I am looking to take on 2-3 after my child is born and about 8 weeks old.
I am on maternity leave now and busting my butt to round out all of my DCF requirements, get marketing materials and looking for places to run ads (in addition to working out a friendly referral agreement with the preschool I worked at before maternity leave)
Everyone here as been phenomenally helpful!
So, here's another dilemma.
I want to go ahead and provide my own pack and plays, an extra swing, saucer etc. I plan to remove my dining table, put down some foamy interlocking flooring and turn that into the daycare room (2 pack and plays, a changing table, a toy/sensory activity corner, a cube shelf for cubbies).
It's a lot of cost to start up and I intend to charge a fairly nominal (for my area) enrollment fee to cover the costs of these things, plus offset the cost of the extra laundry, cleaning supplies and what not.
So, should I risk going ahead and shelling out the money to do this? That way, when parents want to come see my house, they have a better chance of visualizing exactly what it will be like? I'm a total tightwad, so spending the money when there's no guarantee of recouping it.
Could I get away with just kind of staging it with my own babies things? Like a pack and play, bouncy seat, swing etc. and let them know that flooring and extra pack and plays are on the way??
TIA for all your sage advice
I am on maternity leave now and busting my butt to round out all of my DCF requirements, get marketing materials and looking for places to run ads (in addition to working out a friendly referral agreement with the preschool I worked at before maternity leave)
Everyone here as been phenomenally helpful!
So, here's another dilemma.
I want to go ahead and provide my own pack and plays, an extra swing, saucer etc. I plan to remove my dining table, put down some foamy interlocking flooring and turn that into the daycare room (2 pack and plays, a changing table, a toy/sensory activity corner, a cube shelf for cubbies).
It's a lot of cost to start up and I intend to charge a fairly nominal (for my area) enrollment fee to cover the costs of these things, plus offset the cost of the extra laundry, cleaning supplies and what not.
So, should I risk going ahead and shelling out the money to do this? That way, when parents want to come see my house, they have a better chance of visualizing exactly what it will be like? I'm a total tightwad, so spending the money when there's no guarantee of recouping it.
Could I get away with just kind of staging it with my own babies things? Like a pack and play, bouncy seat, swing etc. and let them know that flooring and extra pack and plays are on the way??
TIA for all your sage advice
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