Small At-Home Daycares reopen

ABC 36's Christy Bollinger reporting

Care centers with less than ten kids were able to re-open today...for the first time in almost three months.

Abc 36's christy bollinger tells us it was a happy day even if she couldn't see it for herself...that's one of the new restrictions, no visitors.

L3: coronavirus outbreak white small at-home daycares reopen today l3: coronavirus outbreak white debra skaggs owner, debby's day care l3: coronavirus outbreak white small at-home daycares reopen today small at-home daycares reopen today ### take vo: debra skaggs runs debby's daycare in lexington..

A certified home-based child care.

She's only allowed to care for six kids at a time.

Take sot: :07 "it was absolutely wonderful to have all the children back together again.

It was also a little scary."

Take vo: skaggs was worried about keeping the kids safe..

And how they would respond to the added safety measures.

Take sot: :12 "children are not allowed in the building until their foreheads have been scanned for temperature and their temperature recorded on the sign in sheet.

No toys from home no blankets from home, not a favorite stuffed animal."

Take vo: the kids don't like the mask she has to wear...to them, masks are scary and only for halloween.

It's one of many things she's having to get them to understand.

Take sot: :14 "we've laughed and joked about cooties, and i've explained to the children that germs are like cooties and they can make you sick.

So we've got to wash it off our hands and off of our toys and if we put a toy in our mouth it has to go on the cootie tray."

Take vo: times have been tough... skaggs feared she might not ever be able to reopen.

Take sot::11 "most of us that are doing in home childcare, are not doing it because we're independently wealthy, so there's not like a backup fund to take care of our needs when can't work."

Take vo: but the light at the end of the tunnel finally came for her..

And she says she's just glad to once again be with the kids she loves.

Christy bollinger, abc 36