a little bit of whining

[terbear1225]

I don't understand, why are there so few day care centers in St. Mary's county that care for infants? Every place that I've called that's even half ways decent have a 1-2 year waiting list. I would have had to get on the waiting list before we even started trying to get pregnant!! It just seems ridiculous to me. If I had any head for business I would open a center in a heartbeat!

 

[DoWhat]

If I had any head for business I would open a center in a heartbeat!

Are you saying that you are a dullard?

 

[vraiblonde]

I don't understand, why are there so few day care centers in St. Mary's county that care for infants?

Because you're supposed to stay home and care for your infant, not ship them off to daycare. MHO.

 

[RoseRed]

Are you saying that you are a dullard?

 

[Tonio]

Because you're supposed to stay home and care for your infant, not ship them off to daycare. MHO.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/21/AR2005052100845.html

While Kline has placed caregivers in the homes of White House officials, Cabinet secretaries, senators and media personalities, 95 percent of her clients are attorneys. Their hours are "hideous," she says, "and something's gotta give when you have two parents putting in those 80 hours each. Who has time for a child? Who's doing the parenting?"</NITF>
<NITF>Anxious at the prospect of baby chaos messing up their carefully structured careers, some mothers call White House Nannies as soon as they find out they are pregnant, as if they could lock up a nanny nine months in advance of actual work. When they call back later on, Kline often hears this: "I leave my house before 7, and I absolutely cannot say I would be home before 7."</NITF>

<NITF>"And I say, well, it's going to be really hard to get a nanny to work 12 hours and then to commute back and forth. And they wail, 'Well, what am I supposed to do ??? ' "</NITF>

<NITF>"I love this!" Kline says, chortling. "You're asking me this? Why didn't you think about this before you had a kid? I don't want to be snippy, but there is this part of me who is biting my tongue not to say this."</NITF>

<NITF>So now she has, with her book...

 

[DoWhat]

 

[RoseRed]

 

[ceo_pte]

Because you're supposed to stay home and care for your infant, not ship them off to daycare. MHO.

 

[vraiblonde]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/21/AR2005052100845.html

Gee, Mary -- I tried out the words silently -- we're fresh out of mammies this week ."

</NITF>

 

[vraiblonde]

"Emily has a great deal of energy and needs to run free. She's in a daredevil phase and experiments with risky behavior, so watch carefully when she walks on the table or kitchen counter. Please gently stop her if she bites you or others. . . . We don't believe in punishment or time-outs. We never, ever use the word 'no.' "

 

[Hot N Bothered]

The state limits the number of infants allowed per adult.

In a commercial center, there can be only three infants per adult and only six infants per room. If a center charges $200 per infant (which most parents I know don't want to pay) they have only $600 per week or about $31,000 per year, to pay for all the supplies, overhead, insurance and one whole salary. I don't know too many people who will work for that entire amount, much less work for what pittance is left over after expenses.

From a business perspective, it is a waste of space to set aside a whole room for 6 babies and 2 adults for a gross income of $62,000 when they can use that same room for 12 two year olds and two adults, and cut a mere $25 or $50, per child, grossing about $95,000 and still only paying 2 salaries.

 

[Tinkerbell]

Because you're supposed to stay home and care for your infant, not ship them off to daycare. MHO.

In an ideal world, that would be great. However, we live in reality and most people can't afford not to have both parents working. I stayed home with my youngest for almost a year after I had her, and it seriously hurt our finances. She started home daycare when I went back to work (it was that or be homeless) and she LOVES it. She has kids her own age to play with all day and her daycare worker is wonderful.

 

[canuks mpd]

Because you're supposed to stay home and care for your infant, not ship them off to daycare. MHO.

 

[huntr1]

I don't understand, why are there so few day care centers in St. Mary's county that care for infants? Every place that I've called that's even half ways decent have a 1-2 year waiting list. I would have had to get on the waiting list before we even started trying to get pregnant!! It just seems ridiculous to me. If I had any head for business I would open a center in a heartbeat!

Where are you looking for daycare?

 

[terbear1225]

mainly in the lexington park/leonardtown areas. although somewhere in between (along 5) could work too.

 

[terbear1225]

Try using the Southern Maryland Child Care Resource Center. They'll give you the names and numbers for licensed professionals in whatever area of the County you are looking for .

thanks so much to whoever gave me negative karma for this. I did use the CHild Care resource center. all the names and numbers that they gave me were useless as the vast majority of places that I called had no infant openings.

 

[jwwb2000]

thanks so much to whoever gave me negative karma for this. I did use the CHild Care resource center. all the names and numbers that they gave me were useless as the vast majority of places that I called had no infant openings.

Around here, infant opening are far and few inbetween. Best of luck finding one!

 

[JabbaJawz]

I'm on the market for an infant opening myself...I just placed an ad in the childcare section.

 

[RoseRed]

I'm on the market for an infant opening myself...I just placed an ad in the childcare section.

Are you preggers again?

 

[K_Jo]

Are you preggers again?

I saw her peeing on a stick the other day.