It's Baaaack......yippee.

[Lee-Bee]

If licensed I'd be making about 25dollars less per child per day

There is no way I can run my daycare for the amount licensed providers make
When I was about to open and looked into it to fill my last few spots the licensing lady told me not to bother if I had families willing to pay my fees

I don't know how you manage to feed the kids, heat the daycare, furnish it and buy all the toys and materials

My daycare is completely separate of my family area, it costs a lot to furnish and 6 months in I have a ways to go yet

[Fun&care]

To answer your question godsgirl, aside from the major cut in pay we would take after signing on with an agency, the age restrictions would probably make it near impossible to make a decent living. The 2 under the age of 2 rule specifically would hit us hard. In the three years I have been in business maybe 5% of enquiries have been for kids aged 2 and up and the rest has all been for 12 mo. And for me, what always ends up happening is I lose them around 18 mo-2y because mom goes on mat leave with baby no 2 and I am back to the drawing board, filling a space for a 12 mo and honestly so far I always have at least 2 under 2 if not more. Our age range is already restricted to 12mo to 3-4 years....I don't understand why they want to restrict us further. Not to mention they would be cutting so many already needed spots for infants, where on earth are parents going to go?

The whole thing makes no sense on so many levels, I am just hoping that SOMEBODY in gov wakes up and smells the coffee.