These forms are giving me a headache!

I was supposed to take Sam's enrollment forms for daycare over to the centre today. He's just fallen asleep, so I guess I'm not getting there this morning.

But - they are giving me the worst headache! We've got a section asking for a CRN for both the child and the person claiming CCB. I have DH's (all FTB is in his name - I couldn't deal with those forms) CRN, but how on Earth do I find Sam's? I guess I also need to get the forms to claim CCB - but where from?!

And then there's the section asking us to provide emergency contact and emergency pick up details. We have no family anywhere near close so pretty much need to ask friends to be the emergency pick up people - but that's making me feel odd. I just don't know what to do!

And then there's the "what do you want your child to gain from his daycare experiences" part... All I can think is that I just want him back safe at the end of the day...

I feel so bad about putting him in daycare, even though it's only one day per week - and these forms are making me feel even worse!

BW

Do you do online services with Centrelink? You can find it on their (for Sam), or give them a call. It's different to yours/hubby's.

As long as you have everything up to date with Centrelink (which I assume you would) then you won't need a separate form to claim CCB. That's what the daycare do. You give them Sam's and yours/hubby's CRN's, they do the rest.

As for emergency, only put down (for now) who you can think of. You can also add to it at a later date. So if you only put you and hubby down now, that's ok. Maybe ask a good friend in the near future, and if they say ok, then let the daycare know.

As for that other question regarding 'what do you want your child to gain from his daycare experiences', well I hate these questions LOL! Maybe say something about teh social aspect, learning environment etc etc. Dunno really.

BW - I know that you said asking friends to be emergency contacts made you feel odd but can I give you the flipside.

One of my friends asked me to be an emergency contact for their DS, I was very honoured... it meant that she trusted me enough to be that contact for her DS... as you alluded to this role is usually reserved for family so to be asked... well I considered it a great priviledge.

As for what do you want DS to get out of it... how about social interaction in an environment different to the home?

Thanks for that, Jodi. On the phone to DH now who is trying to navigate his way through the website. He just got himself locked out of online services for 12 hours and is trying to call them and get the information now.

Do I really need to provide contact details for a dentist for a child as young as Sam who has never been to the dentist? I hate the one we go to because no matter how many times I ask they never send us reminders of when we're due to see them again - as a result I haven't been for over three years!

*sigh*

I guess I'll ask some friends to be emergency contacts/pick up people - I think the main reason I'm panicking over that one is that none of them would have a car seat for Sam if they ever did need to pick him up so it seems kind of pointless. Then again, how often do they actually have to USE the emergency contact people... especially as I only work 5 minutes away from the daycare centre.

And I just realised that DH didn't sign the forms for me. I guess I'll go pick up the information they forgot to give me the other day and hope that answers a few more of my questions and go back on yet another day to finally give them these sodding forms!

BW

Don't stress too much about it. With the emergency numbers, my mum was once called as the daycare couldn't reach either myself or dh on our mobiles (both of ours went flat) so they rang the 3rd person - my mum. But it's not often that something like that would happen. And if they did need to contact someone other than you and dh, than that person would probably have a different number to get you on anyway IYKWIM.
I personally wouldn't worry about listing the dentist though. Dr yes, dentist no.

Does he or you have a Health Care Card? Everyone's CRNs will be listed on that...

No HCC. We have CRNs now, even have a percentage for them (not that I can find where it goes on the form!).

DH forgot to sign them before he left for work today, so we won't be able to finalise everything today, unfortunately.

Now - mainly just left with the last couple of questions...

How can we best help your child this year?

What do you hope your child will gain from their child care experiences?

What information would you like on a daily basis?

*sigh*

Need to go ask them a few more questions...

BW

You don't need to worry about the percentages, the daycare will do all that. They know what your percentage is.

Man, they're certainly asking lots of questions!
I know he's only 12 months old, but is there something, anything, that you're hoping he will gain from being in CC. Becoming less shy? Interacting with children more? I dunno really. Good luck with them :lol: