I am trying to figure out if this daycare mom is lying to me or not.
I have been watching her 7 month old son for the past 2.5 months. She is in the Navy and is a young mom. When she first contacted me about my daycare availability she asked if I was a CDC provider. I am not and she said that was fine. I asked her if she was on the CDC waitlist for a CDC provider and she said no. I remember discussing with her how I've heard the CDC waitlist is very long and how I've gotten calls from people saying they have been waiting to get in for a year or more. I also remember specifically telling her that I don't usually take families who are on the waitlist because I am looking for long term childcare family situations and not just temporary. My kids are usually with me till kindergarten and so I just dont really like doing a few months of temporary care. She totally understood and seemed fine with that and she said that if he could come to my daycare, she wouldn't even try to go thru the CDC then.
So fast forward to this week... She tells me that her hours suddenly changed at work and she needs childcare to begin at 5am instead of 6am. She didn't even ask if I could accommodate that (which I would not have). So she gave me a 2 week notice. I asked her if she had any other daycares lined up and she says no and doesn't even seemed concerned about it. I was telling her names of daycares that might be able to help her out with earlier hours and she didn't even seem interested. So bizarre to me.
Anyway... she ends up saying that she will probably put him in CDC childcare after all since she needs early hours and I tell her how will that happen if the waitlist is super long? She says she walked into the CDC office and that they said she has a good chance of getting in within the next 2 weeks without being on a waitlist. She also says "I dont think the CDC even really has a waitlist. I think if you walk in, they just give you a space". Hmmm... I am wondering if this is true? Does anyone know how this works?
I'm thinking she has been on the CDC waitlist since a long time ago and she lied to me that she wanted to keep him here long term so I would take him into my daycare until they contacted her with a space. Now its 2.5 months into him being here and she's suddenly leaving for an hour change. Seems fishy to me.
I really dont mind them leaving because I can sleep in an hour later now and she continually was lying to me about random things and was pushing her limits with my policies. I just cant stand being lied to. So I am just wondering if any other providers know if this is even possible for her to walk into the CDC and instantly get a spot or if she is lying to me.
I have been watching her 7 month old son for the past 2.5 months. She is in the Navy and is a young mom. When she first contacted me about my daycare availability she asked if I was a CDC provider. I am not and she said that was fine. I asked her if she was on the CDC waitlist for a CDC provider and she said no. I remember discussing with her how I've heard the CDC waitlist is very long and how I've gotten calls from people saying they have been waiting to get in for a year or more. I also remember specifically telling her that I don't usually take families who are on the waitlist because I am looking for long term childcare family situations and not just temporary. My kids are usually with me till kindergarten and so I just dont really like doing a few months of temporary care. She totally understood and seemed fine with that and she said that if he could come to my daycare, she wouldn't even try to go thru the CDC then.
So fast forward to this week... She tells me that her hours suddenly changed at work and she needs childcare to begin at 5am instead of 6am. She didn't even ask if I could accommodate that (which I would not have). So she gave me a 2 week notice. I asked her if she had any other daycares lined up and she says no and doesn't even seemed concerned about it. I was telling her names of daycares that might be able to help her out with earlier hours and she didn't even seem interested. So bizarre to me.
Anyway... she ends up saying that she will probably put him in CDC childcare after all since she needs early hours and I tell her how will that happen if the waitlist is super long? She says she walked into the CDC office and that they said she has a good chance of getting in within the next 2 weeks without being on a waitlist. She also says "I dont think the CDC even really has a waitlist. I think if you walk in, they just give you a space". Hmmm... I am wondering if this is true? Does anyone know how this works?
I'm thinking she has been on the CDC waitlist since a long time ago and she lied to me that she wanted to keep him here long term so I would take him into my daycare until they contacted her with a space. Now its 2.5 months into him being here and she's suddenly leaving for an hour change. Seems fishy to me.
I really dont mind them leaving because I can sleep in an hour later now and she continually was lying to me about random things and was pushing her limits with my policies. I just cant stand being lied to. So I am just wondering if any other providers know if this is even possible for her to walk into the CDC and instantly get a spot or if she is lying to me.
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