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So I wrote a post quite some time ago asking for advice on whether or not to go back to work or SAH. I chose to go back to work.
There was about 3 months where my daughter (almost 3) was kicking and screaming, not wanting to go to daycare even though she started out great for 1.5 months. Daycare providers said she was fine but I felt she was not as happy as she used to be.
She doesn't do it anymore. In fact, she hugs and kisses me goodbye and goes straight to playing now. Whew!
I am thinking that her day is too long (7:30-3). Yes, it seems silly to consider this now that she is no longer kicking and screaming her way into daycare.
I can still go back to SAH but my husband is so excited about the extra income I am bringing in and the possibility of living in a really nice home and neighborhood. Life would be very different.
So I am considering hiring somebody who would pick her up at 1 pm and stay with her until I get home. This is something new to me and nobody in my social circle hires nannies. I do plan on using a nanny website as my starting point.
This is all new and I am not feeling confident that I can do what I want! Anybody use a nanny website? BTW - I live in South Florida.
2 hours isn't worth changing up the routine for and I don't see what would be gained by trading one babysitter for another. It might end up costing you more money too.
A fully trained nanny is going to cost a lot of money, and may not want a job with only 2-3 hours a day. A babysitter is going to have less training than your daycare, where the child seems happy. Keep her where she is.
It definitely doesn't seem worth hiring somebody for nap-time.
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Originally Posted by fallingwater
If she seems content with the daycare situation, why change up the arrangement? Do you still think she is not as happy?
She is happy at home She was sick for about 4 days and loved every minute she was home. She kept on saying to me "I am not going to school?" LOL! I am such a softie.
So I wrote a post quite some time ago asking for advice on whether or not to go back to work or SAH. I chose to go back to work.
There was about 3 months where my daughter (almost 3) was kicking and screaming, not wanting to go to daycare even though she started out great for 1.5 months. Daycare providers said she was fine but I felt she was not as happy as she used to be.
She doesn't do it anymore. In fact, she hugs and kisses me goodbye and goes straight to playing now. Whew!
I am thinking that her day is too long (7:30-3). Yes, it seems silly to consider this now that she is no longer kicking and screaming her way into daycare.
I can still go back to SAH but my husband is so excited about the extra income I am bringing in and the possibility of living in a really nice home and neighborhood. Life would be very different.
So I am considering hiring somebody who would pick her up at 1 pm and stay with her until I get home. This is something new to me and nobody in my social circle hires nannies. I do plan on using a nanny website as my starting point.
This is all new and I am not feeling confident that I can do what I want! Anybody use a nanny website? BTW - I live in South Florida.
Do NOT hire someone to pick her up at 1:00. Children do best with consistency and adding one more care provider to the mix will only serve to diminish consistency. Let her stay in day care until 3:00. I read a study a while back that held that girls do better if they are in day care more than 30 some hours per week. They need enough time to adjust to their environment. Adding a 10 hour per week day care provider to the mix, probably, won't help her unless it's someone she lives with like a grandparent.
I kind of chuckled reading your post because my dd used to kick and scream when I picked her up. She wanted to keep on playing. She HATED that I was the first mom to pick up. There were times when I thought to myself "If a cop sees this, I'll get arrested for kidnapping." We ended up letting her stay in day care longer so that someone else went home first and I had to call ahead and tell the dcp I was on my way so she could anticipate my arrival. She LOVED being in day care and home was boring by comparison.
Let her get used to the routine because once she hits kindergarten those are going to roughly be the hours she is in school (My son goes to pre-k and it is from 730-255) and if she has settled into the routine and is happy now, there is no reason to change it up, unless for financial reasons.
Those hours really aren't all that long.
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She was sick for about 4 days and loved every minute she was home. She kept on saying to me "I am not going to school?" LOL! I am such a softie.
She HATED that I was the first mom to pick up. There were times when I thought to myself "If a cop sees this, I'll get arrested for kidnapping." We ended up letting her stay in day care longer so that someone else went home first and I had to call ahead and tell the dcp I was on my way so she could anticipate my arrival. She LOVED being in day care and home was boring by comparison.
