Hi all, I'm new here. I've been doing daycare since last fall and had to let a family go today for the first time.
It was incredibly hard, they were very upset and even though I gave a (written) two week notice they chose not to bring their child back at all.
Honestly, this mom has been driving me CRAZY. She has complained about the food I feed her child, the TV that she watches (we watch one show during lunch prep but she complained that her dd knew EVERY TV show...), the fact that I had to close for a day due to illness (I know not everyone does this but I have four young children of my own and needed the day to deal with pukiness - and it states very clearly in my contract that it is not my responsibility to provide back up in the event that I need to close unexpectedly). She also started getting off work at 3:30 two months ago and yet the dad was still picking up their dd at 5:20 (???). The last straw was a few weeks ago when she texted me at 5:10 to tell me that dad was going to be late. Uh, where are you and why can't you come get your child??? I realize that 10.5 hours is fairly normal for running a daycare, but if you only work 8.5, why should I work so much more???
Plus, she has been incredibly rude to me on a few occasions and twice in the last 6 weeks she has threatened to pull her dd from daycare. First was when I closed for the sick day and second was when I decided to start closing at 5 (this was after the last late day and I called her out on the fact that she's off at 3:30 yet expects me to care for her child for an additional two hours, plus, she's my ONLY dck after 4:30) so I had given them a written two week notice of the change and mom was immediately nasty and threatening to leave. I'm only open to 5:30 if you are working until 5. I'm not here to take care of your child while you take a nap or run errands - no one does that for me!
Also on my list of complaints: paying me late (happened several times, only a few days late but still super annoying and not even an apology), NEVER bringing an extra pair of clothes and then not returning the clothes I had to lend them when dcg's were dirty, not bringing more diapers in a timely manner so that I had to run and pick up a pack for her, not brining wipes for TWO MONTHS even though I had asked for them twice, bring their dd MISERABLY sick and even telling me at drop off one morning that she was "feverin" last night (I was so dumbfounded that I couldn't even respond appropriately and ended up keeping her for the day).
UGH. I could go on and on!!! I just want someone to tell me that I wasn't crazy for making the decision to let them go. I know I couldn't have dealt with the stress any longer. Plus, I have 7 other dck's and none of my other families have EVER made me feel so bad!
Just feeling pretty horrible about this tonight. I hate that someone out there absolutely hates me right now...

Honestly, this mom has been driving me CRAZY. She has complained about the food I feed her child, the TV that she watches (we watch one show during lunch prep but she complained that her dd knew EVERY TV show...), the fact that I had to close for a day due to illness (I know not everyone does this but I have four young children of my own and needed the day to deal with pukiness - and it states very clearly in my contract that it is not my responsibility to provide back up in the event that I need to close unexpectedly). She also started getting off work at 3:30 two months ago and yet the dad was still picking up their dd at 5:20 (???). The last straw was a few weeks ago when she texted me at 5:10 to tell me that dad was going to be late. Uh, where are you and why can't you come get your child??? I realize that 10.5 hours is fairly normal for running a daycare, but if you only work 8.5, why should I work so much more???
Plus, she has been incredibly rude to me on a few occasions and twice in the last 6 weeks she has threatened to pull her dd from daycare. First was when I closed for the sick day and second was when I decided to start closing at 5 (this was after the last late day and I called her out on the fact that she's off at 3:30 yet expects me to care for her child for an additional two hours, plus, she's my ONLY dck after 4:30) so I had given them a written two week notice of the change and mom was immediately nasty and threatening to leave. I'm only open to 5:30 if you are working until 5. I'm not here to take care of your child while you take a nap or run errands - no one does that for me!
Also on my list of complaints: paying me late (happened several times, only a few days late but still super annoying and not even an apology), NEVER bringing an extra pair of clothes and then not returning the clothes I had to lend them when dcg's were dirty, not bringing more diapers in a timely manner so that I had to run and pick up a pack for her, not brining wipes for TWO MONTHS even though I had asked for them twice, bring their dd MISERABLY sick and even telling me at drop off one morning that she was "feverin" last night (I was so dumbfounded that I couldn't even respond appropriately and ended up keeping her for the day).
UGH. I could go on and on!!! I just want someone to tell me that I wasn't crazy for making the decision to let them go. I know I couldn't have dealt with the stress any longer. Plus, I have 7 other dck's and none of my other families have EVER made me feel so bad!
Just feeling pretty horrible about this tonight. I hate that someone out there absolutely hates me right now...

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