How do you get over the fear of daycare? I was a working mom with my first child, the woman who babysit him was a family friend who watched kids in my family for years so I never had to be scared of anything. But she has no openings. My oldest is in school now but I need to go back to work. My youngest is a year old and my husband is so scared about any daycare other than her. He won’t even give them a chance. But I NEED a job. He makes good money and I’m really lucky that I’ve gotten to stay home with him this long, but our rent just went up, our utilities keep going up, my husbands car is going out and needs to trade it in which will be yet another payment and we’re already living paycheck to paycheck. Idk what to do! Of course I have my fears about daycare and I wish the SAHM community online wouldn’t make it worse, but what choice do we have? Idk what to do.

I’m scared of something happening to my child. I’ve seen a lot of abuse happen to children at daycare and there was situation in the town over from me and it just scares me. Anyone that I don’t know personally watching my child, scares me. Daycares often have a huge turnover rate and don’t pay their daycare teachers well, don’t do intensive background checks, etc. In my state daycare rages $100-$150 a week for one child. I have my CNA license and if I were to go back to work full time, I’ve be making about $500-$600 a week. So I would be going home at least $1600 a month which would help TREMENDOUSLY. If I were able to find a work from home job, I would. But I’ve already tried.