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

I was just reading some threads about interviews and saw that some offer the parents tea/coffee, drinks to the child, etc. I'm just wondering how...

This morning was my first day of exercise. 5:30-6:30am bootcamp and I am dead on my legs. I'm hoping that none of my dck's give me a hard time. The...

I have a 14month old dcb who has been with me since September. He was a dream child, we bonded quickly and he ate well, slept well, was just awesome...

I know this is very random, but I realized today that there are two smells I can not stand as a DCP. One is saliva (I have a constant drooler who I...

Ugh! I've had a cold/cough cycling through here for over a month now. Dcks got it first, then me, then my kids... and it's just not going. I'm sick...

Here is an update on the no-show family. The family never called my adviser :D I have picked the 2nd family I interviewed. I just emailed them...

The break in routine is quite evident! Kids testing their boundaries, no sharing whatsoever, grabbing, cranky rubbing eyes....yup. They all had a...

:D As I have stated in another thread, I have a dcg who hasn't started yet and I will not find out until sometime on Monday if she will. (my adviser...

The challenge with my neighbour's kid is looking out my back window and seeing them at home while I'm busting my butt taking care of their...

My husband totally doesn't appreciate what I do! Nor does he understand. He even said the other day. "Your job isn't as hard as mine cause your at...

Oh my lord, is it Friday yet? What a day. I do not understand why some parents want to linger and chat. I have this mom who comes to pick her kids up...

I have an 18 month old dcg who hasn't started yet. I interviewed her and her mom back in early October. They are coming through one of my agencies...

I been doing the in-home daycare for 7 months now. I'm finding somethings difficult. #1 my kids are now basically house-bound all the time. We don't...

I leave in an apartment building and they are doing work in the front yard ears 9just outside my window) they have been very good at being quiet....

I've been off and on looking into taking some childcare courses. But, as you know, you can't exactly close your daycare to either do the course or...