Child Care Blues

[judecorp]

I found a home day care near Jen's job that seems to be very nice and Punk could start right after we got back from Florida in April. Actually she could probably start tomorrow if I wanted it, but since we're going to Florida I think that's a phenomenally bad idea.

When all of this child care and going back to work talk was hypothetical, it seemed like a perfectly reasonable idea. We need money. I like working. Et cetera.

But now that it's like this actual probable reality, I am haaaaaating it. I had sort of fallen into the "oh, no child care centers have openings before October" notion and the idea of hanging with my cool kid for 7 more months was pretty stinking awesome... especially with spring and summer coming up.

I don't want someone to see my baby walk before I do! She may be nice but she's not going to wear my baby during the day and she isn't going to be able to rock her down to sleep when she has other kids to watch and it isn't going to be All About Punk. I am sad.

I wish I knew what to do. I could always continue draining the savings...

Comments

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

It is going to be really good for her to be socialized with other children. I know this is hard, but this is something you do for her too.

I'm sorry, by the way, that I missed your IM over the weekend. I did not see it until Sunday. We'd been feeling poorly all week so I'm not sure it would have been a great option for you, but I hate that I missed it. Glad you got to go anyway.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It just seems so freaking stupid to go to work to hand 60% or more of my income to someone else. Keep in mind that my HIGHEST paying job was $36K/year. Day care is $50/day or more. So it's so complicated... is it worth the tiny bit of money we would get to keep? Yes, we need money but I'm certainly not going to be rolling in it so it's tougher to justify for me. If I had a higher paying prospect out there, maybe I would feel differently if I thought we would be able to stop taking out of the savings (or maybe even put in!) or pay down debt.

No problem about the IM. I hope you guys are feeling better!