A mom who didn’t know about daycare waitlist

Hi mama friends!

I am a FTM and never knew and no one told me about waitlist for daycare and now I am suffering. I need to go back to work and struggling to find a space for my 1.3 year old son. I am in tears writing this. I just have no one to even talk about this. Everyone is full and its giving me anxiety

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I was in the same boat and then I kept following up with daycares and found a part time spot to start with. Other options are licensed day-homes you might want to look into.

Where are you located? There are Facebook groups for home daycare. We were all signed up with a home daycare when we got into a center (the hours just didn’t work for 2 parents with long commutes)

Take a breathe! Keep following up with daycare providers but you have other options! There are plenty of certified home daycares that are subsidized and readily available to take your child. When do you go back to work by the way?

we are moving to churchill Meadows. Please help me because I am mentally stuck. Some say home daycare your child wont be with same age kids and they wont learn anything like my own pediatrician told me this. Its all making me feel I am such a bad mom😭😭😭😭

March I have to get back its a new job as well and I cant loose it due to financial issues

Your DR sounds a little odd.

My 18 month old is in a private unlicensed home daycare. You can totally look at home options - there are licensed private and company options ie Wee Watch. My son has one kiddo younger than him, one a little older, and then a few kids that are before and after school care. They play and learn from each other. I have no regrets for not putting him in to a corporate daycare with many kids. I love the smaller environment.

This was posted a month ago so i don't know if the spot is gone
"Not sure if anyone is looking for a 15+ month daycare spot, but the Garthwood YMCA has one toddler spot they’re struggling to fill through their waitlist, immediate start (Mon January 6). If so reach out directly to see!"

Definitely try home daycares. It’s easier to get a spot. Reach out to Learning Happens or wee watch . They are childcare agencies and they try to find someone close to you. In Churchill Meadows you can check Abir’s Home, Kinder Daycare and Raji’s Montessori Childcare. You can find their contact on Google. They may have space available.

Add your son to a bunch of waitlists and look into home daycare. Kids learn from each other, including if they're around older kids.

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Is this normal?

Is it just my husband that does this? He is able to work from home via his computer and in the mornings and evenings he is on there doing his job. When he is done for the day he tends to stay in the room and either play video games or watch something. He will occasionally come out and play with the girls for a few minutes and that’s it but when I really need him he says he is busy. My daughters are both 1 year old now and I am just wondering how much involvement should he have with them now?
Idk if this is the norm or not…..

Thoughts?

your soon to be brother in law (upon inquiry) told you that only a few kids from the family were attending his wedding because they are over the age cut off..

Tablet for kids

Alright don’t need any negative Nancy’s telling me not to get my 2yo a tablet so if that’s what your gunna do please don’t participate in my poll.

We’re about to move cross country 3+ day trip and my 2yo and 9m hate the car I’m talking scream their heads off till they are out of their seats. We’ve already changed car seats and it didn’t help so I’d like to at least have one entertained and sit next to baby and try and distract her or put her to sleep. Our new car has tvs but since they are rear faced my 2yo can’t see it.

Debating getting her a tablet or dvd player right now on long car rides I end up giving her my phone because I get so overwhelmed sitting in between both of them screaming and crying.

And yes I do bring different toys I bring snacks I play songs try to distract her other ways but for the sake of not losing my mind on this move I think this is best.

-A very overwhelmed and anxious to move mama 😓

5 month old activities

Hey everyone my baby is 5 months old and I want to reduce/cut screen time as I have read up on how bad it is what activities did people do to keep their baby entertained. Thank you in advance.

Daycare?

Thoughts on daycare?? Truly, I am SCARED to be leaving my kid for daycare. I literally do not trust anyone, not even family (they haven’t given me a reason it’s just trust issues on my end, you never know). He’s turning 3 and I’ve been a sahm the whole time but tbh my man doesn’t make enough for us to move out somewhere more calm . We live in a ‘not so safe’ area in LA and I’m just not used to living here so I just want us to give my son a better life and in order to speed up the process I would have to work.. I do lashes at home and I’d be open to take new clients so I wouldn’t have to look for work but I’m just scared to lose my license 😭

I feel physically sick

I was going through my partners phone. He doesnt mind it. I let him go through mine,we have our emails on the tablet im an open book nothing to hide. I fine this one girl on his phone, they know each other they used to work together. Then I see that he is asking about her dating life blah blah. Then he texted "lucky enough you are one of a few beautiful" um WTF & " thats what i said if not i will have been with you" we have a 16 month old together we are engaged. I cant sleep he is sleeping next to me and I feel so sick I cant ive cried twice and I feel like im breaking