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Hi my name is Annie. I have lurked on this forum for a while I was going through the licensing process, now I am licensed and thought I would join. First are there any apps that make it easier to use this forum on a phone? When I'm at home my only internet is on my phone.
I have recently become a single parent, I have a 4 year old daughter who is with me most of the time, she is with her dad on the weekends. The house I am doing daycare from is owned by my parents and I will pay them rent as soon as I sign up some more kids and make more money. I have been watching two girls part time for a year (in my state you can watch up to two kids not your own without a license). They are easy kids and their mom is very laid back, we have not really had a contract and it has worked out fine. However I know from reading this forum that things don't always go so smoothly. Since I got my license I have picked up one more part time kid, a little boy, and interviewed several more. There is a childcare shortage in my area right now so I should do well once things really get going. I just signed up for the food program and am figuring out all the paperwork.
Other than daycare, I am trying to have a mini farm on my property. I have a coop with chickens for eggs, meat rabbits, and will have gardens, still working on that. I have two dogs I am training for agility, it is challenging to have to confine them for many hours during daycare. I have a run for them but one is an escape artist and gets under the fence, so I have to tie her up on a short leash in her run. Eventually I am going to get the back yard fenced and let the dogs have that, I have 1/3 of an acre fenced so I have more than enough space for the kids even if I fence the yard in half.
I have recently become a single parent, I have a 4 year old daughter who is with me most of the time, she is with her dad on the weekends. The house I am doing daycare from is owned by my parents and I will pay them rent as soon as I sign up some more kids and make more money. I have been watching two girls part time for a year (in my state you can watch up to two kids not your own without a license). They are easy kids and their mom is very laid back, we have not really had a contract and it has worked out fine. However I know from reading this forum that things don't always go so smoothly. Since I got my license I have picked up one more part time kid, a little boy, and interviewed several more. There is a childcare shortage in my area right now so I should do well once things really get going. I just signed up for the food program and am figuring out all the paperwork.
Other than daycare, I am trying to have a mini farm on my property. I have a coop with chickens for eggs, meat rabbits, and will have gardens, still working on that. I have two dogs I am training for agility, it is challenging to have to confine them for many hours during daycare. I have a run for them but one is an escape artist and gets under the fence, so I have to tie her up on a short leash in her run. Eventually I am going to get the back yard fenced and let the dogs have that, I have 1/3 of an acre fenced so I have more than enough space for the kids even if I fence the yard in half.
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