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

I'm changing my payment date.

I just found out a few weeks ago that I'm pregnant (woohoo!) and we're planning on keeping it between hubby and I until Christmas. Yesterday I had...

Hello everyone! I simply wanted to talk a bit about your current group of children. How many children do you care for? How old are they? Do you...

Hello, To add a few laughs in your day... what are cutest / funniest things a child ever said to you??? :D

So I have a 2.5 year old girl in my care and she has been with me for a year and was my best kid, but the last 2 months she cries non stop. Drop off...

I had posted a few days ago that I encountered two daycare providers at a local park that were each 3 kids over their limit. I didn't know who they...

So I have a policy, like I know many of you do, that the daycare child must have atleast two weeks of success at home before I start working with...

Oh how this week sucks, let me count the ways... 1. My new dcg that I only had for a month is gone because they left for a daycare that is open...

Just thought I'd share the "highlight" of my day. My 2 year old daughter decided that it would be really funny to dump her yogurt drink on my head...

I have been dealing with chronic foot pain for the entire time I have been running my daycare - which is almost 2 years now. After my last pregnancy...

I am still dealing with my chronic foot pain, and now my chronic hand pain has returned too due over use - so now my feet AND my hands hurt all day...

Well, I gave my daycare families notice on Friday that I will be permanently closing my daycare by the end of the June. They were surprised, but...

Well, today is the last day of my home daycare career! I am only open until noon, so I am taking the kids to a brand new playground this morning and...

Hey ladies, Quick question; if a child has an accident, or throws up on his clothes, do you wash his outfit? I have one pukey kid, and while I...

My husband and I would like to try for baby #2, but I'm very nervous about doing this job pregnant, and then with a new baby. I am not currently a...