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[quote=Anonymous]WOW - I have adjusted my hours and will be adding some home pictures.  Busy getting the pizza garden into the ground.  I guess I started the business casually, because someone asked me to since I was staying home with my children and it grew from there.  Both of my children are in school which is a five minute drive.  Parents have the option to bring after drop-off if that works with their schedule - but it is almost impossible to walk with five toddlers and two of my own in all kinds of weather.  But I don't have to explain.  One of my first clients had this to say: "I'm happy to tell you about our experience with Caryn.  She started caring for my son when he was about 6 months old and had him continuously until he was 4.  I really can't imagine a more attentive, loving childcare experience than the one she provided for Seth.  She has really been a second Mom. Seth napped consistently for her practically from day 1.  Caryn is very hands-on - we had left another childcare provider who wanted to just take our baby and put him in a swing and pick him up periodically to feed or change him.  Caryn gave him the attention he needed and got him on a consistent schedule with meals and naps that made him a very happy baby. And so it went through crawling and walking and potty training and learning the ABCs - she gave him the love and care and structure that babies need.  Another of her clients calls her the "Baby Whisperer" and I think it's apt.

It's sort of a side benefit, but since Caryn is a professional photographer, we have tons of beautiful shots of Seth from those years.  It always made it a bit easier for me missing Seth during the day to e-mail Caryn and ask for a picture - she always came through with several!  And she always responded to whatever concern I had via e-mail or text in a very timely way.

She accommodated any special request we had, that I can remember.  There were late pickup days, times she kept him over the weekend.  We used "G-Diapers" and she had no objection to using them for Seth as well.  When my husband had a stroke one morning four years ago, she came to our house to pick Seth up for care.  She does whatever it takes, period.

There are too many special times for me to describe them all.  She took the kids to pumpkin patches, to nature centers, to the BEACH!  (Sandy Point State Park).  Never asked for any extra money - just permission.  There were Mother's Day gifts, crafts of all sorts (we still have monogrammed soap that the kids made!) and photo mementos that we treasure.

She is one special lady.  If you have any specific questions that I haven't covered, please give me call.  I can't recommend her highly enough."

So with all those negative remarks about SAHM's doing it just for the money - I agree, that's wrong.  But obviously, it is not what I'm trying to do here and will try not to take offense to it.

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