thats a really good criteria actually!
is it bad that i am creeped out about home daycare places? because i kind of am
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
no. i mean i think they're a good idea for a group of parents who cant afford a daycare to set up but unless you know and trust the caretaker my instinct is no way.
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
I went to a home daycare for a few years, and it was weird. Things get awkward when the caretaker's real kids are interacting with the daycare kids. Someone's going to get favorited.
― pplains, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
i went to a home day care from 6 mo til preschool, and it was fine. the lady who ran it wound up being my primary babysitter until she died. i called her grammy and liked her a lot better than my actual grandma, who never took care of me. grammy and i used to watch star trek, kung fu, and the muppets together. she was wonderful. when she died, her family buried her with a picture i drew of us together <3 that lady. i got to know her weird family and their kids and everything. they had a dog named satin. the end.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
my mom found her because she answered my mom's ad in the newspaper btw
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
thats an awesome story LL
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
your mom put an ad in the newspaper to get rid of you....?
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Apparently
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
think we found one. theyre willing to take little dude for just 2 days a week, and one of the prime teachers/kid wranglers is the sister of a dude i have known for years (and who i have hung out with along w/her brother). i have to admit that the almost factory vibe of these places is a little unnerving - like the people were all super awesome, but yknow room with 15 cribs or whatever just sets off all those distopian sci fi freakouts even thow i get it.
the number one issue is that they don't confirm placement more than 30 days in advance? which seems fucking crazy to me.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was the case with the daycares we looked at too but I think it might have been 6 weeks. Anything longer than that then you had to start paying the full weekly amount even though your kiddo isnt even there yet.
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
also, im glad you found someone you know!
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link