time/naps, bakes with them and does crafts. On Friday she sent us home with homemade biscuits and coupons for baby food. Her rates are uber reasonable and she charges by the hour. Also last week Abby came down with a nasty stomach virus and our sitter put her to bed and took care of her all afternoon until I was finished work and she was willing to take her back the following day for which I thanked her profusely, but told her I’d keep her home.
So yeah, very lucky here. I think I might give her a hug tomorrow.
Anonymous, I’m a little bit annoyed that you misconstrue what I’ve said to insinuate that I don’t respect the people who provide day care, which couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, I’ve just been trying to find out if what I’ve recently discovered is the norm, because it’s the first time I’ve come across these rules in four years of dealing with daycare providers.
FWIW, I’d be a lot more open to your comments if they weren’t couched in a snippy tone and signed off as ‘anonymous’. Everything I put up is over my signature, and if I can’t sign my name to what I say to someone on the Internet, then I keep my opinion to myself.
Anonymous, I’m a little bit annoyed that you misconstrue what I’ve said to insinuate that I don’t respect the people who provide day care, which couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, I’ve just been trying to find out if what I’ve recently discovered is the norm, because it’s the first time I’ve come across these rules in four years of dealing with daycare providers.
FWIW, I’d be a lot more open to your comments if they weren’t couched in a snippy tone and signed off as ‘anonymous’. Everything I put up is over my signature, and if I can’t sign my name to what I say to someone on the Internet, then I keep my opinion to myself.
Anonymous, I’m a little bit annoyed that you misconstrue what I’ve said to insinuate that I don’t respect the people who provide day care, which couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, I’ve just been trying to find out if what I’ve recently discovered is the norm, because it’s the first time I’ve come across these rules in four years of dealing with daycare providers.
FWIW, I’d be a lot more open to your comments if they weren’t couched in a snippy tone and signed off as ‘anonymous’. Everything I put up is over my signature, and if I can’t sign my name to what I say to someone on the Internet, then I keep my opinion to myself.
Anonymous, I’m a little bit annoyed that you misconstrue what I’ve said to insinuate that I don’t respect the people who provide day care, which couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, I’ve just been trying to find out if what I’ve recently discovered is the norm, because it’s the first time I’ve come across these rules in four years of dealing with daycare providers.
FWIW, I’d be a lot more open to your comments if they weren’t couched in a snippy tone and signed off as ‘anonymous’. Everything I put up is over my signature, and if I can’t sign my name to what I say to someone on the Internet, then I keep my opinion to myself.
I pay $45/day for child care. This is the standard rate for a home daycare in the downtown area. Luckily we don’t have any transportation costs, since we can walk or cycle to work.
I just recently returned to work, and I can tell you that those policies are pretty standard. Some caregivers I came across were even more stringent. I interviewed one person who shut her door at 5:00 pm sharp, and charged a huge fee for every minute you were late for pick-up.
When it comes to illness, I think caregivers need to be more flexible. Kids have runny noses all the time! I’m lucky — unless my son is vomiting or running a high fever, he can go to daycare.
I personally have no problem with paid vacation days and stat holidays. A missed pay cheque is a hardship for a caregiver with no benefits. My husband and I are going to try to plan our holidays at the same time. If this doesn’t work out, we’re going to have grandma come visit the weeks the daycare is closed.
I pay $45/day for child care. This is the standard rate for a home daycare in the downtown area. Luckily we don’t have any transportation costs, since we can walk or cycle to work.
I just recently returned to work, and I can tell you that those policies are pretty standard. Some caregivers I came across were even more stringent. I interviewed one person who shut her door at 5:00 pm sharp, and charged a huge fee for every minute you were late for pick-up.
When it comes to illness, I think caregivers need to be more flexible. Kids have runny noses all the time! I’m lucky — unless my son is vomiting or running a high fever, he can go to daycare.
I personally have no problem with paid vacation days and stat holidays. A missed pay cheque is a hardship for a caregiver with no benefits. My husband and I are going to try to plan our holidays at the same time. If this doesn’t work out, we’re going to have grandma come visit the weeks the daycare is closed.
I pay $45/day for child care. This is the standard rate for a home daycare in the downtown area. Luckily we don’t have any transportation costs, since we can walk or cycle to work.
I just recently returned to work, and I can tell you that those policies are pretty standard. Some caregivers I came across were even more stringent. I interviewed one person who shut her door at 5:00 pm sharp, and charged a huge fee for every minute you were late for pick-up.
When it comes to illness, I think caregivers need to be more flexible. Kids have runny noses all the time! I’m lucky — unless my son is vomiting or running a high fever, he can go to daycare.
I personally have no problem with paid vacation days and stat holidays. A missed pay cheque is a hardship for a caregiver with no benefits. My husband and I are going to try to plan our holidays at the same time. If this doesn’t work out, we’re going to have grandma come visit the weeks the daycare is closed.
I pay $45/day for child care. This is the standard rate for a home daycare in the downtown area. Luckily we don’t have any transportation costs, since we can walk or cycle to work.
I just recently returned to work, and I can tell you that those policies are pretty standard. Some caregivers I came across were even more stringent. I interviewed one person who shut her door at 5:00 pm sharp, and charged a huge fee for every minute you were late for pick-up.
When it comes to illness, I think caregivers need to be more flexible. Kids have runny noses all the time! I’m lucky — unless my son is vomiting or running a high fever, he can go to daycare.
I personally have no problem with paid vacation days and stat holidays. A missed pay cheque is a hardship for a caregiver with no benefits. My husband and I are going to try to plan our holidays at the same time. If this doesn’t work out, we’re going to have grandma come visit the weeks the daycare is closed.
Sorry I have no words of wisdom. I hope that you are able to come to a workable solution. I think that you will know in your gut if the place is right for you. Even if the contract is a fairly standard one, perhaps something is just not sitting right with you. Go with your instincts.
jen
Sorry I have no words of wisdom. I hope that you are able to come to a workable solution. I think that you will know in your gut if the place is right for you. Even if the contract is a fairly standard one, perhaps something is just not sitting right with you. Go with your instincts.
jen
Sorry I have no words of wisdom. I hope that you are able to come to a workable solution. I think that you will know in your gut if the place is right for you. Even if the contract is a fairly standard one, perhaps something is just not sitting right with you. Go with your instincts.
jen
Sorry I have no words of wisdom. I hope that you are able to come to a workable solution. I think that you will know in your gut if the place is right for you. Even if the contract is a fairly standard one, perhaps something is just not sitting right with you. Go with your instincts.
jen
Dani – have you looked at Mothercraft?
http://www.mothercraft.com/programs.html
Dani – have you looked at Mothercraft?
http://www.mothercraft.com/programs.html
Dani – have you looked at Mothercraft?
http://www.mothercraft.com/programs.html
Dani – have you looked at Mothercraft?
http://www.mothercraft.com/programs.html
Thanks, Andrea! I hadn’t thought to check with them cuz four years ago when I was last actively looking, they didn’t have a presence in Barrhaven – but according to their website, they do now. And, I had no idea ther was a centralized list in Ottawa for licensed care, which I also found on that website. Thanks!!
Thanks, Andrea! I hadn’t thought to check with them cuz four years ago when I was last actively looking, they didn’t have a presence in Barrhaven – but according to their website, they do now. And, I had no idea ther was a centralized list in Ottawa for licensed care, which I also found on that website. Thanks!!
Thanks, Andrea! I hadn’t thought to check with them cuz four years ago when I was last actively looking, they didn’t have a presence in Barrhaven – but according to their website, they do now. And, I had no idea ther was a centralized list in Ottawa for licensed care, which I also found on that website. Thanks!!
Thanks, Andrea! I hadn’t thought to check with them cuz four years ago when I was last actively looking, they didn’t have a presence in Barrhaven – but according to their website, they do now. And, I had no idea ther was a centralized list in Ottawa for licensed care, which I also found on that website. Thanks!!
OH MY!
I can’t believe someone can actually get paid that much daycare. I have been a day care provider for almost 26 years and the highest rate I have ever charged is 25.00 per day. And that was when I lived in the city. Right now I live in a small town of about 2500 people and I charge 15.00 per day. I just recently raised to that rate about a year ago. (Was charging 12.00).
I have a 4 day guaranted. I get paid for 4 days reguardeless if the child is here or not. If the parent takes a day off they still pay me. If I take the day off they are not required to pay me. (I.E. I take off 2 days in the week, they only have to pay me for 3 days. If they take 2 days off they have to pay me for 4 days. I give them a free day EVERY WEEK!)
Holidays, I leave it up to the parent. If they get paid they usually pay me. But I do not require them to pay me. If they take a weeks vacation they have to pay me the 4 days I am guaranteed. If I take a vacation…they are not required to pay me.
Sickness. I also require a doctors note for pink eye, but only because I want to verify they have been to the doctor to get medicine. Pink eye is highly contagious and now that medicine is usually only once per day and believe it or not I have taken care of some kids whose parents have SAID they got medicine and giving it at home. If they have a fever greater than 101 they are sent home and have to either be on medicine or fever free to be able to come back. I primarily take care of babies so teething plays a big part in this rule.
I don’t have a part time rate…but am flexible and an agreement is made at enrollment. I do however have an afterschool rate of 2.50 per hour per child.
This is my business, however, I have been on the other side and had to pay for daycare the few times I did work and I have a very good understanding of being poor and not making ends meet so I try to be understanding of both sides.
I am very blessed to have a husband who is a pastor also works another job so I can stay home and homeschool our daughter.
BTW I agree with you on the anonymous comment. I figure if there is a reason to hide behind a *secret* identity, why speak.
Jeannie
OH MY!
I can’t believe someone can actually get paid that much daycare. I have been a day care provider for almost 26 years and the highest rate I have ever charged is 25.00 per day. And that was when I lived in the city. Right now I live in a small town of about 2500 people and I charge 15.00 per day. I just recently raised to that rate about a year ago. (Was charging 12.00).
I have a 4 day guaranted. I get paid for 4 days reguardeless if the child is here or not. If the parent takes a day off they still pay me. If I take the day off they are not required to pay me. (I.E. I take off 2 days in the week, they only have to pay me for 3 days. If they take 2 days off they have to pay me for 4 days. I give them a free day EVERY WEEK!)
Holidays, I leave it up to the parent. If they get paid they usually pay me. But I do not require them to pay me. If they take a weeks vacation they have to pay me the 4 days I am guaranteed. If I take a vacation…they are not required to pay me.
Sickness. I also require a doctors note for pink eye, but only because I want to verify they have been to the doctor to get medicine. Pink eye is highly contagious and now that medicine is usually only once per day and believe it or not I have taken care of some kids whose parents have SAID they got medicine and giving it at home. If they have a fever greater than 101 they are sent home and have to either be on medicine or fever free to be able to come back. I primarily take care of babies so teething plays a big part in this rule.
I don’t have a part time rate…but am flexible and an agreement is made at enrollment. I do however have an afterschool rate of 2.50 per hour per child.
This is my business, however, I have been on the other side and had to pay for daycare the few times I did work and I have a very good understanding of being poor and not making ends meet so I try to be understanding of both sides.
I am very blessed to have a husband who is a pastor also works another job so I can stay home and homeschool our daughter.
BTW I agree with you on the anonymous comment. I figure if there is a reason to hide behind a *secret* identity, why speak.
Jeannie
OH MY!
I can’t believe someone can actually get paid that much daycare. I have been a day care provider for almost 26 years and the highest rate I have ever charged is 25.00 per day. And that was when I lived in the city. Right now I live in a small town of about 2500 people and I charge 15.00 per day. I just recently raised to that rate about a year ago. (Was charging 12.00).
I have a 4 day guaranted. I get paid for 4 days reguardeless if the child is here or not. If the parent takes a day off they still pay me. If I take the day off they are not required to pay me. (I.E. I take off 2 days in the week, they only have to pay me for 3 days. If they take 2 days off they have to pay me for 4 days. I give them a free day EVERY WEEK!)
Holidays, I leave it up to the parent. If they get paid they usually pay me. But I do not require them to pay me. If they take a weeks vacation they have to pay me the 4 days I am guaranteed. If I take a vacation…they are not required to pay me.
Sickness. I also require a doctors note for pink eye, but only because I want to verify they have been to the doctor to get medicine. Pink eye is highly contagious and now that medicine is usually only once per day and believe it or not I have taken care of some kids whose parents have SAID they got medicine and giving it at home. If they have a fever greater than 101 they are sent home and have to either be on medicine or fever free to be able to come back. I primarily take care of babies so teething plays a big part in this rule.
I don’t have a part time rate…but am flexible and an agreement is made at enrollment. I do however have an afterschool rate of 2.50 per hour per child.
This is my business, however, I have been on the other side and had to pay for daycare the few times I did work and I have a very good understanding of being poor and not making ends meet so I try to be understanding of both sides.
I am very blessed to have a husband who is a pastor also works another job so I can stay home and homeschool our daughter.
BTW I agree with you on the anonymous comment. I figure if there is a reason to hide behind a *secret* identity, why speak.
Jeannie
OH MY!
I can’t believe someone can actually get paid that much daycare. I have been a day care provider for almost 26 years and the highest rate I have ever charged is 25.00 per day. And that was when I lived in the city. Right now I live in a small town of about 2500 people and I charge 15.00 per day. I just recently raised to that rate about a year ago. (Was charging 12.00).
I have a 4 day guaranted. I get paid for 4 days reguardeless if the child is here or not. If the parent takes a day off they still pay me. If I take the day off they are not required to pay me. (I.E. I take off 2 days in the week, they only have to pay me for 3 days. If they take 2 days off they have to pay me for 4 days. I give them a free day EVERY WEEK!)
Holidays, I leave it up to the parent. If they get paid they usually pay me. But I do not require them to pay me. If they take a weeks vacation they have to pay me the 4 days I am guaranteed. If I take a vacation…they are not required to pay me.
Sickness. I also require a doctors note for pink eye, but only because I want to verify they have been to the doctor to get medicine. Pink eye is highly contagious and now that medicine is usually only once per day and believe it or not I have taken care of some kids whose parents have SAID they got medicine and giving it at home. If they have a fever greater than 101 they are sent home and have to either be on medicine or fever free to be able to come back. I primarily take care of babies so teething plays a big part in this rule.
I don’t have a part time rate…but am flexible and an agreement is made at enrollment. I do however have an afterschool rate of 2.50 per hour per child.
This is my business, however, I have been on the other side and had to pay for daycare the few times I did work and I have a very good understanding of being poor and not making ends meet so I try to be understanding of both sides.
I am very blessed to have a husband who is a pastor also works another job so I can stay home and homeschool our daughter.
BTW I agree with you on the anonymous comment. I figure if there is a reason to hide behind a *secret* identity, why speak.
Jeannie
I think the runny nose and pink eye policy is on the strict side. At our daycare, they can go as long as they don’t have vomiting/diahrrea problems, and can attend 24 hours AFTER starting antibiotic treatment for pink eye. Also, if they have a fever, they have to stay home.
But runny noses? They all have runny noses all winter long. The teachers encourage them to wipe their own noses (even though they are toddlers), throw the tissue in the garbage and wash their hands all the time. What more can you do during cold and flu season?
As for holidays, because the daycare is part of a school, they have 2 weeks off at Christmas, 2 in summer, 1 in March, plus all statutory holidays, and our cost is the same for each month. The cost doesn’t change because of sickness or family vacations.
This is grossly expensive, of course, but I doubt that the teachers are getting paid very much, at least not compared to lawyers, doctors, plumbers and mechanics, and given their endless patience, kindness and love for the kids, I’m glad they get their paid holidays- it probably helps them re-charge to deal with 15 toddlers! I figured out that even though the monthly fee is huge, it works out to about 7.00 per hour, per child.
Good luck in your search- it’s not easy.
I think the runny nose and pink eye policy is on the strict side. At our daycare, they can go as long as they don’t have vomiting/diahrrea problems, and can attend 24 hours AFTER starting antibiotic treatment for pink eye. Also, if they have a fever, they have to stay home.
But runny noses? They all have runny noses all winter long. The teachers encourage them to wipe their own noses (even though they are toddlers), throw the tissue in the garbage and wash their hands all the time. What more can you do during cold and flu season?
As for holidays, because the daycare is part of a school, they have 2 weeks off at Christmas, 2 in summer, 1 in March, plus all statutory holidays, and our cost is the same for each month. The cost doesn’t change because of sickness or family vacations.
This is grossly expensive, of course, but I doubt that the teachers are getting paid very much, at least not compared to lawyers, doctors, plumbers and mechanics, and given their endless patience, kindness and love for the kids, I’m glad they get their paid holidays- it probably helps them re-charge to deal with 15 toddlers! I figured out that even though the monthly fee is huge, it works out to about 7.00 per hour, per child.
Good luck in your search- it’s not easy.
I think the runny nose and pink eye policy is on the strict side. At our daycare, they can go as long as they don’t have vomiting/diahrrea problems, and can attend 24 hours AFTER starting antibiotic treatment for pink eye. Also, if they have a fever, they have to stay home.
But runny noses? They all have runny noses all winter long. The teachers encourage them to wipe their own noses (even though they are toddlers), throw the tissue in the garbage and wash their hands all the time. What more can you do during cold and flu season?
As for holidays, because the daycare is part of a school, they have 2 weeks off at Christmas, 2 in summer, 1 in March, plus all statutory holidays, and our cost is the same for each month. The cost doesn’t change because of sickness or family vacations.
This is grossly expensive, of course, but I doubt that the teachers are getting paid very much, at least not compared to lawyers, doctors, plumbers and mechanics, and given their endless patience, kindness and love for the kids, I’m glad they get their paid holidays- it probably helps them re-charge to deal with 15 toddlers! I figured out that even though the monthly fee is huge, it works out to about 7.00 per hour, per child.
Good luck in your search- it’s not easy.
I think the runny nose and pink eye policy is on the strict side. At our daycare, they can go as long as they don’t have vomiting/diahrrea problems, and can attend 24 hours AFTER starting antibiotic treatment for pink eye. Also, if they have a fever, they have to stay home.
But runny noses? They all have runny noses all winter long. The teachers encourage them to wipe their own noses (even though they are toddlers), throw the tissue in the garbage and wash their hands all the time. What more can you do during cold and flu season?
As for holidays, because the daycare is part of a school, they have 2 weeks off at Christmas, 2 in summer, 1 in March, plus all statutory holidays, and our cost is the same for each month. The cost doesn’t change because of sickness or family vacations.
This is grossly expensive, of course, but I doubt that the teachers are getting paid very much, at least not compared to lawyers, doctors, plumbers and mechanics, and given their endless patience, kindness and love for the kids, I’m glad they get their paid holidays- it probably helps them re-charge to deal with 15 toddlers! I figured out that even though the monthly fee is huge, it works out to about 7.00 per hour, per child.
Good luck in your search- it’s not easy.
We have similar rules (except for the runny nose) at the daycare we’re at. I have had two daycare experiences, one good, one less good. It wasn’t the rules that made it bad or good, it was what they actually do with her during the day, and how well they treat me (which I hope is a reflection of how well they treat her). It’s kind of like reading your contract with your corporation to find out what your job will be like – probably not such a great reflection of how much you like your job when you factor in your colleagues, boss, and the work you’ll be doing.
I pay $50 per day (or $225 per week if 5 days) in a midsize midWestern US city.
We have similar rules (except for the runny nose) at the daycare we’re at. I have had two daycare experiences, one good, one less good. It wasn’t the rules that made it bad or good, it was what they actually do with her during the day, and how well they treat me (which I hope is a reflection of how well they treat her). It’s kind of like reading your contract with your corporation to find out what your job will be like – probably not such a great reflection of how much you like your job when you factor in your colleagues, boss, and the work you’ll be doing.
I pay $50 per day (or $225 per week if 5 days) in a midsize midWestern US city.
We have similar rules (except for the runny nose) at the daycare we’re at. I have had two daycare experiences, one good, one less good. It wasn’t the rules that made it bad or good, it was what they actually do with her during the day, and how well they treat me (which I hope is a reflection of how well they treat her). It’s kind of like reading your contract with your corporation to find out what your job will be like – probably not such a great reflection of how much you like your job when you factor in your colleagues, boss, and the work you’ll be doing.
I pay $50 per day (or $225 per week if 5 days) in a midsize midWestern US city.
We have similar rules (except for the runny nose) at the daycare we’re at. I have had two daycare experiences, one good, one less good. It wasn’t the rules that made it bad or good, it was what they actually do with her during the day, and how well they treat me (which I hope is a reflection of how well they treat her). It’s kind of like reading your contract with your corporation to find out what your job will be like – probably not such a great reflection of how much you like your job when you factor in your colleagues, boss, and the work you’ll be doing.
I pay $50 per day (or $225 per week if 5 days) in a midsize midWestern US city.
I am a daycare provider in Barrhaven. I charge a daily rate of $40.00. I also have a 1/2 day rate of $25.00 and hourly rates of 6.50 (4-6 hours) and 7.50 for 6-8 hours. I get two weeks holidays, I am closed between Christmas and New Years, and March Break ALL paid! I do have 6 six days BUT have only used 2 in two years! I provide breakfast, am snack,lunch,pm snack, and a ton of Crafts. I did a Christmas Pagent gave all the kids gifts (apprxo. 10.00 per child), and have toys for all ages. The only thing I really want to say is a kid flipping burgers at McDonalds is paid more money than a daycare provider. I am COMPLETELY responsible for the child’s LIFE!!!!!! I don’t think we pay people like me enough. Next time your child is hurt and you are cuddling them telling them it will be alright think of a kid at McDonald and realize what daycare providers do is “somewhat” replace Mom…can a kid flipping burgers do that?
I am a daycare provider in Barrhaven. I charge a daily rate of $40.00. I also have a 1/2 day rate of $25.00 and hourly rates of 6.50 (4-6 hours) and 7.50 for 6-8 hours. I get two weeks holidays, I am closed between Christmas and New Years, and March Break ALL paid! I do have 6 six days BUT have only used 2 in two years! I provide breakfast, am snack,lunch,pm snack, and a ton of Crafts. I did a Christmas Pagent gave all the kids gifts (apprxo. 10.00 per child), and have toys for all ages. The only thing I really want to say is a kid flipping burgers at McDonalds is paid more money than a daycare provider. I am COMPLETELY responsible for the child’s LIFE!!!!!! I don’t think we pay people like me enough. Next time your child is hurt and you are cuddling them telling them it will be alright think of a kid at McDonald and realize what daycare providers do is “somewhat” replace Mom…can a kid flipping burgers do that?
I am a daycare provider in Barrhaven. I charge a daily rate of $40.00. I also have a 1/2 day rate of $25.00 and hourly rates of 6.50 (4-6 hours) and 7.50 for 6-8 hours. I get two weeks holidays, I am closed between Christmas and New Years, and March Break ALL paid! I do have 6 six days BUT have only used 2 in two years! I provide breakfast, am snack,lunch,pm snack, and a ton of Crafts. I did a Christmas Pagent gave all the kids gifts (apprxo. 10.00 per child), and have toys for all ages. The only thing I really want to say is a kid flipping burgers at McDonalds is paid more money than a daycare provider. I am COMPLETELY responsible for the child’s LIFE!!!!!! I don’t think we pay people like me enough. Next time your child is hurt and you are cuddling them telling them it will be alright think of a kid at McDonald and realize what daycare providers do is “somewhat” replace Mom…can a kid flipping burgers do that?
I am a daycare provider in Barrhaven. I charge a daily rate of $40.00. I also have a 1/2 day rate of $25.00 and hourly rates of 6.50 (4-6 hours) and 7.50 for 6-8 hours. I get two weeks holidays, I am closed between Christmas and New Years, and March Break ALL paid! I do have 6 six days BUT have only used 2 in two years! I provide breakfast, am snack,lunch,pm snack, and a ton of Crafts. I did a Christmas Pagent gave all the kids gifts (apprxo. 10.00 per child), and have toys for all ages. The only thing I really want to say is a kid flipping burgers at McDonalds is paid more money than a daycare provider. I am COMPLETELY responsible for the child’s LIFE!!!!!! I don’t think we pay people like me enough. Next time your child is hurt and you are cuddling them telling them it will be alright think of a kid at McDonald and realize what daycare providers do is “somewhat” replace Mom…can a kid flipping burgers do that?