Daycare

Everyone, even those who don't have kids and are no where near having kids, just know that it is EXPENSIVE! So of course, getting myself in this position I knew that there were going to be lots of extra costs like diapers and even more draining on the wallet...daycare ( and of course a million other things on the list that continues until your kid finally gets married and a job in the real world ). Not only that, a good in home day care for an infant is crazy hard to find. So where did I turn - craigslist. Which actually is about the only place I could find it easy and FREE to look and contact in home daycare providers. All you people who are now thinking, why would anyone look there....I hardly know anyone with kids in this area using daycare so word of mouth isn't working. And there is follow up contact, you contact references, you do an interview before baby even comes into the world so it's not like I am just handing baby over to some stranger....calm yourself. Are you ready to continue? Good. The crazy thing is in this area, more so Olathe, daycare is like another mortgage payment. And that's when it hit me....I am in the wrong line of work. However I love working with adults and going to my nice desk away from home. BUT I could bank like 5 mortgage payments a month if I was doing what these people do. So when all is said and done, I am hoping to find a nice care provider who is LESS than a mortgage payment a month and doesn't leave Baby Riffel and Ducky like this.