Childcare while job hunting, what worked?, bookkeeper here

The daycare near me wants more than I can pay. It has been weighing on me all week. A neighbour offered help but not every day. How long did subsidies take?

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It made the follow-up calls so much easier.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 4 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.