Seems simple enough, right? Well, I have been looking, off and on, at day care options since before the baby was born. In the city there are about a million choices--shockingly few of which are "acceptable." There are Montessori schools, eco-friendly schools (where little Bobby gets to eat sprouts and spend 10 minute "Earth heal" reflection periods; I wish I were kidding), in-home day care centers and nannies. The one common thread of these options is that they cost roughly what I paid for a year of college (yay State schools). Per month. And that's after you have weeded out "schools" where there are 45 children per angry teacher, the schools where you have to drive 2 hours to get the kid there, and the schools where their punishment policy is to send them out for Jimmy Johns. Plus, when you do find a decent one, the admission is about twice as difficult to achieve than getting into Wisconson (the school, not the state--if you don't know how to get into the state, perhaps you are better suited for politics). I now see why people say it's cheaper to have one parent stay home. I'd be all for it, except for that no income thing.
So my choices are to spend the next several weeks begging a decent day care center where pretentions are higher than my last law firm to watch my kid for a few hours a day, or to pay the very nice prostitute who approaches cars on Irving at 5:00 on a Tuesday to watch him. What's a girl to do? No, seriously, what's a girl to do? Anyone?
The prostitute might not be a bad bet. You know she is available during the day, since she works the corner at night, so there is no conflict. My only suggestion is you might want to negotiate her rate beforehand. Does she charge hourly, daily, or per service. You don't want to get a call at the office where she tells you that the baby is hungry and feedings are $100 each, or that he needs a clean diaper, which will cost you $200. That could get pricey.
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