Doing What You Have To

[SilverSabre25]

I've had one daycare family having some major financial issues lately and I have been planning in the back of my head for how to handle it if dcb gets pulled. Well, yesterday dcm said that for the foreseeable future she needs to drop down to day-by-day care. Fine, I saw it coming, I have my reasons for being accepting of this. Besides, DCB goes to kindy next fall so I was planning what to do to replace him anyway.

So a few weeks ago I signed on a family with babe due in March, starting in May. Cool.

Then I've been communicating off and on with another family for a babe due in March...starting in May.

These are the only two leads I've had in months and they came to me within hours of each other and are due within days and starting within days of each other. Feels like fate, .

It will be tough. It will be exhausting. As of May I'll have an almost-2 yo of my own and a 1 yo dcb as well as my 5.5 year old and 4 year old dcb. And the part-time-ish 5 year old dcb. And two 3 month olds. Like twins! People have twins all the time and it works out just fine! <--can you hear the quiet note of panic in those last couple sentances?

I'm nervous at the idea, but going forth with it....because I have to support my family. I have to do what I must to survive. I will continue to get leads if I can...but I'm not optimistic. It's just hard to find clients around here. So I do what I must. It'll be okay.

[Zoe]

That's a great attitude. I hope it works out for you! When my DH was laid off from his job and forced to go over the road I had to keep telling myself, we're doing what we have to do. I don't like not having him here, especially with the long hours I put in with daycare and then having to do everything with our own kids on my own for weeks at a time, but it's what we have to do for now to support our family.

[countrymom]

the only thing is that the partimish boy may not work out. I would try and see if mom could make something consistant like come the same 2 days every week. If he comes once a week his attitude will change and he will dispise coming.

[SilverSabre25]

the only thing is that the partimish boy may not work out. I would try and see if mom could make something consistant like come the same 2 days every week. If he comes once a week his attitude will change and he will dispise coming.

he's been coming full-time for over two years. I'm fully hoping that dcm gets a job she can stand and he's either consistent or full-time...it's a waiting game right now. He might not even be here by may...or he could be full time. He's a wild card as of last night. And, I'm not counting on him at all...which is why I'm agreeing to take on this second 3 month old in May.

[daycarediva]

I think attitude is everything!

When I had my youngest ds (and still took infants). I accepted an 8 week old baby after coming back from maternity leave (with my own 2 week old). It was crazy hectic, but if both babies are full time, you can get them on the same schedule. I learned how to feed two infants at once fast! That dcg & ds were best buddies. Both were laid back babies though, which helped a ton! In addition, I had 3 other kids under 5, and my own young 2 SA kids. It worked, most days weren't awful, and it only lasted a short time....once they were both crawling life got sooo much easier.

[cheerfuldom]

so much can change. just do what works for now and make sure the babies are on a trial basis to begin with. I have had multiple infants here and sometimes it worked and other times, it was too much.

[Crystal]

I think it will work out fine! I love having babies close to the same age like that! I have four now,2 part time and two full time and we really enjoy our babies! My advice is to just be well prepared and organized prior to their arrival each day and get them in to a routine quickly by being consistent each day. I think you will enjoy it,especially as they grow up together and develop a great relationship with each other and with you!!!

[countrymom]

oh I should say that I had 3 of them all one month apart from each other. Now as they get older its so nice, but really I didn't find it hard.