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    What are the ages of your daycare kids?

    After a few months of advertising, my daycare is starting to fill up :-). Right now I have:
    DS - 13 months
    DCG - 14 months
    DCB - 2 years old
    March 4th I have a little one joining who will be 11.5 months.

    So, as of March 4 my crew will be:
    DS - 14.5 months
    DCG - 15.5 months
    DCB - 2 years old
    DCG - 11.5 months

    This leaves me with 2 spots left. I interviewed a family who want to sign on with me for mid-March. Their baby will be 11 months at that time. They want part-time until September. So that would leave me with one spot left.

    Here's my dilemma - I told them on the phone that I would be happy to take them because I was getting worried that I wouldn't have any clients and then this week I signed 2 yo DCB who starts next week :-). Last week I set up an interview for this weekend with a family with twin 2 year olds because I thought I still had 2 spaces to fill.

    The truth is I am really nervous about having that many kids under 18 months old and my gut is telling me to hold out for older children while my bank account balance is telling me to sign on regardless of age.

    What are the ages of the kids in your care and am I crazy for considering taking on that many young ones? I feel really slimy having to call the part-time parents to tell them I've changed my mind, but this is my livelihood and 2 full-time kids yield that much more income.

    Thanks!!
    Last edited by gravy_train; 01-17-2013 at 07:56 AM.

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