Moving My Family & Home Daycare To Another State

[3girls]

Hi everyone,

I have been doing home daycare since 2003 and I feel blessed to be able to stay home with my children. I'm hoping to be able to move to a warmer climate later this year (arthritis).

I am trying to decide whether or not to do home daycare once we move. Here it has been easy for me because I have established friendships and good word of mouth for my daycare, in the new city I will not have any of this. I am a single parent and I am worried about 1) feeling isolated by being home all day and 2) not being able to find new daycare kids.

Has anyone else done this? Any tips or suggestions?

[Michael]

Welcome to the Daycare.com Forum! I've upgraded your status. You can post freely now.

Well you have a family of daycare operators here that you can chat with everyday. This site also offers a lot of information on how to acquire new clients. So you've come to the right place. The forum gets a lot more action on during the week so stick around. What state are you moving TO?

[itlw8]

for me it would depend on how much I had in savings I would tend to find a job before moving then later do childcare if I wanted.

[3girls]

Welcome to the Daycare.com Forum! I've upgraded your status. You can post freely now.

Well you have a family of daycare operators here that you can chat with everyday. This site also offers a lot of information on how to acquire new clients. So you've come to the right place. The forum gets a lot more action on during the week so stick around. What state are you moving TO?

Thanks! I am hoping to move to Texas (Harris County)

[3girls]

for me it would depend on how much I had in savings I would tend to find a job before moving then later do childcare if I wanted.

Thanks for the feedback. Thats something I worry about too, lack of work experience outside the home for almost 10 years! If I went that route I'd probably need to check out colleges, not that thats a bad idea