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I have an infant that comes tue-fri but pays for the full 5 days. I just got a call from someone needing only Mondays. Should I stop charging the tue-fri child for Mondays when I take the new child on Mondays?
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I would probably not take the Monday only baby, and keep charging the other mother for the full five days. In my experience, taking a child only one day a week never works out well (as I type this, I am listening to my Friday only child cry and yell for her mommy - which she has been doing since she arrived).
If you have already decided to take the Monday child, then I would not charge the other family for the five days. Sooner or later, the family you are charging the fifth day for will find out you have someone else there...it isn't really fair to double charge.
But again - I would just leave it alone and not take that Monday only child. -
If they pay for m-f, they have the option to use it. Right now you are paid for, available, but not using the slot Monday.
I would NEVER rock the boat and have the same $$$ amount with the hassle of a Monday only child.
I also think it would be dishonest if you charged them both for the same spot/same day.Comment
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exactly!
why not just keep the kid that pays for the five days and doesnt use them? why would you tell the parents to pay for four days only just to take on another kid for monday? thats more work for you and that monday kid may be a terror....or want more days in the future which you cant offer.Comment
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I have had the boy that's wanting Mondays for a while just as a drop in. One day a week would be fine for him, he is a great kid. Not something I would do for just any kid but I know he would be fine at 1 day a week. Thanks for the advice. I will be asking my tues-fri parents if they want to drop Monday or keep it just in case
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I guess I dont understand why you would take on an extra child for Mondays when you can leave things as is.....get paid for mondays with no extra kid there.I have had the boy that's wanting Mondays for a while just as a drop in. One day a week would be fine for him, he is a great kid. Not something I would do for just any kid but I know he would be fine at 1 day a week. Thanks for the advice. I will be asking my tues-fri parents if they want to drop Monday or keep it just in caseComment
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I would first give the T-F family the chance to keep it if they want. If they're ok not having Mondays saved for them then I'd take the other child on.Comment
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Does your T-F family ever use Monday? I have a M-W family who occasionally uses Thursday and/or Friday, so they get charged full time. I can take a drop-in on Thurs and Fri but would not enroll someone regularly.
I think if your T-F family never uses Monday and they are contracted for only T-F, then you are ok with enrolling a Monday child. I wouldn't even bother mentioned it to the T-F family.Comment
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I would charge both but only because I think we do things differently. My families put what hours/days they want and I charge accordingly. I charge the same for a M-F child as a T-F child. So if a parent were to say they only needed T-F that would be their schedule and they would have to see if I had room available on Mondays if they wanted to come every day.
I have one child that's here 7:40 am-12:20 pm and she pays a full time rate. When they enrolled I informed the parents that the child could stay until 3:30 for the exact same cost but they decided to come and get her so she could be home with mom. I have another child that comes from 12:30-3:30 after the first child leaves and they pay for a part time slot (parent is a student). I do make a little more money but would actually prefer everyone to come from around 7:30 to 3:30 and have all of my pick ups and drop offs the same instead of answering the door all day.
So I guess it depends how you do things. As far as a child that's only with you one day a week I would have to consider the age and temperament of the child. Nothing wrong with a long trial period.Comment
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i agree with whoever said DONT take a child one day a week...... IF you are in a bad $$ state and REALLY need the money, do it. JUST be prepared for how difficult it may be for this child.
I have been doing this almost 10 years and maybe once I met a child that adapted well only coming 1 day a week AND he was 4..............
just speaking from my past experience....Comment
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If you've already had this child as a drop in and you know that he will be fine with 1 day, then why not. Like you said though I would ask the other family that is paying for Monday if they want to keep that day and pay for it. If they want to keep paying for it in case they need that day, then I would not take the other child on Monday.I have had the boy that's wanting Mondays for a while just as a drop in. One day a week would be fine for him, he is a great kid. Not something I would do for just any kid but I know he would be fine at 1 day a week. Thanks for the advice. I will be asking my tues-fri parents if they want to drop Monday or keep it just in caseComment
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I don't take family's that I don't enjoy working with. I don't have to have the income so I'm very very picky about who I take and who I don't. They are great to work with and the boy is wonderful! I think it will eventually turn into more than one day a week that's why I'm more than happy to let him come just once a week. I don't pass up the awesome family's
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Well, call me stupid, but I would take the Monday child and not charge the other family. But it would already be the case in my daycare. I do not charge for days that children do not attend. I think that is awful. However, I do charge for stat days/sick days/missed days for full time clients. I just don't think part-time clients should pay for the days when they don't attend but I do charge them a higher fee.Comment
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