all right uh what did you look for when you were looking for child care
well we uh we needed you know something that was kind of convenient to uh
to getting you know because uh usually in the mornings things are pretty rushed
so that that was a consideration
um
uh my wife and her mother went over to the
uh to the lady's lady's house who keeps uh Helen
and uh they you know before uh took her over uh actually took her over but before
we signed up for it and uh
just kind of looked around you know and talked to her for awhile
watch how all the children the other children interacted with her and they all seemed to like her so we uh
we went with her and we've been we've been really happy with her
i guess that's an important uh
uh uh i haven't thought about that as much as i
it uh
when we did it we we didn't really have child care we had uh like
uh day school
uh-huh yeah
so they're kids before they went to school and
well what what we had done was talk to the parents and of the kids that were there
and uh all the parents were very enthusiastic so we thought well that's a that's a good point and then we visited once and seemed like they were pretty
uh
but i guess there is a difference between
uh
day care for kids that are
couple years away from school and and uh
child care for now you you and your wife both work right
um-hum yeah
yeah the uh the lady who keeps she keeps uh six children and uh she she really recommends to that uh
so
when when like when Helen gets
a little closer to starting kindergarten that she'd be you know put into a regular
um day care so that they can they can learn more
uh uh like the alphabet and the numbers and all that stuff uh although she's she's really good she uh
uh she makes little uh like handprints
you you know Helen's hand and then puts little designs on them you know and you know so she uh she takes a pretty active role and and uh
oh yeah
um our little girl she was uh premature and so she had um she was on a monitor
uh heart monitor and uh that was no problem you know with the uh with the babysitter she you know took it right in stride
uh-huh
she
i i guess with the right person if uh as opposed to some of these day care centers where they have
two hundred kids or something like that or i don't know how many kids they've got but where they have lots and lots of kids it's it's much tougher to uh
um-hum
to rely on
it's much easier to rely on one person if they're good they're good and if they're bad well you know
yeah that's that's that's the the finding a good one that's that's the hard part
um i think you probably have a better
chance with a day care they're they're probably
it's more of an average so that that there's less chance of having a a bad one yeah
well on the average on the well on on the average they might do uh
uh
gosh how should i say this
you're going for the average the average kid is going to be treated better but
yeah
but you won't have the the uh
you won't have the risk of getting a real bad one everybody everybody knows that they've got a a bad one on the other hand uh that's with uh with a person who's taking care of them in their own home that's
yeah
if they're good like i say you can be pretty sure that they're good and uh so i if they're not so good if they're kind of lazy why the kid's probably
yeah
uh could tell you i i personally would rather have my kids
uh stay with uh
you know with an individual than i would with a school because with a school if they lose if they have two or three good people and they lose one you'll never know it you just pick your kid up from school and
yeah yeah
and uh and see the other question i had is uh
so do you plan on on uh keeping her in day care until she goes to school
i think uh well i think we're going to keep her where she's at now until she's about uh three and a half or four and then move her into a regular day care
that has uh more children
and uh and also where they have like the pre kindergarten
type of uh environment
does does this lady have any help or does she do it all herself
uh she she has like uh occasional help that comes in
okay i i wondered about that because uh i know some people that do that and
uh-huh
you know moms can never get sick well a a day care mother uh can never
