[speaker001:] all right uh what did you look for when you were looking for child care
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah yeah the uh the lady who keeps she keeps uh six children and uh she she really recommends to that uh
[speaker001:] so
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] she
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] does does this lady have any help or does she do it all herself
[speaker002:] uh she she has like uh occasional help that comes in
[speaker001:] okay I I wondered about that because uh I know some people that do that and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know moms can never get sick well a a day care mother uh can never