We pay $28.50 for 16 hours a week. So about $14.50 a day. Yours should be a little cheaper I think hun as you'd get a slightly higher CCb rebate than us due to being a single mummy.
As for sleeping, I cradle Orlando to sleep all the time and I let our carer know that when he started there, I think she gives him his sippy cup of milk on her lap and then lies him down. I think the one thing I've learnt is that kids will adjust a bit to the routine in different places, for example she gets away with lying him down awake and I can't so I think he's learnt that that's how it happens there but it doesn't change how mummy does it, if that makes sense?
Finding a good one- go have an interview with the carer, stick around for as long as you want if its ok with them and get a feel for the place. If you feel really safe and comfortable its a good sign, if not you don't need to be told not to leave miss G there lol
I visited two carers who had vacancies and I could have visited more if I wasn't happy with those but I knew pretty much straight away the first one was right. His carer and I are very much on the same thinking so chatting to her about why she does FDC, her child care background, what she likes to do with the children through the day pretty much covered it for me.
My carer charges $8 per hour so for the 10 hour day my son is booked in it is more expensive than LDC. We also have to send food and nappies. But I'd pay it in a heartbeat as he doesn't cope in large groups and she is so good with helping him through the day with other children.
My son was very sad at first and she devoted a lot of one-on-one time with him, developed a relationship and settled him. He really likes her now and goes to her if he needs comfort. He was self settling at home but I never leave him to cry to I asked her not to do that. Fortunately he's so tired he goes off to sleep very quickly there but she generally gives him all his comfort items and sits with him till he is asleep.
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