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sleep deprived!!!
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1. The Unpredictable: At one moment I can be full and the next moment (ok, well 2 weeks, but still not entirely long enough to fill vacancies), I could be scrambling to find new families.
2. The Inflexibility: I can't make doctor's appointments without cross-checking with my back-up to see if the time is ok. Considering my back-up is my dh, he has a way of making me feel bad about ever needing a back-up without really saying much. In the beginning, my back-up was my mom, but she got a part-time job so she's not always available. My dh's job is more than flexible (he often works at home), the kids know him well and he knows the routine so it only makes sense that he would be the back-up. But, noooo, he always has to comment about how it irks him that my mom is no longer always available....hello?! She has a life and personal responsibility too!
3. The Need for Constant Availability: I can't just take a day off without ample notice. The one time I called in sick in 3 years, I felt horrible because now 4 other families are burdened.
4. Inability to Take Extended Time Off: Ok, I guess we can take time off, but it's at the risk of losing clients and definitely without any income. I WAS spoiled because my prior job was in the government and I had paid short-term disability, 4 weeks of paid vacation time, 1 week of paid sick time and 10 paid holidays per year
. I understand taking this job was cutting all of that out, but I constantly worry about how we are going to scrape by if I get injured and cannot work during the recovery part. This is probably my biggest concern! Plus, I really feel like we need more than a few days or 2 weeks for maternity "leave" should we decide to have another baby; however if we do take more time, then we risk losing all of our clients...plus that time off is all unpaid 
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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love what I do and I love these kids, but all of these concerns really worry me to the point at which I know I will eventually HAVE to leave this profession. It's great when my children are young, but not so much when they are older and don't want to spend all of their time off of school cooped up in a house full of toddlers.
On top of that, it's only a matter of time before the government completely pushes us out of business with all of their "early intervention" tactics.
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the anxieties that come along with our job.
other people coming into your business and judging you or the fear that they are judging your business.
long hours, sometimes no break
isolation
parents that expect you to raise the child because they are paying for it
dealing with $ end of it
repeating over and over to the point that you go home and do it to your own loved ones with out realizing it.
I absolutely hate drop off and pick up time and the parents that stand there talking about the same stuff everyday. I just want to shoot myself in the foot. It gets old. Or the parents that wants to show you the cute stuff the child does- you just want to shoot yourself in the foot with I know, I know I am with your child 10 plus hours a day. I know all those cutesy things they do. Go home now so I can go home.
The last kid that never seems to go home and the clock watching that come about because of it no matter how you try to not look at the clock. That last hour every day seems to take forevvvvvveeeeerrrr no matter what I do. Or the kid that usually goes home early doesn't on the day that the one that is always there till close leaves early. Never seem to be able to catch a break.
Sounds like I am complaining a lot and I am not. I love my job. So many rewarding moments through the day and this job affords me to be able to do more for my family. I love my kiddo's and families for the most part. I would just say the above are annoyances and you find those in any job setting-Comment
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The wear and tear on my home, and the fact that I can't decorate like normal people can because everything has to be child-proofed. I didn't mind this so much when my kids were young, but now it bothers me more.
The fact that on any given day any number of people can show up unannounced and uninvited and I have to allow them full access to my home.
The inability to take a spontaneous day off.
The lack of any kind of security or benefits.
Taxes (:
: @ taxes as an expletive!)
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ALL of the above!
I am not saying that doing home daycare is horrible, there are a lot of perks too!
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1. Licensing
2. Interviewing/having to fill spots
3. Having to rely on others to take my kids to activities
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Oh yes! I do miss sick days! And having only one kiddo right now. DH is working even more now that I am down to one.
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YES! In the beginning I had my mom who helped me. She passed away. Now it is mainly me. So when my kids are sick, DH has to take them to the dr. Someone needs afterschool pick up, DH or someone else has to get them. There is a school function, I can't go or have to either bring in DH or pay someone to come in. That "stuck" feeling is not so great!
I don't like to haggle either. I don't like parents who think it is ok to ask about time/rules changes or parents who want to pinch that penny. It is right there. Take it or leave it but stop giving me a headache over it. It kinda gets me peeved.Comment
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