Child Care

Right I got started - I am weighing up being close to town, saves on time and being close to home, no screaming child in commute. Nicer for the kid I think.

I have started calling round and its so true about now is a good time to book for this time next year. I have now visited one in Plimmerton (Sands) and they seemed lovely, good play area, never more than 10 under 2's nice carers, having never done this before and having no kids its kinds of hard to know what to choose, but the place had a nice feel to it.

Going to visit somewhere else tomorrow to compare.

I whole heartedly agree chonny re home carers especially when bubbas are small where did you do you nanny training
I did mine at the Papetoetoe nanny centre

I too charge $8 an hour as a trained nanny because of the fact i do it in my own home if I was nannying in someones home I would expect top get 15 to 18 an hour but i also feel that with alot of daycare centres i want to be comparible in price with them
because of doing childcare in my own home and even tho the area I live is sort of wealthy people dont like paying more than they have too

[/QUOTE]Hey chonny how can a home carer/nanny possibly be so cheap? Esp as the legal minimum wage is about $12 an hour? Or is it under the table?
Just wondering, I'm not even pg yet, but I think we'd prefer a home-carer if/when the time comes but assumed it would be too expensive.[/QUOTE]

A nanny isn't that cheap. the reason home carers are cheaper is they get to do their own thing and b at their own house. As susie says, i nanny is between 14 - 20 an hour depending. A lot of home carers charge based on what they can offer the children i.e pre-school activities, newborn care, single child placement (no other families for example i charge what i do for x-hours so i can only have their child)

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Can anyone tell me what the difference is between home care and creche? I will be going back to work full time either after 6 months or after a year so need full days.
Also are there places where you can opt in each morning? One idea I had was relief teaching for months 6-12 but with relieving you often cant plan when you will be oferred work

Usually creches are community creches like for instance the very good Uxbridge Creche in Howick .

I am a supervisor at a daycare centre, and am amazed at some of the things that you have been told by other daycares! Whenever anyone rings me to ask how long our waiting list is, I say that we can't give a definite date, as we don't know when children are going to leave. Also, some people who go onto our waiting list find places in other centres, so they end up not wanting a space. How can a centre say that noone will leave for a whole two years?!? Parents move towns, take maternity leave (therefore not needing care for older children), or just have changes in circumstances.

I know that there have been instances before when I have told perspective parents that it could be up to several months before a space would be available, and then ring them back only a couple of weeks later.

One piece of advice - if you really like a centre, keep ringing them to check on availability. Centres don't tend to mind you ringing again and again.

that sounds like a good idea fi

deffinately. espesh since day care can be such a hassle to get into if you have a set date you have to go back.
good on ya