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Great DCM. Pays on time. Calls if she's going to be even a minute late. Friendly and respectful. Baby is 5 months old. A happy, cute as a button little girl.
But here's the problem. The mom works only 5 mins away and wants to come nurse on her lunch break. She asked me at interview if that was OK. I'm all for breastfeeding and told her of course.
My daycare is completely contained in the basement. I have a very strict policy of no parents around any child not their own, so I told her she could come to the upper door and nurse in my living room. I was figuring it was quieter, more private, less embarrassing for my hubby and son (they agree with bf of course, but don't want to watch it).
Well I really didn't figure in the "what could go wrong" factor....
My living room is very child unfriendly and I love it that way. As our own kids are grown, we love not having it childproof. Glass decor on the coffee tables etc.
The baby is getting mobile. Not crawling...but rolling all over the place. I have metal and glass containers on the floor.
I do NOT want to rearrange the room.
The mom tends to play with her after nursing. Yesterday, she called me in from the dining room (I hang out in there while she nurses. While she seems a nice woman, I am not about to leave a client alone in the private part of my house while I am downstairs) She was laughing and told me baby had thrown up on her and that she was going back to work with baby puke in her hair. After she left, I noticed puke all over the back of my beautiful sofa and over a throw cushion. I know it wasn't on purpose, but I hate it. I put a throw over the sofa today and I think she felt bad. Not my intention, but I paid good money for that sofa and want it kept in perfect condition.
Having her nurse downstairs won't work either. The basement is set up like an H shape. Two large rooms with a hallway between them. An office and my sons bedroom are also there, but are private rooms (and we want them to stay that way)
If the mom came in the daycare entrance to nurse down there, she can't be near the other children. I would have to set her up in one room and move 15 kids into the other room..meaning their play area is cut in half for a while every single day. That means cleaning up, stop their activities etc.
So for now, my husband and son take of daycare downstairs while I have to hang out in the dining room and wait for her to be done.
It just isn't working for the flow of our schedule. But I really don't know how to tell her without making her mad or feel bad.
Ideas?
But here's the problem. The mom works only 5 mins away and wants to come nurse on her lunch break. She asked me at interview if that was OK. I'm all for breastfeeding and told her of course.
My daycare is completely contained in the basement. I have a very strict policy of no parents around any child not their own, so I told her she could come to the upper door and nurse in my living room. I was figuring it was quieter, more private, less embarrassing for my hubby and son (they agree with bf of course, but don't want to watch it).
Well I really didn't figure in the "what could go wrong" factor....
My living room is very child unfriendly and I love it that way. As our own kids are grown, we love not having it childproof. Glass decor on the coffee tables etc.
The baby is getting mobile. Not crawling...but rolling all over the place. I have metal and glass containers on the floor.
I do NOT want to rearrange the room.
The mom tends to play with her after nursing. Yesterday, she called me in from the dining room (I hang out in there while she nurses. While she seems a nice woman, I am not about to leave a client alone in the private part of my house while I am downstairs) She was laughing and told me baby had thrown up on her and that she was going back to work with baby puke in her hair. After she left, I noticed puke all over the back of my beautiful sofa and over a throw cushion. I know it wasn't on purpose, but I hate it. I put a throw over the sofa today and I think she felt bad. Not my intention, but I paid good money for that sofa and want it kept in perfect condition.
Having her nurse downstairs won't work either. The basement is set up like an H shape. Two large rooms with a hallway between them. An office and my sons bedroom are also there, but are private rooms (and we want them to stay that way)
If the mom came in the daycare entrance to nurse down there, she can't be near the other children. I would have to set her up in one room and move 15 kids into the other room..meaning their play area is cut in half for a while every single day. That means cleaning up, stop their activities etc.
So for now, my husband and son take of daycare downstairs while I have to hang out in the dining room and wait for her to be done.
It just isn't working for the flow of our schedule. But I really don't know how to tell her without making her mad or feel bad.
Ideas?
One drop-off, one pick-up per day. 
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