My Aunt has been babysitting River two days a week and my mom has been babysitting him the other two days. This has worked out very nicely for me because I only had to pay my Aunt to babysit which made it actually PROFITABLE for me to work. Well, my Aunt called me last night to let me know that this will be the last week she can babysit for me because she starts a new job (as a telemarketer of all the god awful things) next week. So yeah, I’m a little upset and stressed out right now.
I’m not really upset that she found another job, what I’m upset about is the fact that she only gave me one measly weeks notice. Do you know how hard it is to find decent child care? How about finding decent child care for only part time? Then add on top of that a timeline of only a week. Suffice it to say that it’s damn near impossible to find anything. I don’t know what she expected me to do…pull a new babysitter out of my ass I suppose.
I’m not in a very good mood today, what with the constant calling of childcare centers all over my city only to be repeatedly told that they only accept children River’s age for full time care. Then when they tell me how much it costs for full time care and I realize that I barely make enough money to break even, and really, once I factor the gas needed to drive there, well, I’ll actually end up losing money! I can’t wait until we are eligible for insurance through Kris’s new company. I’m currently carrying the insurance through my employer and it costs an arm and a well toned leg and I would love to have my leg back at the very least.
I’m rambling. I’m pissed. I feel like lashing out at someone. Boo hiss.
One week’s notice is really unacceptable. It’s nearly impossible to find someone that quickly. That said, best of luck and I hope you find a great babysitter.
I really recommend you look into in-home daycares in addition to the commercial centers. They tend to be cheaper and a lot more flexible and more homelike (of course). We are pretty happy with ours. I am so sorry! I know how stressful this must be.
That totally stinks – surely she knew she had the job earlier than a week!
I feel your pain! One of the reasons I stayed home it because it wasn’t profitable for me to work and do daycare too. But then, we don’t have the insurance things like you guys have so it isn’t such a biggie.
I do hope you can find something! The homecare thing mentioned above sounds good.
Hey you should actually look into some of the churches parents day out programs.. They take children part time and it is very reasonable! My friend just enrolled her son in one for two days a week 17 dollars a day for half days…. call around I am sure there is one in your area.
ohhh and you don’t have to belong to the church to use their daycare.
So sorry that happened. One week is not enough! I started a P/T job last month, and am now just securing p/t daycare- it wasn’t easy, but I agree with the person who said try private home care.
My provider was actually recommended to me by a professional contact- the provider only takes clients by referral since it is out of her home, and only does p/t/ care. So start asking everyone and anyone you know if they know of anyone who does daycare, and let them know you need someone for p/t.
Good luck, and hang in there.
well…we have an on-campus childcare center at work. Even with my discount, I was going to pay an arm & a leg. They would only take full time, and at the end of the month, after paying for childcare, I’d bring home $200. And, when you factor in gas, wear & tear on the car, and lunch money….I was just losing money. So—I understand.
My MIL keeps Gage 3 days/week while I work part time now. she used to keep him 5 days/week when I worked full time….but I went part-time in July.
When I was working full time, I looked at the Mother’s Day Out programs, but they were from like 9am to 2. I worked 8-4:30, so that didn’t help me out too much.