Need some advice from a 3rd party please :)

Marilu...I feel for you deciding where to leave your kids are not the easiest task mothers have to deal with.

My bosses are understanding but I still would not take advantage...I have the luck to have my mom nearby when he is ill. Maybe try the smaller creche...you will never know untill you try.

Trust your instinct along with all the advise

www.kidzworld.co.za/ch_creche_wc.htm

It's really such a tough decision. It all may look on the up and up but it's still a big risk, as is a nanny at your home. I started with a Daymom who on paper and by looks who was also registerd looked fantastic but a year down the line nasty things started coming out about unresolved cases open with child Welfare etc. She did awful things to our kids like putting them underneath the cots and dropping the sides so it was like a jail. (This was to punish them and of course it was torture) She witheld their food if they were naughty. She would feed it to another child infront of them just to be spiteful. Argh I still get hairs standing on the back of my neck when I think about it. Creches yes but then atleast the inspector makes drop in visits unnanounced and can keep tabs.

Lori, I tried last year in December to get a nanny for R1500, and only could get people with no experience with kiddies. Unfortunately that is not a choice for me. If I decide to get a nanny she has to have experience with babies, good references etc and that's really hard to find

Honeylove, that's the problem. I don't have an understanding boss and Mignione is sick twice a month.

2kidmamma I've seen very dodgy creches as well so I can just think that daymoms can be dodgy too

Marilu wrote:

Thanks Joli

Julz, I don't really know where to get hold of daymoms..they don't advertise on the internet. I've phoned one or two but they had 5kids/7kids and no help. So don't know how they go to the toilet if there isn't anyone to help with the kiddies

Just a question about daymoms..do they have to be registered somewhere?

Your Local Municipality will be able to give you a list of registered Day Moms. Don't want to scare you but even the registered ones can be dodgy.

Marilu
Maybe you should reconsider the nanny idea - I am sure there will be someone out there willing to work for R1500. So many people are unemployed.
I took Ethan out of daycare - he now only goes once a week for some social interaction, but where he used to be sick every month, he has not been sick since March (touch wood...)

Im not a big fan of aircon...UNLESS we have a REALLY HOT day in which case I 1st try to take some layers of clothes off if not all.
But this is for my own weird theories I put together in my head

Babies being exposed to other babies you will always have your baby sick more often then not...Just keep your baby home whenever he is ill even if that is every week.Smaller creche MIGHT sort the problem out but there arent any guarantees with kids...there immune systems get stronger with time and age.

Hope you decide on something that puts your mind at ease..xxx