| Just recently my daughter had her very first child. She | | | | approximately six months, and we could go on the |
| had the first three months off for maternity leave from | | | | waiting list. My daughter agreed, but now she had to |
| work, but after that was intending to go back full time. | | | | find an interim solution for those six months. We found |
| Of course when she does start back to work she is | | | | someone with an opening , how ever it was in the |
| going to need to find child care for her new baby, | | | | opposite direction that my daughter must travel each |
| talking to co-workers she found out good child care | | | | morning to work. While this was going to add on an |
| providers can be difficult to find. She preferred that her | | | | additional 40 minutes in the morning and afternoon to |
| baby find a place in a home setting so she began her | | | | her commute she was running out of options. She had |
| search calling child care providers licensed by the local | | | | no idea it would be so difficult finding a child care |
| social services agency. | | | | provider, if she had she would've started the process |
| She started by calling social services and asking for | | | | a lot earlier. |
| the list of child care providers that are in her area. | | | | After spending 2 weeks driving the additional distance |
| What she was told was a big surprise to her, she was | | | | every morning and night, trying her best to adjust to |
| going to have to pay for the list. Since social services | | | | getting herself and the baby ready in the morning my |
| actually charges for the list it is quite extensive. It lists | | | | daughter decided their must be a better scenario then |
| names, phone numbers, addresses, and the details | | | | this. Then it was suggested to her to try a day care |
| from their license. Some of the details included are | | | | center, at least until the opening in her area for the |
| how many children they're licensed to care for as well | | | | infant opened up. There was a day care center very |
| as the names of any child care aids in their employ. | | | | close to her office, only 3 blocks away. She took the |
| She brought the list over to my house and we started | | | | time to drop by and visit the center and was very |
| the search looking for the right child care provider for | | | | pleased with the level of care taken with the kids. Also |
| her new baby. | | | | she'd be able to go see the baby on her lunch hour |
| Our first step was finding child care providers on the | | | | every day because of the location. She decided to |
| list that were close to her home. Most of the day | | | | give the day care a try. After only a month she was |
| cares were either full or were already caring for a | | | | so happy with the situation she decided to remove her |
| young baby. Child care providers care allowed to only | | | | name from the nearby child care provider in her |
| care for 2 infants at a time. When we spoke with one | | | | neighborhood and just rely on the day care center. |
| provider she told us that she had an opening in | | | | |