School? Aftercare? Spouse? Day care center? Home day care? Granma? Are you happy with your situation?


Mine is in school and after care which is working so far. I can drop him off in the morning and blaze to work and get there on time (phew!).

DD is with dh, Jason, and goes to community college daycare while he's in school. I like the daycare a lot and so does she. Jason's school program is pretty intense right now and he doesn't have a lot of time to spend with her. Some days with him she ends up bouncing from videos to computer games for hours while he studies, which I regret.

I work 4:15-close so my kids are with Dh and teen Chelsey when I'm gone.

I bring them with me (except June, who is in school, and has volleyball tues, wed. and thurs. until 5pm). Shawn takes Louis and Noelle on Fri. and Sat., I take June on Sat-Sun when she's not at her dad's, and Natalie is with me always.

Mine is in school. He takes the bus, and I can get to work on time that way. Sometimes he beats me home by a coupla minutes on the bus, but every other day I beat him home, cos we get out at the same time in the afternoon (3pm).

My dh watches him too, and my mom, for when his school may be closed but mine isn't.

DD is in a preschool that has a wraparound before and after care program. The new baby will be in a daycare facility.

I am extremely lucky in that my Grandma watches my kids. She comes to my house in the am (I have to be at work at *6* am) so I don't have to get the kids up. SHe takes Hunter to school and I pick him up so she doens't have him much. Callan goes to Preschool MWF for 2.5hrs so she takes her and picks her up. She also does most of my laundry, some dishes and picks up the floors if it's messy. I pay her $30/day. It's tight on my budget (single mom) but it's worth it. I'm less stressed and my kids are well cared for.

DC goes to daycare and preschool. His daycare is an inhome place and I LOVE it. She will take him or pick him up from school anytime I need it too. She is woderful!

Michelle your mom rocks! I lucked out here and found a great mom (and friend!) who will watch my son on days when I have work and he doesn't have school. He gets along great with her kids.

Dawn I've btdt and can only say that those times pass and she won't always be watching sponge bob 6 hours a day.

Elsie, I'm just imagining you racing that school bus home.

Louise I lost track just reading yours.

I started this thread because I was curious to see how everyone makes it work. Finding good childcare was so hard when Wyatt was a baby and it continues to be tricky. Barb I hope your families appreciate you!

I teach at a small school and ds attends the preschool. I love that part of my job. We go into together, I can stop by and see him during my breaks and then we leave together. Really nice. Plus I know his teacher really well and she is wonderful.

ds (15 months) goes to a large corporate childcare center. I was really hesitant about it initially, but what I like is that the rooms are all videotaped, the children really do have a good amount of individualized attention, and I'm not even remotely worried about his well-being.

What I don't like is that - for him - he hates the drop off. He so obviously wants to be with me. I do like that they hold him when he is sad. And, I know (cuz I've hung around outside the door) that he stops crying as soon as I'm out of site.

dd (4 years) is in an AWESOME home-based montessori school (it is absolutely a school; it just happens to be in the basement of the teacher). She loves it so much that she told me that she thinks I need to work three days because she wants to go more than two days. I, however, am not ready for her to be away from me three days a week. That will come next year.

My dd rides the bus to my office, then she gets picked up by some homeschooling friends. She does her homework & plays there until I get done at work. It's nice b/c at 3:30 I get to see her and give her a hug and see how her day is going.

Dh and I work opposite shifts - he works 7-3 and I work 3-11 (or 4-12 or 6pm-2am). DD#1 is in school, so dh races there to pick her up by 3:45. DD#2 goes to a large chain daycare for a couple of hours on the days that I work 3-11. She's there about 2-3:30, maybe a little longer. On 4-12 nights, I meet dh along the way and trade off.
When our girls were younger and we worked in the same facility, we used to do the "kid swap" just inside the door. :)

We haven't worked out a long-term childcare situation for my new job but I think it will be similar to what we did when I was at my old job.

The older kids were in an after school program, so dh got them after work around 5pm. My toddler went to a friend's house from about 3pm until dh got there to pick her up.

I only work a few days/week so most days I have the toddler all day and I pick up the kids from school.

Dd was in a home-based daycare when I was working. It as great! We still visit about once a week. Now that I am home, I take care of the kids.

Dd was in a home-based daycare when I was working. It as great! We still visit about once a week. Now that I am home, I take care of the kids.

Gatormama, are you currently WOH? Just want to point out that this forum is for moms who work out of the home (or who work in the home ,but in a manner that is more closely in line with working out of the home)

I work 3-11 dh works 7-3 so we have a teen come from 2:15-3:45, not too bad. My sister has been doing it until now but she just got a job teaching so she won't be available in the day. I may be getting a job 3-11 much closer to home and dh actually works at the hospital alot so we may be able to work it out to do a kid switch right at the hospital :)

I am so fortunate to have my best friend, mama_of_five living in the same house as me. Her DH takes my DS to school in the morning (I walk halfway with them to the bus stop) and picks him up after school. Mama_of_five watches him after school and does homework and dinner with him until I get home around 6:30.

I also work weekends, but my DS goes to his grandmas/fathers house from Friday evening until Sunday evening.

I love the arangement I have, but I miss DS tons on the weekend when he's gone.

Emily

I just recently got a nanny to come to my home. I work both in and out of the home, depending on the day, and which hat I have on, so it makes much more sense for me to have someone who is here most of the time. She comes after her other job on Mon. mornings around 10AM and stays until 3 or 5, depending on what DH and I need to get done for our coffee businessl.

Teus. I am "off" which means I work when the baby is napping and the older boys are at school, lol.

Wed. I work at Purebirth, volunteering, and working towards my certifications from 8-2. Nanny is here 7-3.

Thurs. is the same as Teus.

Fri. Nanny is here 7-3, and I am in and out. Depends on if I am restocking the stores w/ coffee, writing health articles, working on websites, or whatever.

Sat. DH and I do the Farmer's Market for the coffee bus. and the nanny is here 7-3.

Sat. evening and Sun. are family time.

We are still working on gettin a routine set in place, but atleast the kids are taken care of. I love this situation because I can schedule things on any of the days the nanny is here and not have to worry about (will the baby be napping then? Can I take the kids with me? Is there time to run that errand before Ash gets home? Can I be home in time to for Chris to get off the bus if I wait to do that until after Ash is home?)

Wish me luck that this one sticks and gets a little better at helping around the house.:eyes: