If you for sure want to do both, you must have plenty of energy! Do you have any families who have a rotating schedule already? Do you earn enough income with the ten you already have to make it ends meet okay? Would you be comfortable with someone in your home with the kids while you're at your hospital job?

Lots to think about. I would..
A. Hire an employee to continue the same schedules, but place an ad ASAP to start training the person in and trust them with the kids and your home alone. This would work just wonderful for your families since you care about them so much instead of making their kids attend part time care with you and part time care elsewhere. You would have to lower your rates I bet to help them make ends meet with two part time daycare rates, so I would lean towards keeping your daycare open the same amount of hours just hire an employee part time and a back up incase the employee is sick.

B. Tell the parents you've decided to take a job at the hospital part time and will no longer offer full time care and give them two weeks. I would let them know your availability from here on out and even offer a drop-in option to keeps parents from wanting to walk out on your new plan. I would be prepared with new negotiated rates as well.

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