Re: Evening and overnight care....

[apples and bananas]

I do overnight for select families. The first time I have a new child I don't sleep well at all. Even if they sleep well I'm still very aware of them being here and find I'm constantly checking the monitor. It makes the next day hard to deal with a full day of daycare kids.

I charge a premium for after 6 and over night. I charge $40 for anything after 6. So, 6-9 = 40.00. I charge 55.00 for overnight care. And that is after dinner until before lunch. I charge more if I know the child is a bad sleeper.

I opened with the intent to do all of those crazy hours that no one else would do. I learned my lesson very quickly. LOL You have to really make sure you can handle having the kids around that much and working that much. It's not like your own kids, you are way more aware of someone elses kids being in your home.

[sunnydays]

Aside from the fact that I wouldn't want to work 24 hours and I need my family time, I would not take kids overnight for the liability reasons Judy mentioned. What if the kid sleepwalks and gets hurt? What if the kid gets up super early and wanders around and gets hurt? What if the child dies in their sleep? What if the child accuses a member of your family of doing something to him/her at night while you were sleeping? All of these things would mean the end of your career in daycare and potentially worse...even if you are proven innocent in court. It is just way to hard to defend yourself if you were asleep and did not see what happened.