We interviewed Rocio monday afternoon. Rocio and her husband work full time and they have a 17 month old son called Jacob. She is sending her son to a child care from Monday to Friday and she is very happy with the day care.
Child care time line:
0-4 months: she took maternity leave.
4-11 Months: friends and family members helped while they worked full time. They each took one day off once a week.
11 months onwards: Day Care.
Rocio's interview helped us identify what are the biggest challenges parents have while looking for a child care service. Eventhough Day Cares are expensive, they wanted to send Jacob to one so that he could socialize and develop new skills.
When we asked Rocio if she would be willing to take care of another baby, she mentioned that she would rather do it together with a nanny and 3 kids instead of herself and 2 babies. She also mentioned that there are many regulations that would limit the number of babies you can babysit and the places where you can do it.
When referring to the day cares, she mentioned the wait list problems, how costly and time consuming it is and that in most cases you never hear back from them.
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