In the past couple of years, I have transitioned from a stay at home mom to a full time job mom. I had a time finding a preschool for my then 3 year old because of course I had trust issues and limited amount to spend on child care. In my mind I was thinking I can't wait for Kindergarten (no more day care).
Well this year Kindergarten went into full effect and it has been NO walk in the park. Let me just say I wish I had looked into before and after school care from the get-go.
1) The small town she goes to school in has no after school programs but they are an amazing school and we love her teacher!
2) The Kindergarten and high schoolers get out at totally different times so having my 16 year step-sister (which is scary anyways) pick up my daughter is out of the question
3) My fiancé and I work 8-5 with no way possible to pick her up and I don't have any extended family to rely on.
My dad took sometime off from work and has been picking her up which I am soooo thankful for but my dad is so bad at giving me notice that he's going turkey hunting so here I am in the whirlwind of the child care hunt.
Being April there is of course nothing open as far as daycares go. I mean where are all these high school students jumping at the chance to make some easy money? My next step care.com which was a BUST you have to pay $39.00 a month just to use the site that doesn't include what some of the nannies request for pay. FYI: Some of these nannies ask for $25-30 an hour, maybe I chose the wrong career.
Overall I have to say I miss daycare, it was a simple 7-530 and a weekly payment. Now its holidays, spring breaks, and everything in between which will put you in a frantic frenzy to scrabble together a babysitter or suck it up and take your vacation day or whatever is left.
Well lesson learned-Get in (the big) line early for day care!!
Thanks for reading!
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