I am so stunned. I don't know what to think right now. I was feeling overwhelmed because I hadn't had a proper vacation in years. I decided to take a week off. This REALLY upset the DCM of my only full-time child. Not because I'd be leaving her without child care that week, but she was terrified I wasn't going to come back to doing childcare after that. I assured and reassured her that that was not that case, that I just needed a break because I'm burning out, but that I'd come back from the vacation refreshed.
A few days after I told her I was talking vacation, DCM approached me, asking what I'd think of just doing Tuesday to Friday after my vacation. She works from home and she said it would be no problem to just change her hours around, because she's really missing her DD. I told her that whatever she wanted to do, that would be her choice. Inside I was leaping with joy. A 4 day work week. Yay! So we discussed it many times and yes, sure, it was a for sure thing. I talked it over with my other two families and they were peachy keen with it because they are flexible part time spaces anyway.
So anyway, the last week or so, DCM's been dropping DCG off late and picking her up early. I didn't really question it because I get paid the same no matter how long she's here.
So just now, DCM picked up DCG and asked me to be honest and tell her what I want my working hours to be, because she's been finding this whole "dropping her off late and picking her up late" thing very stressful and she's been losing clients. (uhhh, I never asked her to do that). I replied that I am open from 7am to 6pm, and that things are not going to change on that front. But that we had discussed my being closed n Mondays and that we are going to go forward with that because it was basically a case of me saying to her, "okay, you talked me into it!". Well now she's had a change of heart, she says that her husband's job is changing and now they NEED care on Mondays. So now if she gets a client booking on Mondays, she needs to find back-up care.
I can see what's going to happen here...she's going to come back to me and say that things aren't going to work out, that she needs care 5 days a week. I don't know what to do. This DCM basically convinced me to go to 4 days a week, I discussed it with my other parents. I'm so confused. DCM seems to be making things really really difficult on herself and I might end up suffering for it. What should I do? Should I leave it go and hope that maybe she will ultimately be okay with me going to 4 days a week at her original suggestion? Or should I term her and *try* to replace her with a part timer?
A few days after I told her I was talking vacation, DCM approached me, asking what I'd think of just doing Tuesday to Friday after my vacation. She works from home and she said it would be no problem to just change her hours around, because she's really missing her DD. I told her that whatever she wanted to do, that would be her choice. Inside I was leaping with joy. A 4 day work week. Yay! So we discussed it many times and yes, sure, it was a for sure thing. I talked it over with my other two families and they were peachy keen with it because they are flexible part time spaces anyway.
So anyway, the last week or so, DCM's been dropping DCG off late and picking her up early. I didn't really question it because I get paid the same no matter how long she's here.
So just now, DCM picked up DCG and asked me to be honest and tell her what I want my working hours to be, because she's been finding this whole "dropping her off late and picking her up late" thing very stressful and she's been losing clients. (uhhh, I never asked her to do that). I replied that I am open from 7am to 6pm, and that things are not going to change on that front. But that we had discussed my being closed n Mondays and that we are going to go forward with that because it was basically a case of me saying to her, "okay, you talked me into it!". Well now she's had a change of heart, she says that her husband's job is changing and now they NEED care on Mondays. So now if she gets a client booking on Mondays, she needs to find back-up care.
I can see what's going to happen here...she's going to come back to me and say that things aren't going to work out, that she needs care 5 days a week. I don't know what to do. This DCM basically convinced me to go to 4 days a week, I discussed it with my other parents. I'm so confused. DCM seems to be making things really really difficult on herself and I might end up suffering for it. What should I do? Should I leave it go and hope that maybe she will ultimately be okay with me going to 4 days a week at her original suggestion? Or should I term her and *try* to replace her with a part timer?
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