Sunday, 16 November 2008
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Child Care Emergencies: What Do You Do?
Guest post submitted by thegloriousangel
I have been so blessed in that I am able to have a part time job without having to place my son in day care. (I work in day care and understand its importance, but I personally wouldn't want my child there if the situation can be avoided).
Fortunately, my in-laws live in proximity to us and, when I was ready to go back to work, my mother-in-law graciously offered to take care of little G. She has been wonderful. Not only has she followed the schedule I made for him but she has been open to our desires for discipline. Plus, she loves caring for him!
Today, she called early this morning to let me know she had been up all night, sick. My husband had important meetings to attend so there was no chance of him requesting a day off. I myself had a tour group of high schoolers coming in so I couldn't stay home with little G either.
However, with the type of work I do, it was possible to bring little G to work with me today. Normally, it would be difficult due to the strict number of children enrolled, but it just so happened that one infant was on vacation with his family, so I lucked out.
I feel very fortunate for having employment during such a difficult time. I am even more blessed to have quality child care so close to home. The icing on the cake is the benefit of being able to bring my son to work with me in a last minute situation.
If you are a working mother, how do you handle child care emergencies? Is your employer understanding about emergencies?
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Comments (6)
I've been fortunate to never have worked since my daughter was born. I thought about putting her in daycare & going back to work a few times, but it seemed everytime I thought I was ready for that Oprah would have another show about daycare nightmares so I never did!!! Unfortunately we don't live near family & being military at the time with frequent transfers we didn't always have close friends around either. So I was really blessed not to have to worry about it since I didn't work.
Neither or my jobs have been that understanding. But I never really have given them the chance about it either, I tell them my child is sick and I'm leaving to go home and take care of them. If that means they want to fire me then so be it, I don't care what my job is my first and number one priority is my children and if they don't like it then sucks to be them. I'm a stay at home mother now and I love it !!!!
Fortunately I have been blessed with the ability to stay home with my little one. So I am with her when she is sick. At times I get scared because she has a tendency to get seizures even with a cold, so I rely on family for support. Family and friends is the name of the game when it comes to survival for me.
I dont yet have kids. But I hope to be able to stay home with them full time when I do.
If I have to work some, I will work my current part time job. But my boss is amazing. If I ever needed to call out, it isnt a problem (as long as it doesnt happen all the time - but he knows me well enough to know it would be a true emergency!).
I'm the only young mother at my job, the only woman married to a police/SWAT officer & Marine so my job is understanding mostly, but they can't quite figure out why he can't just come home & watch the baby while I go into work.