Starting to Think I Made a Mistake...

[NeedaVaca]

Dont get desperate. find other ways to make ends meet for now but do not take families that are not the right fit. There is nothing wrong with not taking an infant! especially when you have your own coming. You will regret trying to juggle visitors and a new baby and daycare and daycare infants if you try to do it all. If your husband is worried about finances, he can get a second job for 6 months or so. There is only so much you can and should do. It is unwise to risk your mental health when you are at a fragile time in life with pregnancy and job related stress. It is also terribly hard to juggle multiple infants (been there, done that) so if there is anyway you can avoid it, please do. I would live off credit cards for awhile if it meant not taking another infant at this point. Every now and then you might come across an infant that is truly easy to please and sweet natured but most babies do not adjust easily to daycare and many parents ruin calm/easy babies by getting them trained to be held all the time, nursed all the time, entertained all the time and then dump them off at the sitters and you get stuck with a screaming unhappy baby. not a good idea!

I agree with everything except the living off credit cards. That would just be another problem to deal with. Cut back,cut back, cut back! There are ways to save $ when you look hard enough. I am a big believer in couponing

[KIDZRMYBIZ]

DCP's don't understand how we are able to do our jobs, period, let alone how we can do them while pregnant or with a newborn of our own.

It can be tough to convince people that we are well-suited for our jobs, regardless of pregnancy or newborn-mommyhood. All you can do is keep interviewing, stay upbeat, and the right family will come along.

I would like to say that I worked by myself right up to delivery, took one week off, and had a FT assistant for the next 5 weeks for each of my births. I know I would have lost clients if daycare was closed any longer than 1 week. It was tiring, but I managed, and my business and myself are stronger for it.

[DaisyMamma]

WOW. You're only closing for 2 weeks? That isn't much, really. I wouldn't give that person you interviewed another thought.

and definitely don't call the termed family. They really ARE gone for a reason!

[Kabob]

Thanks! I know I gotta do what's best for me and my family. It would be nice to be able spend time with my family and parents as well as get some quality time in. My current daycare parents aren't worried about the time I'll be closed and I just scheduled a second interview with a family I interviewed this week so things are looking up. I think I was just feeling overwhelmed. Lots of things have been coming up in the last few weeks that have thrown me off...

Around here, providers close for about 4-6 weeks PAID when they have a baby so perhaps parents are just thinking of that when I mention I'm pregnant and the ones who are new to daycare just don't have the experience to know how it will go. So I just will stick with my plan of emphasizing that I have a plan (2 weeks closed unpaid with assistant/sub ready) and just keep looking.