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Since my DS was born I have only accepted infants and toddlers (6 weeks-2 years). Now that he is older, I have been considering accepting older children and revamping my whole DC!
I e-mailed a woman looking for care a few weeks ago that has a 4 year old and a 5 year old (girls) and is looking for care in my area. She lives outside of my city but is having a heck of a time finding care there. I decided not to even mention a sibling discount and to quote her the same rate for BOTH kids. I figured I wouldn't hear back from her after telling her the rate, but since I will no longer settle just to get clients in the door, I sent the e-mail any way.
So, she e-mailed me back this morning and would like to set up an interview and needs care starting as early as next Monday. I have not e-mailed her back as of yet because I am still deciding whether or not I want to change everything to offer care to older children.
Our home is slightly on the small side, we have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. My living room/dining room has been the main DC area and as I have only had infants and toddlers mostly, that has worked out great! I obviously feel like I am surrounded by toys but I don't have much room to work with.
I am thinking if I did enroll older children that I would set up the 3rd bedroom (currently used as a nap room) as a play room of sorts. Everything is attached, the bedroom is right off of the main living room and dining room. It currently has a queen sized bed in it which is not being used but is taking up a ton of space. I would move the queen into my DS's room and then I would have a decent amount of floor space in that room. There, I could put things on the walls and decorate it better for DC.
Anyway, I am rambling.... My main question is what are your routines like for older kids (1-5)? I would still have PT baby a few days per week but I would like to be able to have a pretty strict routine established day 1 if I were to enroll this new family. We have a park across the street, a swing set in my back yard, and a walking path behind my house. I also would like to take weekly (or biweekly?) field trips with DS and the girls. Zoo, library, a bigger park, etc to keep us busy in the summer.
I e-mailed a woman looking for care a few weeks ago that has a 4 year old and a 5 year old (girls) and is looking for care in my area. She lives outside of my city but is having a heck of a time finding care there. I decided not to even mention a sibling discount and to quote her the same rate for BOTH kids. I figured I wouldn't hear back from her after telling her the rate, but since I will no longer settle just to get clients in the door, I sent the e-mail any way.
So, she e-mailed me back this morning and would like to set up an interview and needs care starting as early as next Monday. I have not e-mailed her back as of yet because I am still deciding whether or not I want to change everything to offer care to older children.
Our home is slightly on the small side, we have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. My living room/dining room has been the main DC area and as I have only had infants and toddlers mostly, that has worked out great! I obviously feel like I am surrounded by toys but I don't have much room to work with.
I am thinking if I did enroll older children that I would set up the 3rd bedroom (currently used as a nap room) as a play room of sorts. Everything is attached, the bedroom is right off of the main living room and dining room. It currently has a queen sized bed in it which is not being used but is taking up a ton of space. I would move the queen into my DS's room and then I would have a decent amount of floor space in that room. There, I could put things on the walls and decorate it better for DC.
Anyway, I am rambling.... My main question is what are your routines like for older kids (1-5)? I would still have PT baby a few days per week but I would like to be able to have a pretty strict routine established day 1 if I were to enroll this new family. We have a park across the street, a swing set in my back yard, and a walking path behind my house. I also would like to take weekly (or biweekly?) field trips with DS and the girls. Zoo, library, a bigger park, etc to keep us busy in the summer.
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