Nope - could not do it - when I started out I made the mistake of making my hours 7:00 - 5:30 and within a few months I was EXHAUSTED working just the 10.5 hours a day ... I could not imagine having to be ON more hours than that - if that was my only option I would have to consider doing something 'different' from home to earn income or working outside the home again ... IMO life is too short to be WORKING 60 hours plus a week specially for what ends up being $2 an hour and while I get that when we are mothers we 'work' 24/7 it is not the SAME as caring for other peoples children - it is just NOT!

My program hours are 7:30 - 4:30 and my fees are based on that - if you need me to work earlier or later than that A) I charge extra fee of $5 per half hour per child on top of that for the overtime you are asking me to work so that I am not working 12 hours a day for what works out to be $2 an hour and B) it is only if I am ABLE to work earlier or later cause there are times when myself or my family have evening commitments to attend to and I do not want to be working 'evenings' and I will not start earlier than 7am because I do not feel my family should have to share their morning routine with 'strangers'.