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