https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:02:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1872399 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:42:37 +0000 mediagirl 1872399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are. </p> <p>If it's going to be more than 2 days, my mom would come into town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1872382 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:08:55 +0000 sunny 1872382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have access to backup daycare or a nanny but we haven't used it yet. I took a day off when daycare was closed right before Labour Day. We can usually manage a day off or work from home if we need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1872290 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:50:39 +0000 skibobrown 1872290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really have backup. Our arrangement is when daycare is closed or DD is sick, DH stays home w/ DD on days that I have to teach. On days when I'm not teaching classes, then I cancel my other meetings and stay home with DD. In an absolute pinch we can call our next door neighbors, but I hate doing that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1872146 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:49:00 +0000 kml636 1872146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband works as a civilian for the military, so our little ones can go to the military child development center hourly care. It is a godsend. $4 an hour for excellent care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1871957 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:39:14 +0000 californiadreams 1871957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have a couple of babysitters i can call on from the past plus i imagine i will call our old nanny - but most of them would likely be unavailable during weekdays, so then it is me or DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1871818 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:33:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1871818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll put out an SOS on Facebook. One perk of growing up in the homeschooled community is how many homeschooled teen girls I still know, or my mom knows and are more than willing to babysit in a pinch. They've been lifesavers.<br /> I can also ask my sister - but I would have to bring J to her and she lives 30 minutes in the opposite direction. And I also ask my mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare/page/2#post-1871814 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:25:32 +0000 regberadaisy 1871814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's in daycare so if they're closed or if they're sick we usually try to stay home of we can manage it before asking my ILs. </p> <p>DH has a hard time asking them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1871757 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:54:15 +0000 Silva 1871757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our plan is to work it out between the two of us missi work, but if it starts to become excessive I may have to find someone to help out....which would be $$$. Probably not even worth it for me to go in, at that point (I'm part time, so no PTO) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1871753 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:49:48 +0000 ladybee 1871753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my best friends from college and DH's cousin really came through when we pulled out of daycare for several months due to repeat bronchlitis and RSV. Now he's back in daycare and they are still our backups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1871748 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:35:03 +0000 MamaCate 1871748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually have enough flexibility that I can swing a "work from home" (lighter) day when LO is sick. DH has very little flexibility so it is usually on me. However we are enrolled in emergency back up sick care through his work which means we could have a nanny come to our house to watch LO if she were sick and we both had to work. We have not had to use it so far though.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1871735 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:18:29 +0000 DillonLion 1871735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't need backup very frequently, but our new place has a more school-like schedule (parent teacher conference days for example) where we'll need backup care more often. DH can work from home and has ample vacay so I anticipate he'll be the backup. We also send her to my in laws out of town during a week in the summer and over winter break. As she gets older, it will span loner periods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1871730 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:13:27 +0000 LovelyPlum 1871730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868830 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:00:41 +0000 Beehive 1868830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: @Anagram: That's what my backup care is too! We have the choice between using a backup daycare or backup nanny, and just have to pay a copay. We've gone the nanny route because that's what DS is used to (and what we're used to!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868806 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:47:33 +0000 Andrea 1868806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No backup, just us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868661 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:18:42 +0000 PurplePeony 1868661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No backup. I can work from home so if the daycare center is closed for some reason, I would do that to the extent possible and take vacation time for the rest of the hours. DH can't work from home so he'd need to call in sick if something came up and I was out of town. It's unlikely to happen, but never say never. We really need to find a good evening babysitter, though, since DH works several evenings per week and we will definitely run into times when I'm traveling for work and it overlaps with those days. I'm just not looking forward to the babysitter search... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868642 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:07:55 +0000 looch 1868642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents or one of us stays home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868602 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:44:00 +0000 jetsa 1868602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No backup, I stay home </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868548 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:14:30 +0000 Anagram 1868548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: You should check it out. It's such a great deal if you ever need it. I was really happy with our two day experience and totally plan on using 20 days again when I'm on mat leave for the next LO (just when I need a break). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868544 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:13:30 +0000 sera_87 1868544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that I'm on mat leave, I'm it.</p> <p>When I'm working, it's either me, SO, XDH/his SO (all four of us don't have traditional Mon-Fri work schedules) XFIL or ILs (but only as a last resort). </p> <p>Hmmm. Never realized how much backup childcare I actually have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868529 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:07:58 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1868529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: dh's job also has that arrangement with bright horizons! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868526 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:06:24 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1868526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom or DH's mom if we can give them advance notice. with no advance notice, dh or I can usually work from home. As a last resort, DH's work has a deal with a local daycare but I think that would probably be the absolute last resort because its so unfamiliar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868479 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:47:54 +0000 Anagram 1868479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband's job actually pays for 20 days of back-up care at Bright Horizons each calendar year. I used 2 days this summer (I'm a teacher and was on summer break, so LO wasn't in daycare), but generally I don't have need for another daycare, since LO is in daycare.</p> <p>For "backup care" for when DH and I take trips or something...our parents live far away but are all retired as of this year, so if we schedule it far enough in advance, they will fly/drive in and watch LO. His parents are coming next weekend so he and I can have an anniversary weekend trip, and my mom is scheduled to come in March when he and I have an oot wedding.</p> <p>Our biggest child care hurdle is when LO is sick a lot--neither of us can really take a lot of sick days all at once, so we try to take turns on sick days and sadly, put LO in daycare if she doesn't have a fever--even if she isn't feeling great. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868473 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:43:56 +0000 MrsKoala 1868473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No back up. We take vacation or sick days when we need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868465 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:40:17 +0000 Ajsmommy 1868465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No back up, it's me or DH, unless we get notice of a longer vacation for daycare and then we'll enlist my mom who is retired but out of state so she has to travel and make plans to be with us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868462 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:39:03 +0000 Beehive 1868462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A backup nanny agency, which is subsidized through work. DH and I take turns working from home to make sure everything is okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868454 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:35:57 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1868454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're normally pretty fortunate- if there's no day care, my mom can take her, J's schedule is really flexible, and both of our sisters are around.<br /> Today is the perfect storm, however- day care is sick, everyone is busy...so I have the day off work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868408 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:11:02 +0000 LuLu Mom 1868408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>in laws/my mom if they have notice to take time off work, otherwise DH and I will take vacation days or sick day if necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868394 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:07:51 +0000 edelweiss 1868394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'll ask my parents, but if they're not available (which happens half the time), it's me and the hubs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868350 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:52:10 +0000 travelgirl1 1868350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have any. Outside of work hours, I would call @oliviaoblivia: in an emergency. LO has had to come to many medical appointments with me, she's seen my ovaries on an ultrasound screen more times than I care to think about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-back-up-childcare#post-1868345 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:49:13 +0000 lamariniere 1868345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me or DH. I work from home so I am flexible. </p>