can you ask your local childcare centre if they do occasional care... as a lot of them will.
I know mine does.
I do the same as you - put dd in for socialisation and i just do the housework and have a litle me time at home 1 day a week but it is a booked spot so i have to pay for it every week regardless.
HOwever if one of their kids are sick they have an opening for occasional or emergency care.. it is worth a try.
ive used occasional care. Go in and have a look, if you like what you see, feel comfortable, see that theres lots of things set up or a daily plan. its worth talking to the other mums too.
i found occasional care a great way to get time to myself, at my centre its a pay as you go system @ roughly $4 a hour which is afforable for me.. i can change dates. Don't be turned away if the occasional care centre have few numbers, as my centre was quite full until their sessions were turned from 5hrs to 3hrs and it no longer suited many parents..
also the carers at this occasional care centre also work at different after school care centres and childcare centres thru the rest of the week (occasional care is only offered 3 days a week at 3hrs)
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