Thread: Pricing Problem
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284878 08:33 AM 04-20-2021
Originally Posted by MissLisa08:
That makes sense. I will definitely keep that in mind. Thank you! At only 3 to 4 hours a day I feel like the kid would barely be getting comfortable and then they would be picked up.
I aim for part-time kids. Before the pandemic hit I had two on Tuesday and Thursday only, two on Monday only, two on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday only, two on Monday Wednesday only. The two on Monday came at 11:00 and left at 5:30.

And during the shutdown I had one on Monday Wednesday and two on Tuesday Thursday. So I racked up my hours for the year and had easy days. Also the part-time stuff let's me have Friday off with my children.

Currently I still have my Tuesday Thursday kids and my one Monday Wednesday with his baby sister coming Wednesday only, and the two on Monday only. And I just started a Monday through Thursday child. The Monday only kids are leaving when Mom has the baby the beginning of June. And baby sister will start coming on Monday along with Wednesday.

So part-time works well for me, may not work for other providers and it may not work for you. I wasn't sure how Monday only would work out, but they are great kids, they sleep well, they play well, mom and dad are always on time and they always pay. I charge them a full day rate and they didn't complain. One child was an infant and the other one was a toddler when they began. The infant did have some adjustments but he slept really well and I found ways around having to hold him all the time. Now he is a adorable little boy that I am grateful to take care of for almost 2 years.


My advice is that charging full rate for 3 days. Give them a cut off time for drop off and let them know that if you get inquiry for full-time that you're going to take a full-time family. Give her a rate for a full week in case they would consider ft. They may be the best family ever you will never know.
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