Hours Open

[rhondawarren]

How many number of hours are you open for childcare? 10, 11 or 12?

[Moppetland]

I'm open for 10.5 hours. I use to be open 18 hours, but I was burnt out.

[rhondawarren]

I use to be open 11 to 12 but I'm reopening my daycare in my new home so figuring out how I want changes I should make this time.

[JoseyJo]

Currently we are open from 7-6 (11 hours) but as of Nov 1 we are going to 7-5:30 Whoop Whoop!

Sometime in the future I could see us going to 6:30 to 5:30 if the need arose. The hours don't bother me as much as the late evenings.

[Cradle2crayons]

I do contracted care only so I don't go by hours but the most I do is around 8 or so per day. But I work 7 days a week in general. And sometimes if the one mom works a double... Then the kids will be here 12 hours. By that's not every day.

[JoseyJo]

When I am interviewing I give preference to families who WANT to spend time w/ their children- the children seem to be much better adjusted in general.

We have open hours but have set hours for each families d/o p/u (I don't charge extra but I do call if they are late to d/o and p/u each time asking if everything is alright, I was worried since I didn't hear, afraid their was an accident, etc After a few times they get the point)

The families we have now range from 7.5 hours to 9.5 hours daily - everyone comes M-F.

[Blackcat31]

Other threads about hours open

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65671

https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.php?tag=open+hours

https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.php?tag=opening+hours

[Leigh]

I am open from 7:30-5:30. I will do overnight care, as well, when it doesn't interfere with my own family (Drop off between 9:30PM and 10:30PM, pick up between 6:30AM and 7:30AM).

[blandino]

10.5.

We are open from 7:00-5:30. I can reasonably see us moving to 7:30-5:30, hopefully soon. I would love to close earlier, but we still have 8 kids picked up between 5-5:30.

[momofboys]

10 hours - my "hours" are 6:45-4:45 but each family is only to use 9 a day

[LK5kids]

10.5 hours...7:00-5:30pm! But right now everone comes at 7:30. I love that ;-)

[daycarediva]

10.5.

We are open from 7:00-5:30. I can reasonably see us moving to 7:30-5:30, hopefully soon. I would love to close earlier, but we still have 8 kids picked up between 5-5:30.

Same here, I have one kid aging out next year that comes at 7 and won't replace with anyone earlier than 7:30. Last contracted p/u is 5:30

[Rachel]

I'm opened 9.5 hours a day, 7-4:30, which is standard here and more than enough. I don't know how you 12 hour ladies do it!

[Cradle2crayons]

I'm opened 9.5 hours a day, 7-4:30, which is standard here and more than enough. I don't know how you 12 hour ladies do it!

12 is easy, 16 is even more fun!! Lol

[MarinaVanessa]

I'm open for 11 hours. From 7am to 6pm. That's one hour before most office jobs open and one hour after they close. I used to be open from 6am to 6pm but that one extra hour would make me angry when clients were late. At least when I open at 7am I'm already up getting my own kiddos ready.