https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:02:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-40896 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:42:45 +0000 mediagirl 40896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: that is so great! Glad you resolved it and are able to use someone you and he knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-40864 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:00:51 +0000 mrbee 40864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: We called Charlie's old nanny and she was available the week that the daycare was off! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-40839 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:53:06 +0000 mediagirl 40839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: did you and Mr. Bee decide on what you are going to do with Charlie next week? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-35043 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:47:21 +0000 SAHM0811 35043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One option is mini day camps. Here's a soccer one:</p> <p><a href="http://www.supersoccerstars.com/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=42&#038;Itemid=104#mc_cli" rel="nofollow">http://www.supersoccerstars.com/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=42&#038;Itemid=104#mc_cli</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34746 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:57:40 +0000 Mrs. Armbender 34746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: With HS jobs so hard to come by in the cities, have you considered an older HS student or college student to watch the kids in your home? Or even someone you know who is currently unemployed? I would think that it would be less expensive than an actual day care and the kids would not be in a strange environment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34705 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:47:12 +0000 mrs. wagon 34705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>luckily our daycare only closes on the 26th and 2nd, both holidays for us as well. But we'll have family over so will probably keep him at home anyway-- do you want to ship Charlie up to our daycare for a week?? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34704 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:44:17 +0000 amy 34704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My company provides back up care up to 20 days a year, they use bright horizons and those facilities are usually closed the same days the company is and open all other time. It cost 10 a day to use the back up care, the plus is that they are located on the 2nd floor of my office building the downside is different kids = different germs. But so far I've been able to work from home, have my husband take off (9 weeks of vacation time but its scheduled in Oct the prior year), take off myself, or plan a family getaway during that time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34703 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:37:36 +0000 williamsh2 34703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare is closed the week between Christmas and New Years too. I am using two days of vacation and then my MIL is going to help out for two days. Next year we will just plan to use vacation days when daycare is closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34697 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:31:51 +0000 yoursilverlining 34697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since my husband is a professor, hopefully he will be off the days a daycare would close for the holidays/summer so it won’t be too much of an issue for us. Other days we’ll have to work around – he’s more likely to possibly be off that day already (or part of the day), then I might just have to take a half day, or a few hours.</p> <p>My mom lives 45 minutes away and could probably help out as well, and my fingers are crossed my MIL moves close to us after the baby is born, so she can help too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34693 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:24:16 +0000 mamabolt 34693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm lucky to have a flexible job so I'll likely work from home when I'm in this situation - that's what most of my coworkers including my boss currently do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34607 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04:21 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 34607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is closed too, and luckily I have 5 days off between christmas and new years, and the rest of the days we ask our family (who have off) thank goodness for family! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34602 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:01:06 +0000 Modern Daisy 34602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to be my nightmare when we have kids because both of us HAVE to work and we will be skating on thin ice financially in the first place to pay for 'regular' daycare. So any kind of backup will be almost impossible. I'm hoping to make mommy friends who are interested in some kind of an emergency nanny share or something.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34592 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:56:11 +0000 mrstilly 34592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is a plus to our in-home daycare. She's really flexible and doesn't close except for the major holidays and up to a week of vacation (with 30 days notice). DH is a teacher, so we actually pay for quite a bit of time that we don't use. </p> <p>I'm not sure what to do next summer when DH is off from school. DH might just work part time since we'll be paying regardless, if we stay with the same day care provider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34238 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:10:23 +0000 Rosie Girl 34238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm lucky to have family close! My mom's office closes that week too, and DS's daycare did too (I'm now SAHM, so not an issue anymore). We were very lucky for it to work out that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34228 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:49:55 +0000 Andrea 34228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, that is a lot of time closed. I purposely picked our daycare because it follows the corporate calendar and does not close a lot. But when it does close on days that we don't have off, I have to stay home with my daughter and take the day off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34181 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:57:21 +0000 Mrs. Bee 34181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: hmm interesting option i didn't consider! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34166 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:51:35 +0000 BabyLove 34166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I begged and plead a lot. To my mother and to my employer. My mother lives in another state but she's not working so she will take on half the time. The other half my husband and I will split taking time off. It sucks. I just got back from maternity leave and felt awful asking for more time. And my husband just got a job so it may reflect poorly on him to request the time so soon. But what can ya do?</p> <p>Edit- I should actually mention that I'm in the same boat. So I know all too well what you're going through! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34142 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:28:35 +0000 pelikila 34142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I trade off who stays home with the baby. We'll determine who HAS to be at work on which days that week and go from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34134 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:23 +0000 MsMamaBear 34134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I work at a daycare and my class is paid for by the state of GA so we follow our local school system's calender. When I'm out, she's out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34121 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:15:56 +0000 mediagirl 34121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbee - do you have any daycares nearby that do backup care? We have some of those near us. Of course, you're now paying for another daycare, but you have the option of dropping your child off there if your daycare is closed for any reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34112 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:09:07 +0000 T.H.O.U. 34112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ouch, that is a long time without daycare. My daycare is closed one day that the office is open (Friday the 23rd). I am going to take that day off and unofficially work from home. I may bring the baby in to see people as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34107 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:03:54 +0000 Miss Adia 34107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom works at home and only lives 15 minutes away so she goes there during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-daycare-is-closed#post-34086 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:42:24 +0000 Mrs. Bee 34086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie's daycare is closed the week between Christmas and New Year's, which means 10 straight days without daycare. We can't not work during that time. It also closes for a month in the summer.</p> <p>What do you do when your daycare is closed? </p>