more childcare q's

[widdly]

Yes they should be abel to give you prices over the phone provided you have your CCB percentage to tell them. At DS childcare it cost $60 without CCB, we get 39.42% CCB which brings the cost per day to $42, HTH.

I am unsure of how Oscar will go in regard to sleeping, DS didnt start til 2 and a half years old.

[BrightSparkles]

They should be able to give you an idea, each carer can charge what they want though so it pays to shops around for quality and price. We pay $169 for 4 days after our CC% is taken out.

[briggsy's girl]

you'll need to find a carer that will repsect your wishes on how to settle O hun - you don't just have to take who you are initially sent to interview - you can ask for as many contacts as you want until you find one that "fits" oyou - one who matches your philosopy's on parenting.

[BrightSparkles]

you'll need to find a carer that will repsect your wishes on how to settle O hun - you don't just have to take who you are initially sent to interview - you can ask for as many contacts as you want until you find one that "fits" oyou - one who matches your philosopy's on parenting.

COMPLETELY AGREE!!!
We went through interviews with 3 different carers before we found one with like and DD seemed to "gel" with and followed what we were doing - sleeps, cloth nappies, food etc.

[Pandora]

Thanks everyone

you'll need to find a carer that will repsect your wishes on how to settle O hun - you don't just have to take who you are initially sent to interview - you can ask for as many contacts as you want until you find one that "fits" oyou - one who matches your philosopy's on parenting.

Iguess what I mean is, given theres only the one carer there (and Im used to long daycare with lots of them) how do I know that they'll do what they say?

[Indadhanu]

I think that if you don't feel you can trust them to do what they say they'll do, then they aren't the right carer.

[widdly]

what Leash said

[briggsy's girl]

yup - what Leash said

hun, mum did FDC for a very large part of my childhood and teen years. she was interviewed (and she herself interviewed) for many many families. part of the process is for the carer to be upfront - no point saying they're going to do something, then not doing it. they are independent businesses given referrals by a central "unit" - the LAST thing they want to do is have bad word of mouth because they've not done what they said. she had different parents requiring different routines for their kids - and if she felt that she could not adhere to that, she would tell the parents that she didn't think that she would be the most suitable carer for their children. as much as she used CC with us as kids, she didn't do it with kids whose parents requested she not do it kwim?

i would recommend you check the ages of the other kids that she will have in care at the time - as much as it is fantastic to have children of similar age for the playing factor, when you're putting a child of O's age (and needs) in care, you're probably better of making sure he is the only infant. older children (M's age, maybe a bit younger) will understand when she says the baby needs to be fed/cuddled etc - children his age won't get it

hope that helps

BG

M is old enough to tell you what is going on