Childcare

Who watches your kids when you work eve, nights, and weekends? My husband also works shiftwork and it just seems so overwhelming to find a job and have to arrange childcare for crazy hours. Right now I'm a stay-at-home mom but I want to go back to work part-time. Our parents would help out in a pinch but not regularly so I was just wondering how everyone else managed. Thanks!!

I also have been looking for work. I have been a stay-at-home single mom for a very long time. I have no training in any field. I want to work part-time also and finish up my Nursing. I have eight children and I still have five to raise. I rely on my 16 and 15 year old to help me take care of the younger ones. It has been quite hard finding a job that will work around my schedule. It has been diffcult!!!! Good Luck Carla

My parents kept the Monster whenever I worked weekends, since Hubs and the older kids work weekends too. If my mom was sick or something, MIL would do it. If she was working, then our daycare provider was willing to help out.

I know, I know........I'm very lucky!

I schedule my shifts around my husbands. We work oposite of each other.

I just hate having to pay other people to raise my babies. Besides I get by working less not paying for childcare. If we did daycare I would need to work at least one more shift a week.

This is what works for us

Right now I work a job where I can take my youngest with me (and the next to youngest when she is not in school) and/or my husband who stays at home watches them.

But if I had to go to another job it would need to be a larger place that offered onsite childcare. I hate to think of having to do that, though.

Some, not all, but some daycare centers will take children for a day here and there, but you do have to fully register with them as if you were attending full time.

If you live in a larger city, there are nanny services that you can call where they can send someone over that is licensed, bonded, experienced, background checked...and you can even request someone with a long employment history with them.

I have a friend that works for on in the city...they can be much more, but if you are stuck, it's worth it.

I also work my sched around my husbands.It has been diffucult though because I just took a GN position and the training is days. So for 3 weeks I relied on my friends. One day they would go to one and another they would go to another.Then my MIL would pick them up when she got out of work.Also, my sis in law and bro in law helped a few days. My reg sched will be 3-11. My MIL will p/u from school and hubby will get them from her when he's home. This is a very big problem for many of us.I hesitated asking my friends for help but then I thought about it..........if the shoe were on the other foot I'd do whatever I could to help. That's what mom's do, they help each other just to get thru.

My dh is also in healthcare. He works a set schedule, everyother weekend, 12 hr nights. I work in OB and we self schedule. I'm only budgeted for 1-12hr shift per week so it's not hard to schedule around him. I can also pick up shifts (often at time and a half) whenever our unit is busy and dh is home.

I had a single working mom and it was hard to see her work all the time. So, when I had my daughter I thought I'd stay home. But dh had a dad that had his own business plus did odd jobs so that his mother could stay home. He felt like he missed out on dad. So, we wanted our kids to be able to spend time with both of us and not miss out on mommy or daddy. I feel very fortunate that we are able to make things work this way. Plus this way we have NO daycare cost at all which surely can add up.

I would work 3-11 and hubs would pick up after he got off at 5

She was only at the sitters for 3 hours. weekend he was in charge