Krissy-MI has the same thing. I can check out our web to see who is licensed, violations etc. That's what I've been using to find a licensed day care. Our day care licensing is part of our social service department. I would check and see if you have something similar. I've heard a lot of states have it. It should be public information. We don't really have family close either to help out. Kind of stinks but on the flip side I know that we can ask our parents to come for a weekend if we need some time and not feel guilty because they haven't watched her all week already. I figure that'll be the trade off. I have co-workers who use their family for free day care but then when they want to do something on the weekends can't becasue they feel bad asking for the additional time. Don't feel bad about cutting corners. I started to panic this week when reality hit how much day care was going to cost. Now that we got the furniture taken care of my plan is to start putting money away to have a little cushion for the start of day care.

Jen-I'm finding that even our licensed church day cares are just as expensive. The one close to our house is probably going to cost $800 for full time. I was hoping to be more in the $600 range too. The good thing is that I won't need it until about March because I'm taking 3-4 months off work. But I definitely want to be checking these places out and secure a spot before I deliver.

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