Child Care

First, let me say all parents do what they gotta do. I can't imagine one solution for any parenting issue that fits all families. I feel strongly on certain issues regarding my family. For example, I am a strong advocate of not taking your children to daycare, especially how I see some moms use it. They go to work and take the kids to daycare early then pick them up late so they can work a full day have a long lunch hour and even work out. Since they get the kids up so early to go to daycare, I presume they must have dinner when they get home then get the kids off to bed to get ready for the next day. It seems they spend very little time raising their kids much less spending quality time with them. Now, I also understand that quantity and quality of not same, so the majority of time spend with a child does not always create a lasting memory. Much time is spend in the care giving and day to day maintenance, if you will, of the child. Since this is true, I have no idea how these daycare parents do it. Like I said earlier, I am sure this may work great for some families but I can't see it for my own.

Now if you don't use daycare what do you do when you need someone else to watch your child? For the last 2.5 years, only James and I have taken care of our children day in and day out with a few exceptions. Now we have to manage a growing business with me working full time so hurt switch off schedule does not work as well. So we had resorted to using a babysitting service which means $70 for 6 hours a day with various sitters in and out of our home. Not my favorite option. Hiring a nanny that we pay as a household employee, requires a lot of red tape so to speak and that sense of trust has to be strong. I think that is going to be our next choice but I am not sure.

I wish I could stay home so much maybe some day soon.