so... we found brooke a day care. well, i did. i think she's going to like it. let me tell you a little about it. full time is based on 100+ hours a month. i told the day care that i was looking for full time care just incase the job position i choose is full time. i wanted to keep my options open. anyways... it's $500 a month for full time. which isn't bad, because i know in the city some are paying close to $700 a month for a toodler! yikes. all adam and i have to provide are diapers, and 1 piece of friut a day (which gets cut up and put on a fruit plate for an afternoon snack). they provide brooke with 2 snacks a day, morning and afternoon, and a hot lunch everyday. they take the kids outside at least once; but not if it's colder then -15, windy, or raining, or snowing. other then that the go outside... 3 out of the 5 days are walks, and the other 2 are to the park. i believe that this will not only benefit brooke, but myself. brooke will get some kid on kid time, and develop some social skills, while i get to be with adults, or have some me time. i think that this will help her learn to share and be with other kids, so that when her sibling does arrive, it wonn't be such a shock to have another child around. i don't want this to come out wrong, but i'll enjoy being with brooke more. absence makes the heart grow fonder!
this is a HUGE step... trusting to leave our child with a day care. the staff told me it's okay to cry the first couple times leaving her there... but they suggest crying in the car. lol.
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Daycare hunting is hard huh?
I tried to go back to work after Jenn was born, but just couldn't, and then after Alia was born, daycare for both was too expensive, and besides the kind of job that I would get wouldn't pay enough for it to be worth it.
Are you thinking of working after the baby is born? Is that why you are setting up a daycare for Brooke? The idea of her socializing is a good one. I had Jenn in a one day a week nursery and then I had both in there after Alia was born. It was a non-profit sort of place, really inexpensive. It was a good idea, they made some friends, and I made some friends too, other Moms. It's strange, it's hard to meet other Moms it seems. You have to join things.
Your "family" world is just beginning. But believe what they say about kids growing up so fast. It is very, very true. Lightning speed!
Good idea on doubling up the Jetts payments. It all helps. Have you looked into day care subsidies. I never knew that they existed, but had I known, day care would have costs us a lot less. Here's a link, maybe it'll help:
http://www.child.gov.ab.ca/whatwedo/childcaresubsidy/page.cfm?pg=index
My email address is: mslong@telus.net. It will make our chats much easier
Mary
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