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What factors should you consider when deciding how much to pay a babysitter?
What factors do you consider when deciding how much to pay a babysitter per hour? The time of day, meals, duration, travel, etc?
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Are most half-day pre-school programs for stay-at-home parents, or are there options?
At least in my state (Washington), the child care licensing is such that most preschools are only able to care for a child for 4 hours per day. I found a couple of places that do preschool and then ...
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Do you pay a part time nanny for vacation?
We have a part-time nanny 3 days a week and we generally pay her cash for those 12 days a month. Our family is going on vacation for 2 weeks where her services won't be necessary and we're wondering ...
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Childcare and illnesses in winter
Our 2.5 year old daughter started her nursery in October. However, the problem with her is that she would have a cold for half of the winter months (so 6+ weeks), and the nursery obviously doesn't ...
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Should we expect the kids to make an eye contact always?
Having seen so many questions on this site dealing with the kids not making an eye contact, I was wondering if there are times when we should ask the kid not to make an eye contact?
I sense this is a ...
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How to decide between two childcare institutions?
Our 3.5yo daughter was going to one kindy (2 days a week) for a year. She liked it there
but we were also on the waitlist to another kindy where her best friend
is going to.
A two months ago, the new ...
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How to feed a 3 year old? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get my toddler to eat as well for us as he does at daycare?
I have tried to compose a poem and sing to my child and she did take food.
We have tried to feed ...
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Price of Nannies? [closed]
Does anyone know what the expected rate would be for a nanny? We had one when our son was 2, but she was more of a family friend with a 2 year old, so she was just happy to be home with her daughter ...
