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Well i decided that at 6 months i'll be putting LO into daycare as it getting really really hard to take him into class with me at college, and financially we need more income so the mornings at college i will have to get a part time job.
So anyway i had 3 options, government daycare which is 20 babies on 3 caregivers- NO WAY
Private babysitter- too expensive
Private daycare 5 babies in a small group at someones home.
So i chose the last option which is more expensive than public daycare but less than a private babysitter. Its a 5 minute walk from my house.
The lady has her 1.5 year old at home and an 8 month old she watches plus 1 baby who is joining in a few days who is 4 months, and one is to join in a couple of months who will be 3 months and then my baby who will be 6months.
The daycare is 7:30 am to 1:30 am with the option til 4. So i will do 3 days a week 7:30 am to 1:30 and then 2 days a week i need to 4 and she agree to take him from 11 am those days so it will be the same amount of hours or so as the other days. I only start college at 12 so i dont really need from 7:30.
She has 3 other kids 3,4,6 who come home at 1:30 and then 2 babies leave, so 2 days a week it will be 7 kids at home which i am a bit concerned about. Do you think this is a problem? I know the kids are older but they are not that old?
She has a nice big matress out with blankets for them to lie on and a play mat, and a bouncy seat on the floor and toys. The house was nice and clean.
She worked at a public daycare for 2 years before starting her own for the last 3 so i think she is experienced plus she has 4 kids. She seemed very warm and payed attention to little one. She provides the food as they are introduced to the different veg and fruit. I have to provide diapers, wipes, change of clothes , pacci and a blanket for him. That seemed reasonable.
The daycare goes to the first week of Aug but we pay the whole month of Aug, its called paying for vacation time, which is apparently the way its done here. I'll check that out but it seems okay i guess, teachers are paid for vacation too. My only other concern was that she has a tv and it was on, she does let them watch it, she puts on music for babies or a baby channel we have here, i dont mind if its a bit but i dont want him watching all day you know. The last worry was that she speaks French and Hebrew to the kids. Her native language is French and two of the babies are from French speaking homes, one is from a Hebrew speaking home and my LO will be from an English speaking home. I just dont want him to be confused. I have no problem with him learning to understand French, I just would prefer she speak to him in 1 language either French or Hebrew but maybe this is not such a problem. What do you guys think?
Sorry I rambled a bit
So anyway i had 3 options, government daycare which is 20 babies on 3 caregivers- NO WAY
Private babysitter- too expensive
Private daycare 5 babies in a small group at someones home.
So i chose the last option which is more expensive than public daycare but less than a private babysitter. Its a 5 minute walk from my house.
The lady has her 1.5 year old at home and an 8 month old she watches plus 1 baby who is joining in a few days who is 4 months, and one is to join in a couple of months who will be 3 months and then my baby who will be 6months.
The daycare is 7:30 am to 1:30 am with the option til 4. So i will do 3 days a week 7:30 am to 1:30 and then 2 days a week i need to 4 and she agree to take him from 11 am those days so it will be the same amount of hours or so as the other days. I only start college at 12 so i dont really need from 7:30.
She has 3 other kids 3,4,6 who come home at 1:30 and then 2 babies leave, so 2 days a week it will be 7 kids at home which i am a bit concerned about. Do you think this is a problem? I know the kids are older but they are not that old?
She has a nice big matress out with blankets for them to lie on and a play mat, and a bouncy seat on the floor and toys. The house was nice and clean.
She worked at a public daycare for 2 years before starting her own for the last 3 so i think she is experienced plus she has 4 kids. She seemed very warm and payed attention to little one. She provides the food as they are introduced to the different veg and fruit. I have to provide diapers, wipes, change of clothes , pacci and a blanket for him. That seemed reasonable.
The daycare goes to the first week of Aug but we pay the whole month of Aug, its called paying for vacation time, which is apparently the way its done here. I'll check that out but it seems okay i guess, teachers are paid for vacation too. My only other concern was that she has a tv and it was on, she does let them watch it, she puts on music for babies or a baby channel we have here, i dont mind if its a bit but i dont want him watching all day you know. The last worry was that she speaks French and Hebrew to the kids. Her native language is French and two of the babies are from French speaking homes, one is from a Hebrew speaking home and my LO will be from an English speaking home. I just dont want him to be confused. I have no problem with him learning to understand French, I just would prefer she speak to him in 1 language either French or Hebrew but maybe this is not such a problem. What do you guys think?
Sorry I rambled a bit
