Who takes care of your child when you're at work?

Traci - posted on 07/16/2009

My kids are ages 2 and 4 so they go to an all day daycare. I use an in-home daycare provider (licensed) and am very happy with her. In choosing her, I got a list of licensed providers from the county and then did interviews with those that had room for my boys. I could tell from the interviews that she was the best fit.



When they start school I'm not sure what we will do. My DCP does do before/after school care so I may just stick with her. DH and I also thought about off-setting our work schedules enough that one of us could be there in the morning until they get on the bus. The other one could go into work extra early so that person could be there in the afternoon when the kids get off the bus. Not sure yet what we will do but those are the options that we will be looking at.

Shari - posted on 07/15/2009

My husband is taking care of my daughter for the summer. He is a teacher. when he goes back to work I am going to pay my friend to take care of her from 1:30pm to 6pm mon-thursday. My mother-in-law is going to pick her up at 6pm and get her home and in bed by 8pm.

Joann - posted on 07/15/2009

My dad takes care of my daughter when I'm at work. And after school. I would rather have a family member care for my child then a daycare or after school program. I just changed my job so I can spend my time with her

Michelle - posted on 07/15/2009

My daughter going into school this year. So a year younger than yours. Anyway, with her i stayed home with her until she was about 7 months. After that my gramma and mom watched her. When she was about 2 she went to a normal sitter i knew through a friend. I still just trust family.

Amanda - posted on 07/15/2009

i can only leave my baby with my husband for more than a couple hours even then family only

Louise - posted on 07/13/2009

i also find it hard to find the right caregiver. i'm afraid to leave him alone with only one person. i don't feel so bad about putting him in day care since there's always more than one person with him.

Lieneke - posted on 07/13/2009

I'm a single mom and have had some harrowing experiences with two nannies I employed to watch my children at home... right now my children are staying with family after school. Be very careful when you choose a care-giver. Bad experiences can stay with children a long time. Any advice on the best route to follow when sourcing a caregiver?

Kimberly - posted on 07/13/2009

My 10 year old son goes to school and after he comes home to be with his father, cause Im the working mom right now. His father takes him to football pratice, cooks, cleans, and they have fun time with each other; even when Im not there. So pretty much everything works out for us.

Sharon - posted on 07/11/2009

At the moment my husband is home when the kids get off the school bus. I'm not sure what we are going to do once he starts his new job and when the kids are home on holidays. I will have to work that out with my job and possibly change to the night shift. My kids are 10 and almost 13 but I live waaaaaaaay out in the country and too much can go wrong. I do not believe in leaving my kids alone for any period of time and I do not do baby sitters. Never have never will.

Helen - posted on 07/10/2009

my son is looked after by family although when he hits 3 he will go to the pre school where i work

Maureen - posted on 07/10/2009

My son attended the daycare 3 days / week and I was fortunate my parents could take him x 2 days weekly. When he started school he went to the afterschool program and it was fabulous. It was mangaged by same group that runs the daycare. It was a great way for him to make friends with all ages from the school. Lots of days the parents would be rushing to pick up the kids - and then find ourselves waiting 10 min. for them to finish their Bingo game before leaving ! I did have a period where I needed 1 hour of care in the mornings before school. Managed to find caregivers within walking distance to school. I picked the one morning person because (1) her son was in the same class and (2) she worked part time at the daycare so knew her background was good.

Another year we had a person who used to be a collegue of mine and a registered nurse. She wasn't working at the time. But the following year I searched out someone else because she was going through divorce and a lot of upheaval in her own life.



My son has been responsible x 2 years for getting himself out to the school bus. He was only alone x 10 min as my job responsibilities changed. Now, he's alone after school for approx. 1 1/2 hours before we get home ( he's now 13 ) I think he's enjoying it....

Leshia - posted on 07/10/2009

My son attends childcare, but the best part about it is that I'm the Director of the Childcare! I have to say, that would be the only way for me to get through it. And although I travel often because I have many roles with the company, its is a blessing to know I hired the individuals who will be interacting and educating my child!

Louise - posted on 07/09/2009

that's a great arrangement, i work 1 hr from where we live, sometimes i get too paranoid about child care. usually it's a nanny vs. day care debate between me and my fiance.

Shauntae - posted on 07/09/2009

My 2yo son goes to daycare, he's been at the same daycare since he was 9wo. I picked this daycare because it's a daycare that is set up exclusively for the health system I work for. It also happens to be very close to my job and I felt very welcomed when I went to tour it when I was pregnant.