Forum: The day-to-day as a daycare provider

I just had the most wonderful interview :D I'm usually a pretty good judge of character, and I'm getting pretty good at predicting who will call me...

My new family, hasn't even started yet, but are following my rules beautifully. I told then at the interview that they have to keep my informed ever...

That was suppose to be posted yesterday but didnt know how it worked : Ok so I had a situation this morning. One of my daycare kid (21 month old...

Since opening my daycare my hands have become so rough and dry! Just wondering if anyone has any 'tricks of the trade' in the hand soap department?

How long would you continue doing home daycare as a new provider if you aren't sure it's what you want to do? I guess what I'm asking is, how long is...

What is appropriate if you have a PT DCM who is having her 2nd baby in a few weeks? Am I expected to get the baby a gift or mom a little delivery...

I was just reading some threads about interviews and saw that some offer the parents tea/coffee, drinks to the child, etc. I'm just wondering how...

This morning was my first day of exercise. 5:30-6:30am bootcamp and I am dead on my legs. I'm hoping that none of my dck's give me a hard time. The...

I have a 14month old dcb who has been with me since September. He was a dream child, we bonded quickly and he ate well, slept well, was just awesome...

I know this is very random, but I realized today that there are two smells I can not stand as a DCP. One is saliva (I have a constant drooler who I...

Ugh! I've had a cold/cough cycling through here for over a month now. Dcks got it first, then me, then my kids... and it's just not going. I'm sick...

Here is an update on the no-show family. The family never called my adviser :D I have picked the 2nd family I interviewed. I just emailed them...

The break in routine is quite evident! Kids testing their boundaries, no sharing whatsoever, grabbing, cranky rubbing eyes....yup. They all had a...

:D As I have stated in another thread, I have a dcg who hasn't started yet and I will not find out until sometime on Monday if she will. (my adviser...