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So You Want To Start A Home Daycare
By David Leonhardt, Thu Dec 8th

So You Want to Start a Home By David Leonhardt

I hang out with the other mommies. No, I am not a "Mister Mom"or a "Househusband". I do have one enviable situation, though. Iwork from home and I have the flexibility to say, "This morningI am going to spend with my daughters. I can play with them. Ican sing with them. I can laugh with them. I can clean up theirice cream that drips all over me."

Or I can say, "This morning I am taking my daughters to the playcenter, where they can play with other children, sing with otherchildren, laugh with other children and spill ice cream on otherchildren instead of on me."

So I hang out with the other mommies.

I've noticed that many mommies want to start a home daycare. Thereasoning seams to go like this.

1.I'm at home within my own children anyway. 2.So far I haveremained relatively unscathed, with few permanent injuries.3.How much trouble can a few extra children running aroundspilling ice cream on the rug cause? 4.Let's tempt fate.

I have two children, a toddler and a baby. They

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are enough of ahandful, and the baby can't even climb on counters...yet.

Before setting up your own home daycare, consider this: how manymore inspiring diaper-changing hours do you want to spend eachday? Little Lady is on her sixth month of perpetualtoilet-training. If there is a purgatory, this is it. Too old tojust carry her treasures in her quick-change diapers, too youngto just go on her own, stuck in the middle in a high-maintenancewaiting room of sorts. Little Sister has a nickname:Poopasaurus, because...oh wait just a minute. I have to go cleanup a mess. Another mess.

I've already written about the challenges of dressing a toddlerwhile she's running bounding over the couch at record-shatteringspeeds: http://www.thehappyguy.com/toddler-dress.html

Then there is the atmosphere. Now that Little Lady doesn't napanymore, she can get mighty cranky. I know the feeling. Itdoesn't take much to get a good wail going. And she has lungs.Or she might break a few rules or a few toys. Or she might justdisobey. It doesn't take long for a parent to lose patience.

Crying. Stress. Babies sense it, and Little Sister can getcranky, too. It's a whole wailing chorus. Before long, thetension in our house can get so thick you could almost cut itwith a chainsaw. Almost.

Does it get any better in a daycare? Yes. You can take in onlychildren who are completely toilet trained. Unfortunately, thosechildren can climb counters. And chairs. And tables. Andbalconies.

If you still want to tempt fate and see how many children ittakes to cause irreparable damage to your house, your car andyour body, here are four tips:

1.Keep all sharp objects, cleansers and medications in a safeplace...like another town. 2.Laminate your couch. And yourcarpets. And your clothes. And your ceiling. And your food.3.Get a good pair of industrial strength earplugs – the kindthey give the guy who pushes the rockets off a Cape Canaveral.4.Place Velcro strips along your walls...just in case.

That's about all the advice I can offer. Oh yes, and did Imention to have fun.

About the author:David Leonhardt is a humor columnist:http://www.TheHappyGuy.com/positive-thinking-free-ezine.html Herecommends also reading:http://www.thehappyguy.com/family-vacation-adventure.htmlhttp://www.thehappyguy.com/birth-story.htmlhttp://www.thehappyguy.com/Thanksgiving-happiness.html

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