Searching for care not finding anything that fits!!!

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You don't say where you are located. It pretty much goes by supply and demand as with any service. If there are enough clients that we don't need to work a 12 hour day at 8 hour pay why would we. Having said that my first child comes at 6:40 but because of that I don't take any children than need to be picked up after 5 pm so if you needed a late day instead it wouldn't work for me. One of the biggest reasons for mornings is that many providers are busy with their own chidlren getting them up, dressed, and ready for school.

What is probably causing you more issues than the hours is your schedule. I get the sense that because of the way you described your schedule and that it mattered in the start time that you are also looking for a provider that will only require you to pay for the days your child is in care. For full time clients providers will often make exceptions to things like hours. But if you are taking a space in the daycare but not paying for it then the provider may feel that they are already giving you a break and not be willing to give even more. Since providers have limited spaces in their daycare dictated by each provincial government regulations then you need to remember that you are paying to reserve one of those spaces whether you use it or not. On the hours issues - some caregivers will open early for an extra fee because their work day is now being extended.

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You don't say where you are located. It pretty much goes by supply and demand as with any service. If there are enough clients that we don't need to work a 12 hour day at 8 hour pay why would we. Having said that my first child comes at 6:40 but because of that I don't take any children than need to be picked up after 5 pm so if you needed a late day instead it wouldn't work for me. One of the biggest reasons for mornings is that many providers are busy with their own chidlren getting them up, dressed, and ready for school.

What is probably causing you more issues than the hours is your schedule. I get the sense that because of the way you described your schedule and that it mattered in the start time that you are also looking for a provider that will only require you to pay for the days your child is in care. For full time clients providers will often make exceptions to things like hours. But if you are taking a space in the daycare but not paying for it then the provider may feel that they are already giving you a break and not be willing to give even more. Since providers have limited spaces in their daycare dictated by each provincial government regulations then you need to remember that you are paying to reserve one of those spaces whether you use it or not. On the hours issues - some caregivers will open early for an extra fee because their work day is now being extended.

it's not the hours it's guaranteed monday tuesday wednesday and i have no problem sending my son the minimum required days set by the provider! there's a possibility of thurs and friday as well. but with schedule it's the sometines it's 6 am drop off sometimes it's as late as 8am, every child care provider in burlington the earliest i have seen is 7am

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it's not the hours it's guaranteed monday tuesday wednesday and i have no problem sending my son the minimum required days set by the provider! there's a possibility of thurs and friday as well. but with schedule it's the sometines it's 6 am drop off sometimes it's as late as 8am, every child care provider in burlington the earliest i have seen is 7am

If you offered to pay a caregiver the full fee for all five days whether you use them or not you would probably have a better chance of finding someone. As I posted earlier you are asking the caregiver to reserve a full week for you even though she is only guaranteed pay for three of the days. Plus you want her to alter her hours of care and that also likely means you want your children fed breakfast which is not normally part of the daycare day. Financially it will be hard for you but as a caregiver I would not be going to all the trouble of extra hours plus extra meals plus lost income many weeks. Instead I would continue to advertise.