The daycare dilemma

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I have three days of class a week, and once clinicals start, my Thursdays will be 0830-2100. Gadzooks. It seems to me that I should probably just have the kids on a full-week schedule from the start, but I'd like to hear opinions. My earliest class (this semester) is at 0830, and on non-clinical days I'm out by 1430, I think. From what I can get out of current students, the work load is CRAZY.

The kids will be going to an in-home daycare that's a 2- to 3-minute walk from our house, so having them there for full days doesn't worry me much since I can literally pop in between study sessions, and we can walk to and from the house.

What schedule did you put your kids on wrt daycare? Did you have them in on your off days so you'd have time to study, or did you try to squeeze it in while they were home? My son will be in pre-K so won't get to the DCP until about 1, and my eldest will be in first grade, so only the baby will be there the *whole* day, and already know she's going to looooove it there.

Thoughts? Your experience?

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My kids are in full-time. It gives me time to study and for all the times I have to be at school even though it is not the scheduled class time or clinicals. We have to come for skill lab demos--usually on a non-class day, check-offs for skills and picking up assignments for clinicals. This week, I was home M/Th. Next week it will be Th and Friday morning.

It gives my kids some predictability to their schedules. I say some because my pick-up and drop-off times are completely random!

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I'm going to have to put my two kiddos in full-time in the Fall. I am a little nervous and overwhelmed but that is just because I will not know what my schedule will be until mid-July. I had coming down to the wire. Good luck to you both.

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Mine was in full-time care. It was easier that way than constantly tweaking his schedule. Fortunately, my childcare provider also covered him during clinical days, so I didn't have to worry about that.

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