If You Are Alone...How Many dcks And Ages?

[SunflowerMama]

I just took on my eighth this morning and things have been relatively calm (knock on wood) today. I am licensed for 12 but don't have the space or the sanity for 12 .

If you are working alone, without an assistant, how many kids do you have and what are their ages?

Mine are...
4 yrs - 2 (b and g)
3y s - 2 (g and g)
2 yrs - 2 (b and g)
15 month old g
12 month old g

[newtodaycare22]

I just opened 2 months ago, so I'm still looking for a few more. Licensed for 8 but I'd be just fine with 5 )

-two 3 year olds full time ( 1 boy and 1 girl)
-one 4 year old part time (girl)

[DanceMom]

I have :

My own daughter - 4 1/2
My own son - 2 1/2
Dck - 3 1/2
Dck - 3
Dck - 4
Dck - 2
Dck - 1
Dck - 8
Dck- Newborn coming in mid dec.

I am also licensed for 12 but have no desire to have anymore. I plan to graduate all of the above and either close my doors and be a SAHM or do part timers only.

[momofsix]

I can only have 6 at a time.
I have:
dcg 18 m
2dcg 24mo
dcb 24 mo
dcg28 mo
dcb 3
dcg 3
dcb 4
dcg 4
dcb 5
and a few schoolagers on days off/summers

[JJPlaycare]

I am licensed for 12:

My own: 5 years (girl), (All day, Everyday Kindergarten)
My own: 3 years (girl), (Preschool 2 half days/week)
DCK: 4 years FT (boy), (Preschool 3 half days/week) Temporary until mid Nov
DCK: 3 years FT(boy)
DCK: 3 years FT (girl)
DCK: 3 years PT- 3 days/week (boy), (Preschool 2 half days/week)
DCK: 3 years PT- 3days/week (girl)
DCK: 19 months FT (boy)
DCK: 18 months FT (boy)
DCK: 16 months FT (boy) Temporary until mid Nov

I am due to have a baby in Dec, not sure if it is a boy or girl!

School agers that come on days off of school, if I have an opening and then come full time summers:
DCK: 8 years (girl)
DCK: 6 years (girl)

I also have a few kids that drop in if I have an opening during the summer:
DCK: 10 years (girl)
DCK: 6 years (girl)

Sporatic Drop ins:
DCK: 5 years (boy)
DCK: 2 years (girl)

[melskids]

i have my 2 sons, 14 and 8

3 schoolage, 6,6,5

2 two yr olds

1 13 month old

two preggo moms on the way (jan & march)

[boysx5]

I have six at the moment

3 year old dcb
2 year old dcg
2 two year old dcb
one year old dcg
7month old dcb

[MommyMuffin]

I just started so I dont have very many.

My 2yo dcg
1 - 1 yo dcb part time
1 - 2 yo dcb
1 - preggo due in Feb

[Blackcat31]

I am licensed for 14 with a helper or second adult but alone I have 12 every day. They are:

dcb age 7 months
dcb age 15 months
dcb age 2 yrs
dcb age 2 yrs
dcg age 3 yrs
dcg age 3 yrs
dcb age 3 yrs
dcg age 3 yrs
dcb age 4 yrs
dcg age 4 yrs
dcb age 5 yrs (could have gone to Kindergarten but did not)
dcb age 5 yrs (also school age but did not go)

Both my schoolers are summer birthdays. It gets a little crazy here but I have been doing this for over 16 years and I am a stickler for rules and consistency so the kids are all very well behaved.

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

Oh wow, some of you are super woman! I decided to keep it small this year as I have been very overwhelmed over the summers.

I have 4 girls of my own, ages:
13
11
7
5

Daycare kids ages:
10 Dcg
7 Dcg
2 Dcb
2 Dcb 1/2 days (he will be 2 in a couple of weeks).

I had once taken in more than 2 in diapers and it didn't work out too well...all the other kids need my attention too and I spent too much time changing diapers or redirecting their attention...I couldn't seem to do any crafts with the older kids and my youngest got overwhelmed as I couldn't give her the attention she starved for.

[Live and Learn]

my cast of characters:
3 yr 10 month full-time
2 yr 4 month full-time
1 yr 5 month full-time
1 yr 3 month full-time half day
3 girls one boy

[daysofelijah]

I homeschool, so every day I have my three:

DS 7
DS 6
DD 2

Then I have:

DCB 3 & DCB 2 (brothers)
DCB 3 & DCG 7 months (sibs)
DCG 19 months

Most of them only come 3-4 days a week.
I did the 10 fulltime kids all day all the time for 6 years, but over the last two years I did not fill any of the spots of the kids that went to kindy and am sticking to a small group.