0600AM childcare?
Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any experience with finding pre-daycare hours care. I am expecting in July and my husband and I are both shift workers and have 2 days a week that we both leave at 0600.
Most daycares don’t open until 0730-0800, any experience finding someone to come to your house for a few hours in the mornings or daycares designed for shift workers that will open early? I am planning to go back to work around 5months.
Any input would be appreciated!!
Feb 15, 2022
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My husband and I are also shift workers. We found a college student through Urban Sitter and she comes at 6:00, drops off our daughter at preschool and picks her up around 4pm. She stays with her at home until my husband gets home!
Hello!
My husband and I both work early in the morning as well and we struggled with what to do and looked for months for a daycare that would take our son that early, but unfortunately the only one we found ended up being kind of shady and gave me weird vibes. They were desperate for kids which felt uncomfortable. We ended up posting on care.com and we're easily able to set up 5 interviews for nanny's who would come early and bring him to day care 3 hours later. We found a wonderful nanny who our son loves and I would highly recommend going that route.
I use Love & Affection Daycare (San Pablo & Ocean Gloria Lyon 510-652-7509). She’s open that early. Once a week I do a 6:30 drop off.
Our infant center and preschool used to open at 6:30am but now opens at 7:00am so there may be some that opens early. If and when you find a regular daycare, you can also ask staff working there if they might be interested in baby-sitting (most likely at your home) for an hour or so before the daycare opens. I did this with staff from my son's infant center in the past when I had to go on business trips and my husband had to go to work much earlier than drop-off. The benefit is it'll be someone you already know and trusts.