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Thank you all for your kind thoughts, support and ideas :) It is wonderful to have support within the childcare community!

I have spoken with other providers in the area (licensed and not) but it seems that it is pretty slow right now. That could be attributed to the fact that a lot of people are laid off or working...

Thinkin seriously of closing...have had no luck finding the families and the ones I have now are just keeping me afloat! Been advertising since November...thought about getting licensed but it's...

I'm starting to look into this...as I find I don't have any time to volunteer at my older son's school. This will also give me more 1 on 1 time with my little one.
Rates I'm thinking of using are...

My older boy used to bite in daycare - this was in a different country but all we got were the 'upset' faces and waging fingers...no help whatsoever to help us, he eventually stopped but I dreaded...

Tot time, thanks, that was encouraging and although I have a bigger school age child too, can hardly remember this stage - I was also working in an office at the time and not exclusively around...

I have a 20 month old who's learned the word 'NO'. So when he's playing with anything he doesn't want the other to touch the toys he's always saying 'No'. Also, he's constantly grabbing from the...

I only serve snacks here & sometimes have to prep them - cutting, cleaning fruit etc. I do wash my dcks containers too, usually wash up towards the end of lunch time - no dish washer either. When I...

I have a little boy who's been with me since 13 months, now 20. He's started throwing a huge tantrum when Mum drops him off, once last week & 2 days so far this week. He holds on to his things (lunch...

It's kind of hard to terminate when it's your 'own child'! Yes, mine is the biter. He started around 14 months and when he would bite I would tell him 'no-biting' and put him in time out. It took...

thanks for the support! My sick dck was tired about 10am, so I thought I'd nap him...he's still asleep - it's 1pm! I got a lot of rest and my little one is sleeping too since he had a rough night....

Has anyone experienced a biter in their group? If so, how did you get them to stop?

talk about long week...I've been sick since Tuesday...my dck came in with a runny nose and has been sneezing non-stop since Wednesday!!! My sinus is blocked now I'm pretty sure, so yes TGIF :D It...

thanks for sharing your rates :) The situation I'm in is, I took on an only 'after school' friends kid, under the impression it was 'full time'. I did a weekly rate of $75, works out to 15 per day....

If you have just after school care, do you still charge the $20 before & after rate?

Wow! I must really have a small appetite ;) Thanks so much for all your input, I'm gonna start serving more today!!!

My son used to/sometimes still does, come home from school and was really...

I was wondering was a usual snack portion would be for school aged children...
These are a list of my usual snacks served every week with some variation:
1) crackers and cheese (about 4 big...

I can totally relate to the dressing up part - I loved to dress up for work! I find if I slap on some make-up in the morning I feel better about myself somehow! But always feel the parents must be...

gcj - I suppose that would be something to look at...I'm finding it hard to secure older kids as I have young ones (18 months) and the parents want someone their kids age...any advice, anyone?

I find that too! Have a family I love, but Mum has taken time off to work on the house and brought the little one in after having his immunizations this morning. I recently edited my health & illness...