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| Mon, 07-31-2006 - 10:51pm |
Need advice fast....
Situation: My daycare provider is paid no matter if my DD is there. I signed the contract knowing that my daycare provider would charge me to hold my DD spot. The only time I don't pay is when my babysitter cancels. Also in my contract my rate would go down when my DD went into 1st grade. Because 6 years ago our community didn't have all day long kindergarten 5 days/wk. My babysitter is soo great. I only pay $75/wk. My DD has been going to her babysitter since she was 3 months old. My babysitter lives about 10 mins from me on my way to work and this past year going through my divorce she would go and pick up my DD for me on 1/2 days from school because I only would get 30mins on the dot for lunch. Didn't charge me extra. My DD could be there at 5 in the morining until the whole next day until 10 at night and she would never charge me anymore. (even though she has never done that but my she has spent the night a couple times because she loves hanging with the babysitter's niece's) Any hoot I do NOT receive assitance of any kind. I pay for daycare all on my own. Food included and even when she was a baby my babysitter provided her with the same formula I was using and was reimbursed by the state I just needed to provide clothes and diapers. I never ever received assistance and still don't. My XH's child support (for which he does not pay) figures in a portion of the daycare.
Here is my QUESTION: My DD will be starting school (1st grade) September 5th. My mother is now retired and can watch my DD. However, there will be times and instances that I will need daycare. So how do I explain this to the Friend of the Court? I won't always know when I will need my babysitter. She said she would do whatever I needed. There are times when my parents will go to my nieces and nephews games which is a distance away and I will need my babysitter to watch my DD until I get out of work. Just an hour or two she would need to be there - not every day and maybe only once a week. But how do I explain this to the Friend of the Court. I don't want to get in trouble for not notifying them in time and I don't want to get stuck with paying the whole daycare when I need to use it. I don't use my daycare provider so I can go shopping or get my nails done. I don't want the court to tell me oh well he is done paying child care because he should. But he thinks he is getting ripped off now. Because he has to pay for child care in the summer when she is with him. But he knew the agreement when I said it 6 yr ago. Anyway he isn't paying child support now and I am paying it and have been all this time.
Suggestions? I just want it simple and to the point and not have the court say oh well it is your full responsibility.
My mom does need a life and she wouldn't have a problem in taking my DD to the games but sometimes they don't get home until 9 or 9:30 and I don't want my DD out that late during school.
TIA!!

Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~