sawyer84
01-10-2013, 06:47 PM
So I have been aspiring to start home based child care. It started with my now ex best friend and her boyfriend needing childcare for their daughter who I love to pieces. I was there for her birth ect. Anyway Her father asked me occasionally to watch her a few hours here and there and I would for free because I wasn't seeing her much. CAS is involved, as the mother (my ex friend) is not allowed to be alone with the child. Once the father got a local job he asked me to watch her more frequently and asked is 25$ a day was good. At the time I was happy to just see her all the time, and make some extra money. Anyway when it came time to pay he called and said is 20$ a day good? I am a huge push over and he can be scary at times, so I said Yup.
Originally I was going to watch L ( the toddler) at their apartment so the mother could see the little girl, so I would drive over after my son went to school at 8:45. Well I got frustrated as the Mom upon my arrival would go back to bed until 4Pm Even once smoked a weed and then went to bed. I told her how dare she do that while I was watching her daughter at her place so she could see her and left with L So I started bringing L to my place, and we wound up saying ok I will watch her at my place. Well now I watch her Mon-Thurs sometimes Fri and Sat for $20 a day. I pick her up from their apartment between 6:30am-7am. and have her until usually 5:30pm-6pm, where he picks her up. I know you probably all think I am crazy for not only charging so little but picking her up. I started picking her up when I was going over after my son went to school and then when I said I wanted to watch her at my place since the mother was going to bed all day he didn't want to drive out of his way (5min) to drop her off. So now that you have how I started watching the child, and falling in love with how much fun I have with her, and the other little ones I see occassionally I don't know how to approach the dad and say " Listen 20 a day is not enough for sometimes 12hrs of care" he knows how much I love L and I don't want him to freak out, but with food costs, gas for picking her up, toys ect, I make nothing.
I had advertised for months to welcome a child or two into my home for care and had no hits, and now that Jan rolled around I have another child coming in the next few weeks. I messed up again by being a pushover and saying 20$ a day was good. She hasn't signed any contracts or even started so now I am stressed about saying listen I was dumb I need to charge at least 25-30 a day.
Ugh so much to learn,
Please seasoned care takers help me!
Originally I was going to watch L ( the toddler) at their apartment so the mother could see the little girl, so I would drive over after my son went to school at 8:45. Well I got frustrated as the Mom upon my arrival would go back to bed until 4Pm Even once smoked a weed and then went to bed. I told her how dare she do that while I was watching her daughter at her place so she could see her and left with L So I started bringing L to my place, and we wound up saying ok I will watch her at my place. Well now I watch her Mon-Thurs sometimes Fri and Sat for $20 a day. I pick her up from their apartment between 6:30am-7am. and have her until usually 5:30pm-6pm, where he picks her up. I know you probably all think I am crazy for not only charging so little but picking her up. I started picking her up when I was going over after my son went to school and then when I said I wanted to watch her at my place since the mother was going to bed all day he didn't want to drive out of his way (5min) to drop her off. So now that you have how I started watching the child, and falling in love with how much fun I have with her, and the other little ones I see occassionally I don't know how to approach the dad and say " Listen 20 a day is not enough for sometimes 12hrs of care" he knows how much I love L and I don't want him to freak out, but with food costs, gas for picking her up, toys ect, I make nothing.
I had advertised for months to welcome a child or two into my home for care and had no hits, and now that Jan rolled around I have another child coming in the next few weeks. I messed up again by being a pushover and saying 20$ a day was good. She hasn't signed any contracts or even started so now I am stressed about saying listen I was dumb I need to charge at least 25-30 a day.
Ugh so much to learn,
Please seasoned care takers help me!