Forum: The day-to-day as a daycare provider

On Thursday, I lost a family, this was the month caring and compassionate family, I had, back a few month ago she wanted me to look after her sister...

Only a couple more weeks until I shut down completely and I am wondering if I should do some kind of "goodbye" gift for the kids/families? I have had...

1.parent wants me to watch kids from 7:15am to 8:15am 2 kids, one who is an infant 2.gma works at a grocery store with wierd hours, looking for...

Hello ladies, I am new to the forum and have been a HDC provider for the past four years. Anyhow, i'm thinking of writing up a new contract, and...

Hi everyone! We are currently 9 weeks along with #5... Yes #5 LOL. My own children are 15, 13, 10 and 16 months (second marriage for me!). I live in...

I'm starting to think that my DD's BFF's family dislikes me. My 5-year-old DD plays with her BFF often and to be nice she plays more at their house...

I'm home from two weeks vacation in FL. A well deserved break but all the same difficult to come back to work for sure. I am however going to try to...

My son decided to wake me up at 5:15 this morning. He has a problem with early waking sometimes and he couldn't get back to sleep. Problem is, my...

I presently have 3 children in my care, my grand-daughter she is 16 month old non-walker yet, a two year old and 2, 18 month old. I need a good...

I have a 6 yr old sibling here today and she is driving me nuts, actually all of the kids are. Must be the full moon. The 6 yr old has not been...

So DCM of my 15m dcg who I have had since March FT tells me a couple of months ago that she was looking for a job closer to home, she currently...

I go check up on the kids like, I usually do and one of DCK - 2 years old has been pulling on her diaper and guess what happened the Poop fell out of...

I just had a parent call me and inform me they will not be attending next week because they are going on their vacation! This family is starting to...