Just looking for some suggestions as a confused first-timer. Our daughter is due in August, and I will be going back to work in February (non-negotiable as I pay the mortgage and that's when full pay ends). My OH is a musician, and spends a certain amount of time working at home, but does work some days, and tours for the odd week here and there. He's there during the day a lot of the time, but it's very irregular. Now we know a fair time in advance when he is and isn't available, but I just can't imagine a childminder being ok with a child who might be with them for a whole week sometimes, and only three mornings another week. Does anyone have this sort of arrangement? Is it even possible (obviously CMs have to make a living, which is a bit tricky with variable hours presumably )
Just not sure what to do, or even what full-time CM rates would be like. If we did go full time, it would most likely be something like eight until six thirty, so pretty darn full-time.
Alternatively, has anyone had any success in training their cats to look after babies