I am having a really hard time locating clean, affordable daycare a couple days a week. My husband and I both work weekends and weird schedules (him in food and me in wine) and I cannot seem to find anything out there for us. Grandma has been watching our daughter but has decided last minute she only wants to do weekends now. I cannot see paying for 3 days when I only need 1 or 2. I also do not want to leave her at daycare a few days during the week if I am home. The reason I only work part time is so I can spend time with her. It also makes it monetarily unfeasable to do that. My schedule comes out a month at a time so can be planned well in advance. Does anyone know of any wonderful daycare providers in the Woodinville/Bothell area?
Thank you so much, ladies!! All great ideas! I have checked into The Nest and they are great for a short amount of time and TLC is right by my house so I will be giving them a call as well. I really appreciate all the time and help!
UPDATE: I think I have found the perfect place! Jessica S, this is right in your area too! I toured Kiddie Academy in Bothell this morning and it is wonderful!! My husband is a chef so we are kind of particular about our food and this place serves wonderful meals made by an on-site chef. They take half day and full days and also were completly open to working with us on one day only. It is also affordable and has web cams in the classrooms and the playgrounds so we can check in with our daughter anytime during the day. Hope this helps you and a huge thank you to all the great ladies who helped me out! :)
I would look into http://www.thenestkids.com/
It's in downtown Woodinville with flexiable hours.
Hope that helps!
S.
Ours is really good and they do two days, I'm pretty sure. But they are located in Kenmore, which might be too far. They have two schools - one across from St Edwards State park near QFC and the other is 1.5 miles up the road. It's called TLC and their sign is out front with the number, or if you're interested I can email it to you. I had a really hard time finding one, too but I called the king county family resources and they were helpful in getting me a list of daycares that do part time in my area. Hope that helps.
I actually had the same problem a couple of years ago and I could not find a daycare that would do 1 to 2 days and not charge for 3 or full-time so I ended up looking on Sitter-City and found a great sitter who could work around what we needed. A lot of the sitters on the site were stay at home moms and only wanted part time. I ended up finding a college student at the time. They will do background, driving record, and reference checks.
I do not have an answer, but I do need to piggy back off your post ;-) I have had a challenge finding the same thing. I only need half days 1-2 days a week. I just need morning care and I have to pay for the full day. You might look for someone that would consider your child as a "drop in". I can honestly say I havent done that much searching because I couldnt find anyone to take my son under the age of 2 but he turns 2 in July so I am going to begin my search. I am looking in the Bothell/Mill Creek area. Good luck
We also had this same problem as we only needed one day a week. We found a wonderul stay at home mom to watch her. I would look into a nanny share or ask around with the people you know who have kids. They might now of someone who is looking, or they might decide they would like to do it, but hadn't thought of it before you asked!
