Today we have a reader who is planning ahead for the holidays. She has an inquiry for all of you about gifts for your daycare provider.

It’s that time of year again - well, it’s really NOT QUITE that time of
year again but visiting any local department store and you will THINK
it’s that time of year again since they have the Christmas lights out
next to the Halloween costumes.
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Anyway - I wanted to ask you guys and fellow Cribsheeters - what DO you do for Christmas gifts and/or birthday presents for your daycare
provider?  After researching this question on the internet last season I
discovered the “proper” thing to do seemed to be giving a gift that was
the equivalent of one week’s salary for your home daycare provider or
nanny.  Seemed a little high to me but that’s what I kept finding over
and over and over again.
Since last Christmas I have added a child to my family and to daycare.
So now I not only wonder am I really supposed to be paying out a gift
that equals what I pay per week for childcare and now that I have two
children ~ What should I be doing?  What does everyone else do??
- DG in Burnsville

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