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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I need to find a child care solution, and I want to make sure we use the right words and venues to be effective.

We have a 15 month old daughter who is very active, healthy and happy. I am about to begin a job part time M-F from 10-2 making $14/hr and am working on studying for graduate school exams and papers. My husband owns his own business that has a brick and mortar location, so though he is somewhat flexible in his schedule he still needs to leave the home to work. For the first 11 months, we took our daughter into the shop with us, but now that she is so active it is impossible. For the last 4 months I have been staying home with her full time, but I, unfortunately, am not well suited for the task- I love, love my daughter, but I have discovered I am not suited to be a stay at home mom. Consequently, I need someone to watch her for about 6-7 hours a day 4 days a week (my husband should be able to watch her one day) so I would have time to get to work, work, and then get a bit of undisrupted studying/writing in. We are pretty young and don't yet make a lot of money, but we are good and loving parents. My in-laws were generous enough to provide a down payment, so we moved into a new neighborhood in W. Springfield and aren't yet super connected in the community. Most of the people on our street are older/retired, so they don't have any childcare advice (or interest in watching our daughter) and the ones that do have kids send them to daycare full time. Unfortunately, we are also the first of our friends in the area to have a child and neither of our families live nearby.

We are not looking for an above and beyond nanny/sitter. We don't care if he/she went to college or runs personal errands while working or puts a movie on from time to time. We do want someone who is loving towards our child and who can be trusted to keep our daughter safe. We are hoping to spend $10 or $11/hr, but I am having a hard time finding this through my online searches and word of mouth- I don't know if I am being unreasonable or looking in the wrong places. I am up for participating in a nanny share (just not hosting because one of our dogs in a grump, and I don't feel comfortable having another person's child around him while I am not there), taking our daughter to an in-home daycare, or having someone come to our place. I would love for her to be around other kids, but if that's not a reasonable expectation, I understand.

Anyway, I appreciate any advice. Thank you.[/quote]

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