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

Well, today I am absolutely heartbroken... My favorite family told me that their daughter will stop coming to my dayhome because dcd lost his job...

The baby that is in my care (and her Mom is a friend as well), house burnt down last night :( they lost EVERYTHING, but thank God they all got out...

Started a new dcg today. I cannot believe how easy her transition was:woot: Grandma watched her (she lives with grandma and parents). But now...

Hi Ladies, I have no one else to ask and DH reads all my emails and always has an opinion about everything. So I am putting it on here as he never...

We have a three year old large breed dog who is awesome with my dcks. I am thinking about getting a four month old puppy to keep our older dog...

The mom comes to my house so sick with Strep Throat to drop off her child. Now I can tell the child has a cold, which common colds are fine for them...

For those of you who have all your dck's sleeping in the same area.... what do you do when one child only sleeps for an hour and the rest will sleep...

I had to close my doors this morning due to DD comming down with the flu at 5:30am. :( All my parents were very understanding but one said she is...

Hi, 90 % of my daycare kids are part time and I'm thinking of only offering care Tue-Friday starting in Sept what do you ladies think? Do any of...

This is my first post, and my first week as a new daycare provider. I have an 11 month old son. I have a 6 and 8 year old set of siblings that...

Anyone care to share their daily schedule?! I don't know if it is because we have literally not been outside in over a month due to weather, or if my...