Childcare
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Topic: Childcare
Posted By: Lou1972
Subject: Childcare
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 9:52am
| This may be a silly question,but I'm just wondering how occasional day care works and rough idea of costs etc.Am in Hamilton.TIA |
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Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 10:58am
| I think you have to have child in care for so many hours (in home-based I know you do anyway) and when I was doing home-based care it cost approx $5 an hour I think. |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 1:07pm
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When you say 'occasional' do you mean regular part-time or random days/weeks where they ring you in the morning to say there's a place available for that day?
I live in Hamilton and there are lots of places that do part-time care but I've never heard of one that does random care. I guess for the childs sake, something regular is easier on them. I'd say the best thing to do would be to phone around. Places are generally really happy to answer any Q's you have -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 1:15pm
| When I was looking for a similar type of childcare for Dominic I found it almost impossible to find a place that does casual care hours. Mostly they do morning and afternoon sessions. What suburb are you in? |
Posted By: Lou1972
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 3:07pm
| I'm in Ham East.I thought maybe there might be some places that take them randomly.If not would be happy to put DS in a regular spot for say 1 half day a week,would any places let me do that.DS is 10 months.Any recommendations anyone as new to Hamilton and dont know where to start. |
Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 6:53pm
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Most places I rang would do casual care but I still had to pay for the whole slot, such a rip off. I'm not sure what these places will do but they all have good reputations and are in or close to Hamilton East and might give you a place to start:
Campus Creche - 8384034 Melody Childcare (in Ruakura research facility) - 838 5750 Country Creche - 829 5635 |
Posted By: Lou1972
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 10:50am
| Thanks for that,will give them a call. |