more childcare q's

[Pandora]

ok.
both boys currently (as of tomorrow) attend long day care once a week and DH looking for work.

When he gets a job, they will need more daycare, depending on the hours - we're hoping to get something thats afternoon/evening to minimise the amount of hours in daycare, but if something FT comes up then we might be looking at that option.

Anyway, I want to explore the option of family day care, but at first i just want to get an idea of pricing - i dont want to interview carers and get a place yet becuase I wont pull the boys out of their 1 daya week until I know for sure what days and times of care we will need.

Are they likely to be able to give me that sort of pricing info (hourly rate) over the phone?

Im also worried about how oscar will go particularly in regard to sleeping and settling in terms of methods used.

How do I know they wont just leave him to cry it out?

[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.