Do You Have Help?

[daycare]

raitos here in my state are 6 to 1 with the age group that I have. Currently I have 12 enrolled, so I must have 2 adults here at all times once I go over 6 kids.

Both of my employees are PT and my husband fills in when he can.

[Play Care]

What are their situations that they can just work occasionally? I could see maybe a college student or grandma maybe.

Laurel

One is a former Kindergarten teacher turned SAHM and the other is a TA in our school district. One works during the school year when her kids are in school, the other comes in the summers.

[Patches]

Yes, I have a full time assistant because I have a large license that rquires two people. The only problem I'm having is hanging onto a sub that doesn't go get another job.
My husband will be taking over as assistant in a couple months and I think I would like to have a part time assistant just so I can keep her around for appts, errands, subbing, so on.

[Laurel]

I don't have anyone that regularly comes to help. My husband and mom have both taken all classes to legally run their own daycare, so they fill in for me if I need to leave or get sick. If my husband is off work, he will help that day. My mom is retired, so if she is bored she comes and helps

Hopefully she gets bored a lot! ::

Laurel

[Laurel]

Maybe it's because I've only done this for 2 years now, but I could never do it alone! We have 12 kids, with 9-12 a day and they're all under the age of 3yrs old with 3 of them under a year. The only times we need 2 people is meals, diaper changes, and getting down for nap. How do you all do those with just one person? Especially with babies and kids learning to crawl and walk. I can't trust one boy in a room by himself because he bites and hits. But I really don't like to leave any of them in a room alone and our potty room is in the back and the play room is in the front. We're hurting for money right now so if I could cut back on payroll that would be a huge help! I just don't want to go insane trying to do all this by myself.

Because legally we can't watch 12 children. The most I have ever watched is 6 and only 3 could be under a year old....by law. Even 6 was tough cause I had 5 of those 6 in diapers. That is when I did have a little help from the girl I mentioned though.

Laurel

[Laurel]

One is a former Kindergarten teacher turned SAHM and the other is a TA in our school district. One works during the school year when her kids are in school, the other comes in the summers.

Oh okay, that sounds perfect!

Laurel

[Margarete]

My husband works from home (for another full time job) so while he still has to get his work done, and has periods of time when he can't be disturbed, a lot of his time is flexible, so I can schedule appointments during his flex time. I still try to make them for nap time so that way he can still get work done, with a video monitor on the kids if they need him. He also often helps for a little while during his lunch break during the lunch to nap time transition.
I love having him here for the 'just in case' factor. If an emergency comes up, he's already here. I haven't had to use it for an emergency, but have for appointments, and even the occasional lunch with a friend.