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[quote=Anonymous]Hi.  I have a home daycare in DC.  We have some similarities in the sense that I also used to have a pretty white collar job (IP litigation attorney at a large law firm) that I hung up to take care of children.  Currently, I watch up to 6 kids with the help of two teachers.  We all have our CPR/First Aid certifications and various early childhood education training, and the teachers have CDA certifications as well.

Caring for children is my passion gig, which, like you, was made possible by my husband's bill-paying job.

So, I think I am in a good position to let you know that watching one kid will be super fun and doable, but more than two may be physically exhausting.  It really depends on whether you are just babysitting, in which case I suppose you could also pay attention to your own kids after school, or providing engaging, child-directed care with observation-based assessments so that you can help the kids reach developmental objectives.  (I think there is value in both, so I'm not in any way putting forth any judgment, btw.)  For example, we take our kids out to parks and such twice a day for a total of about two hours, we go to the library twice a week for story time, we provide home-prepared meals, and all day long we play with the kids.  I love it, but I will be honest with you, absolutely no housework gets done around here.  The upside for me is that I get to spend time with my daughter and I have most of the weekends off.

Good luck to you!!  Sounds like you've put a lot of thought in this -- I wish you the best![/quote]

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