I've been closed because of covid and the holidays since Thanksgiving, so I have not really spoken to my daycare families much for a while. I'm going to be reopening on January 18th, but having all this time off has really showed me that I do not want to go back to my chaotic daycare days.
Here's a little backstory... my daycare partner left in September to take a teaching job. I was left with a full daycare to run on my own, along with caring for my 3 kids, one of which was my infant daughter. Also, we decided to do full-time distance learning with my 5 year old son. So I had (and still do) a lot on my plate! I became exhausted, burnt out, and unhappy.
I've decided that I'd like to go down to part time with some families, only working 3 days/ wk, and let some families go completely. This is really hard for me to do because I like all of my families, and I've been trying to help one family out in particular in any way that I could because they lost their newborn baby to SIDS in September. So I just cringe at the thought of telling any of my families... but I need to do it!
How would you give the news? Wait until I start back up in 2 weeks, or now? Of course I'll give them time to find alternate care.
Here's a little backstory... my daycare partner left in September to take a teaching job. I was left with a full daycare to run on my own, along with caring for my 3 kids, one of which was my infant daughter. Also, we decided to do full-time distance learning with my 5 year old son. So I had (and still do) a lot on my plate! I became exhausted, burnt out, and unhappy.
I've decided that I'd like to go down to part time with some families, only working 3 days/ wk, and let some families go completely. This is really hard for me to do because I like all of my families, and I've been trying to help one family out in particular in any way that I could because they lost their newborn baby to SIDS in September. So I just cringe at the thought of telling any of my families... but I need to do it!
How would you give the news? Wait until I start back up in 2 weeks, or now? Of course I'll give them time to find alternate care.
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