'Serenity'
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OK, mild panic attack here.
I just called a daycare center recommended by a friend. They don't expect to have an opening in the toddler room until December.
What the hell am I going to do with Annabel if I get this job? I figured I could find a SAHM to look after her for a month or so, but 3-4 months!?
I mean, really, what do people do? I can't be the only person who's ever been in these circumstances.
People put their kids on lists before they are even born. Em is on 2 others that she has been on for over a year and they still haven't called, but I refuse to take her off just in case.
You have to spread a wide net. Childcare-hunting is like job-hunting, you can't assume that one application suffices. You apply everywhere you can think of to get that one slot. Infants are harder to place than toddlers.
Aren't you a member of a church? The mother's organization/nursery staff may well know of somebody appropriate.
Susan, check the U's HR site. I think they have info in addition to the packet they give you.
People put their kids on lists before they are even born.
I don't have a time machine!
I mean, I can't be the only woman who's tried SAHM/work from home and thought, you know, this isn't working. And you can't place the child before you have a job, because until you have the job you don't have money!
ARRRRRGHHHHHHH!!!@!!!!!!!!
I don't have a time machine!
Sillyhead - you shouldda registered for one!! *g*
Take Betsy's suggestion about the church people, look on Craigs List.
CHeck your church and see if they have a program, if they don't ask what they recommend. Talk to other Moms, call other churches.
I see two churches close to where I live advertising day care.
CHeck your church and see if they have a program, if they don't ask what they recommend.
The one problem with this is that the church is on Queen Anne while potential work would be in the U District. And getting from QA to the U District is very, very tough.
My church has a daycare (well, a daycare that uses the building), but it's in a different neighborhood from where we live and from UW, and it'd make the commute obnoxiously complicated. Did I mention the Catholic church near my house won't take them till they're potty-trained?
I'm looking at the UW stuff, and asked DH to look into some of the stuff where you have to have a current ID to access it.
Part of my stress is that it's not easy to search out these places, even when you pay the money to sign up for a service that's supposed to help you find places, which I did yesterday.