Thank you so much for your encouragement! I am delighted to know that I am not the only grandma on this board, and that you also began this career path by wanting to be with your grandchild. I briefly contemplated going back into the career world full-time, but I would have to commute to the GTA. I teach part-time at Trent University (I'm a business administration professor) but there are no full-time opportunities. The thought of leaving my grandchild and driving 4 hours a day made me really think long and hard about what is important to me, and I realized I could find a win-win by opening a daycare. I love children, and have taught music classes to babies and toddlers. As I worked with the little people, I also realized that I am a parent-cheerleader. I taught parenting courses as a volunteer for years because I believe it takes a village to raise a child, and we need to work together to raise successful, productive adults. I look forward to the opportunity to work with children and their parents. At my church, I'm known as the baby hog, because I'm always gravitating towards children. I've been known to take many a fussy baby and rock them to sleep while a grateful new mom has a break. I do hope that there are parents looking for a grandma for their child/children, and your post was very encouraging. I would be happy to give you my email address if you want to know more about me.

I wasn't sure if there was a way to send a private message on this board since it's my first day here. I haven't got a website or anything set up yet as I'm just in the beginning stage. I plan to open September 1st. In the meantime, I'm organizing forms, parent handbook etc., and doing some organizing of my space. Now that my granddaughter is 3 and a half, I need to go back to the beginning in terms of childproofing since she no longer requires quite the same level of vigilance with toys etc. I finish teaching for the summer on August 1st, so I have August set aside to get ready.

Thank you again for your reply. If your client is looking for a grandma-type, I'd be happy to talk to her.