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s/o daycare
DH and I are finally motivating to get this done (we were both in denial about the costs thus procrastination). I have a huge list of places to call... most of the places we can afford are home-based programs.
Am I taking a huge risk if the program doesn't have temporary or emergency care? Most of the ones we have found don't have that and it's freaking me out. DH said we'll share the time off as need be but I had to remind him he travels and I will hold the ultimate responsibility if we run into problems.
Re: s/o daycare
I think that it is a small risk, but I would bet that it won't happen that often. It is something to ask the provider about, do you take a vacation? how much notice of vacation do you give? how many days were you closed last year because you were sick or had an emergency?
I think a bigger thing to watch out for are people who will close due to weather (snow). Are they going to close every time local schools close or just for 100 year blizzards?
I think it is pretty common for small in-homes that they not have a back-up person if they're on vacation or sick. The one we're looking at moving to Marcus to eventually is pretty straightforward about only taking long weekends throughout the year which she tells you in advance, major holidays, a few snow days, and rarely a sick day. I think when you get have a kid you get used to having to use a bunch of earned time for their sickness, daycare issues etc.
But it is good to have a back-up plan of your own because it does come up. The SAHM we use now is on vacation and we're just covering it between me taking a day, MH taking a day, my mom a day, and MIL two days. So we use our parents a lot for those days that come up. I also have a neighbor that has a daycare that I've used in a pinch.
Our DCP does not close for snowdays since they are based in their home. That is a huge blessing since my office never closes (and if we do, then h3ll must have frozen over). They havent been sick in the year we've used them but I know her Mom comes to help if they are in a bind (our DCP is a husband/wife team).
I think it's normal, and not something that you should exclude them for not having. They should have back up plan and you as well though. In Maine we have the sick child law...basically you can take up to 5 days a year without it being a penalty to you, to take care of your child. You have to use PTO, but it does not count against you. I've used one this year, will use another coming up and plan on using a couple in December (but this one might have to count against me)
Thanks SO much for the feedback!! I totally was freaked out about that and I feel a lot better. My job is relatively flexible-- a lot of my coworkers are parents-- but since I can't rely on DH since he travels, I have to plan on it falling on me.
Now... if I could get this daycare place to call me back....