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post #1 of 10
6/17/04 at 4:38pm
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What sort of guidelines do you follow for your kids and parent's? If you run your a daycare home daycare, what guidelines do you follow for fees, schedules, pick-up/drop-off times, medicine, illnesses, naps, toilet training/diapers, meals etc.

What things do you look for in a "home" daycare before sending your kids to that caregiver?



I am trying to come up with some basic guidelines to set for myself and for families whose children I would take into my home. Any advice or experiences you can share would be great!
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post #2 of 10
6/17/04 at 4:47pm
I know in NY you have to be liscensed and then you follow the state guidlines. Of course you set your hours of operation. Now I do know people that d it unregistered and they are less formal.
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post #3 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:04pm
I have Doris that has done home sitting for 30 years.

I drop the kids off at 7 and pick them up in the 4-5 hour. I know she has one girl that is there till like 7 pm. It depends on you and what you are willing to put up with.

I send 4 sippy cups with juice and milk. I send lunch and treat for him. I am only charged 2 an hour.

If he has a fever or vomit or Diarreha I will not send him for 24 hours. If he needs meds I just tell her when. I always have tylenol on hand in his lunch bag for him.


She knows what she is doing and keeps him on a schedule.

She also teaches him things that he should be learning and plays with them and is in it for the kids and not the money.

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I had one that was in it for the money. Had her day planner and added it up each week. Keeped the kids in their car seat or in the basement to play! This was terrible, even though her house was so clean it was missing something. THe love.

My SIL has a sitter who gets $2.50 an hour and she provides all the food. Now I just wish Doris did that and it would make her perfect.

You need to be approachable and love kids to do it and keep with it. I would love to do this from my house. I just dont think there is a kid base for it where I am.

Also Doris does not charge me for when my kids are sick or I am out on vacation or she is on vacation.
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post #4 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:09pm
Toilet training goes when he asks. I have told her to ask him but I think she has done it long enough to know how to do it so I do not question her. I provide her diapers in his back pack daily. I put 6 in there each day so I know what she has used. I supply wipes too. She lets me know when she is out.

When I had Brittany in a Day care they had this cute little form that they filled out for each kid that said when they where changed and how they felt that day and what they did that day. I can send you one of these cute forms if you want.
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post #5 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:39pm
Rachel charges me $60/wk for each kid. She provides all food/snacks/drinks for Austin.

I just have to take diapers, wipes, formula for Dylan.

With the whole food thing, she says it's easier for her to just make one big lunch for all the kids, rather than make 4 or 5 lunches for all the kids.

When Austin was potty training, she stuck with it too! She encouraged him to go potty and so forth.

With dicipline she does "time out" which is fine with me. It works for him over there. Granted he's an angel when he's anywhere else but home.

For pick up and drop off times.. She likes the kids to be gone by 6. And on Wednesday's she like them to be gone by 5 if possible because she goes to church. She doesn't mind watching them a bit later than 6 if we let her know in advance. As for dropping him off time- He's never there eariler than 8am- but sometimes the other girls are there before we get there at 8.

Set your boundaries for times! You have a family too. Thought since you've worked shift work- understand how sometimes it is still tough for parents too! I work shift work as well! I only WISH i got off at the same exact time every day.
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post #6 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:42pm
Robyn $60 a week you are so lucky! Is that fulltime employment for you? I so wish that Doris would make one huge meal for the kids. But they all eat at different times.
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post #7 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:45pm
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I don't know what happened, but I just erased my entire paragraph.....

Anyway, when I first started sending Sydney to daycare, I bought a notebook to send with her everyday. In there, we kept important medical numbers, emergency contact numbers and other important instructions. I also wrote in there everyday to let my sitter know what kind of mood she was in when she got home the day before, what kind of night she had etc. My sitter also wrote to me in there, how her day was, she'd tell me what they had for lunch and how well Sydney ate, whether or not Sydney pooped that day (so I'd know if she got constipated) etc. It was a great way to communicate, even though we didn't have alot of time to chat at the end of the day. But after a while, my sitter said that she didn't have time to write in it, so that was the end of that.

But I would like to do the same for the kids that I would look after. I feel that it's really important to let you parent's in on what's happening and when there's 4 parent's picking up their kids all at the same time, you don't always have time or remember all the details to tell each parent. As especially as a Mom going back to work, I know I wanted to feel included in Sydney's daily activities and this was a great way to do it. It made me feel "in the loop" when I had to work all day, every day.

Sure Jan, I would love to see a copy of that form. Do you have my email address?

In Canada, you can have a licensed daycare, but then it is totally regulated by the government. It has both advantages and disadvantages. You can also have an unlicensed daycare too.
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post #8 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:47pm
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I should mention that I would be providing lunch and afternoon snacks.

In Manitoba, the going rate for home daycares is $20/day per child. That's CDN.
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post #9 of 10
6/17/04 at 5:55pm
$20 is what it works out to here too. I will try to re-create it at home and if I cant I will just mail you one in snail mail.

I like the note book thing too. THey also had if they BM in there to. When Brittany went to the 3YO room they stopped doing it.
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post #10 of 10
6/18/04 at 1:04am
My sitter is $2 per hour per kid and about 1/2 a block from work so it's $16 a day. She provides lunch and snacks and I send diapers. I usually just send her 10 or so at a time then she lets me know when she needs more. I work straight 8 to 4 but other kids come much earlier and some stay till 7ish. She also babysits on Mon and Thurs for me while I'm at class. She watches both girls then (5:30 - 10 pm) and supplies them with dinner.
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