Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
There is no other family to assist in child care duties?
If not perhaps it’s time for one parent to stay home with their child then
Children are only young once.
Plus most the “expenses” people have now days are optional not necessary.
I agree with Ariana 100%
Everything is a choice
No offense, but I was working 14 hrs a day a few years ago for this reason... one of my families was military & heart surgeon @ UT Medical, both worked 12 hr days & tried to schedule to make infant in care less, but they weren't on opposite shifts, but overlapped hrs... guaranteed 13 hrs a day on this one child, no family within 8 hrs and nobody else would do those hrs. Sometimes it's a no win situation (except OT pay).
BTW, I got this little back for drop-in for 2 weeks early last year (before I closed); parents loved that I was willing to step in again for evening hrs while they were getting ready to relocated across country; little miss didn't need to see her home packed up late at night