I guess that is one good thing, I don't have any full time children. All of the families that I have, they currently bring their children 1-3 days a week. Out of the families I care for, I know two of the families are able to work with my new schedule, I am losing two families the 2nd week of May, 3 of my families have a rotating schedule, so I don't know if they will be able to work with my schedule or not and I am not sure about the other families... I haven't said anything to the families yet until I have the job offer in hand, hec I don't even know what the hourly pay is!

Right now I making good money running my In-home day care, but once the second week of May comes, I am losing two of my families ( just for the summer), both with siblings, which drops my income $1,000 a month, so I will be making the same doing my day care as I would be working in the hospital if they would say offer me $12.00 an hour, but I hope it's at least $13.00 an hour with all my credentials and experience. Financially, I would like to continue to do my daycare to get my debt paid off, which I will not be able to do with just the hospital job alone, so the extra daycare income will help a little. I have $13,000 in school loans and $3,500 in credit card debt that I would like to get paid off.

My plan is the work at the hospital the two week days they need me and then do my day care the other 3 days. I will not be hiring someone to run my day care. Yes, I may lose a few families that may not be able to work with my new schedule and I am ready for that. In my previous post I was implying I needed a substitute just for the week or two of orientation and that was it because I haven't got the details yet so I am stressing already when I don't even know if I need a sub yet. I talked to my cousin last night whom has worked in child care centers for the last 6 years and she said she can help me out since she is unemployed right now, so I hope it all works out.

My problem is I am always looking out for everyone else including the parents..I need to look at for myself and worry about myself...They already have their careers intact, they don't look out for me, they will be able to find another In-Home Provider.

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