Spin Off of Old Jobs...

[CedarCreek]

Believe it or not, the dental world is pretty corrupt.

I couldn't handle the lies being told to patients just to get their money. When it started to become expected of me to present treatment plans and take this money,I decided to get out. Every office I was at, it wasn't about the patients.

I would go back for one doctor. She's a good one and one of my close friends. But she can't afford me yet. ::

When I knew I was leaving the field, I also knew I wanted to be with my sons. My oldest needs a lot of care and doctor visits and so I sought out something that would allow me to do those things. My sons then in home provider suggested childcare. She helped me get started.

[3amazingkiddos]

Honestly my husband and I were horrified by some of the day cares we visited when searching for our first child. I wasn't happy with my current position, so it seemed logical, I could stay home and make some money at the same time. I got the itch to go back to work when she was 2.5 and we were fortunate enough to find a wonderful center for her to go to. When my daughter was 4 we started discussing having a 2nd child, little did we know I was already pregnant....with twins, so here I am doing daycare again. I wish I could just get paid for being a sahm, but since that wont be happening anytime soon, daycare is the next best thing

[Blackcat31]

I was commuting two hours a day...ick! I got remarried, we built a home and I moved.

We lost our grant two years ago and our hours were cut and my job of 14 yrs was on shaky ground.

My daughter needed childcare for my granddaughter She was going to a very crowded home child care..very sweet lady but she had 12 kids during the day (legally could have 8 and was regulated???) and 6 after school. There usually was 18 kids after school! The state was looking the other way I guess. This was the best option for the tiny town my daughter teaches in.

All my great programs were cut when we lost our grant and I was doing more social work type jobs...anger management with angry men :confused: child safety checks for kids in child protection when they were visiting their parents, parent education for at risk families and mainly at-risk teens. I missed working with young kids.

Returning to child care has always been my back up plan too!

This was not a good job change for me.....too isolating!!! Among other things!

It's funny what paths our lives take us down because I actually crave isolation the longer I do this job.

I used to be VERY social and loved hanging with large groups of people, constantly talking and interacting.....now I just want peace and quiet and.... well that's it. quiet.

I don't care if I go home on Friday evening and don't see another human being again until Monday when I come back to work.

My dream vacation is anywhere...as long as it's ALONE. (well, DH can come but only because he would be lonely without me. )

[MsLaura529]

While subbing, I ended up making $2 a day after paying for my own 2 kids to be in daycare. It was frustrating! So, I stayed home with the kids for a while did some unsuccessful job hunting in other areas (secretarial, waitressing, retail - all "too qualified" or "not enough experience") for! Ergh! Then we moved into a new house, with a lot of new space (we went from a 900 sq. ft home with no basement or closets, to a 2,500 sq. ft. home with a basement and a lot of closets! haha) and DH and I decided THIS is what I should be doing It has always been in the back of my mind while I was working as an assistant at a home daycare and going through college.

[lflick]

I had a career in the medical profession that I loved; however, with having 5 boys and an hour commute each way there was very little "family time" left. I felt more like a drill Sargent than a mom. Our meals consisted of crock pot classics and Hamburger Helper.... I wanted more for my family as a whole. After a lot of consideration I chose to leave work to be present in my children's lives... not just hear about their day from their stories.... I wanted to witness as much as I could. My decision to begin daycare was an entirely separate thought..... I am still learning how to maximize my business while at the same time keeping a healthy harmony within the family.

[Moppetland]

Since I was in high school, I always was interested in doing something with children, but I thought it would have been teaching.

I didn't like the corporate world, and I was never fairly paid for all the hard work I was doing.

Then, I wanted to be home with my youngest child. My oldest child already graduated high school and was in college by the time I opened up my child care.

Now my youngest child is in her senior year when school starts for her this week, but I still want to have my business after she graduates and goes to college.

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

I always felt like a juggling act with my dd, I loved being home with her. And we did not believe that I could ever get pregnant again (or be able to carry it if I did). But, we needed the money, I worked. 5 yrs later I did indeed get pregnant and was told I wouldn't carry this baby. High risk pregnancy. Bedrest from the beginning etc. My son and I almost died (should have statistically- at least one of us) I took my severance package, moved halfway across the country (my husband's dad lives here) bought a house in a village and decided that I was never going back to "work". I needed an income though. I started babysitting for my neighbors son that is the same age as mine when they were both babies. Went on from there to become licensed. I babysat from the time I was 10 through high school and was a nanny at one point in college.
Near death experience is what led me here
Honestly, if I could have I would have loved to have a dozen kids but that wasn't in the cards for me. This way I have always had kids in the house and my kids have learned how to take care of little ones!

[Play Care]

Nothing I ever did before ever felt like more than a job to receive a paycheck from. I always liked working with the people but the job was never more than just a job. I didn't love it, no matter what it was. Taking care of children was always fun for me and still is. It doesn't feel Luke a job. There are days where the children and I are building a fort out of cardboard boxes and painting it or decorating it when I sit back and think "Heck yeah, I get paid to do this". I can really say that family child care is my career and I love it.

Me too

[Laurel]

When I worked outside the home, I learned I hated desk jobs.

Then I was a stay at home mom until my children were in school all day...except that we needed money and so I started watching children in my home during the summer...all school aged, and then working in schools part time during the school year. Then I moved out of state and worked in a school for one year before I decided that I'd rather be my own boss and my job at school didn't pay much so I got licensed and the rest is history... By this time though, one of my own children was an adult and the other two were in high school.

Laurel

[Laurel]

Me too

Same here although I did love my school jobs as well.

One summer I watched some school agers only along with my own school agers. The parent had been a public school teacher and hated it so got an office job. Since they were my only family at the time (I was doing it part time) and they lived in our neighborhood she would give us the key to her house so we could use their pool. One day she had forgotten to send the key and we had to go to her office to get it. The moment I stepped in that place it reminded me of all I hated about offices. I thought it was strange that we had kind of swapped jobs. She had worked with kids but didn't like it and I had worked in offices and didn't like it.

Laurel

[Moppetland]

[QUOTE=MrsSteinel'sHouse;379663]I always felt like a juggling act with my dd, I loved being home with her. And we did not believe that I could ever get pregnant again (or be able to carry it if I did). But, we needed the money, I worked. 5 yrs later I did indeed get pregnant and was told I wouldn't carry this baby. High risk pregnancy. Bedrest from the beginning etc. My son and I almost died (should have statistically- at least one of us) I took my severance package, moved halfway across the country (my husband's dad lives here) bought a house in a village and decided that I was never going back to "work". I needed an income though. I started babysitting for my neighbors son that is the same age as mine when they were both babies. Went on from there to become licensed. I babysat from the time I was 10 through high school and was a nanny at one point in college.
Near death experience is what led me here
Honestly, if I could have I would have loved to have a dozen kids but that wasn't in the cards for me. This way I have always had kids in the house and my kids have learned how to take care of little ones![/QUOTE

I only have two children myself. But the day care kids I have actually raised in my home is still in my life. Even the parents make it so that they come by and see me every once in awhile. I'm like an old aunt to them or something. But you don't have to be a biological to be nurturing. That comes natural. So, your day care kids are like your kids too. That's their second home.

[Play Care]

Same here although I did love my school jobs as well.

One summer I watched some school agers only along with my own school agers. The parent had been a public school teacher and hated it so got an office job. Since they were my only family at the time (I was doing it part time) and they lived in our neighborhood she would give us the key to her house so we could use their pool. One day she had forgotten to send the key and we had to go to her office to get it. The moment I stepped in that place it reminded me of all I hated about offices. I thought it was strange that we had kind of swapped jobs. She had worked with kids but didn't like it and I had worked in offices and didn't like it.

Laurel

I HATE office jobs with a passion - though mostly because with only an Associates degree I only qualified to be an office assistant/ receptionist. I do wonder if I had more education/advanced degree I would like having a higher level office position. Mostly because I would love the professional wardrobe those jobs entail:: My husband is a teacher and while he loves the teaching part, the politics of schools are brutal - one of the reasons I decided not to pursue my teaching degree/ certifications. I think if he could just go in and teach he would be a lot happier.

[LoraJenkins]

When I became pregnant with my third child, my Husband and I decided I would be a SAHM. Two other women in our neighborhood were pregnant also and needed care for their newborns when they returned to work. So, when my daughter was 2 weeks old I had her, a 4 week old and a 6 week old. It was supposed to be temporary pocket money but here we are 20+ years later and I am still doing childcare and LOVE it.

[Laurel]

I HATE office jobs with a passion - though mostly because with only an Associates degree I only qualified to be an office assistant/ receptionist. I do wonder if I had more education/advanced degree I would like having a higher level office position. Mostly because I would love the professional wardrobe those jobs entail:: My husband is a teacher and while he loves the teaching part, the politics of schools are brutal - one of the reasons I decided not to pursue my teaching degree/ certifications. I think if he could just go in and teach he would be a lot happier.

So its all about the clothes? ::

I like to 'look' at the clothes but when I did office work and actually had to wear them.....well can I say I lived in the era of panty hose. Omg, squeezing those things on!! Oh and those heels that are worn today, ugh. I am soooo happy to be wearing jeans, shorts or whatever I want. Every day is casual Friday here! ::

Laurel

[itlw8]

I was a dental assistant we had move a few years before and I was able to find a p/t job so I was able to spend more time with ds when number 2 was coming I know I had to stay home or work p/t. no way would I find p/t infant care... The dentist I worked for sent me in to talk with a friend of his who ran a preschool in her home The rest is history