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You guys are always so good at this. I have a child who has had a difficult time napping for about 9 months (He's been here a year) When I say difficult I mean screaming (happily) jumping in his pack and play and waking everyone up at least once a week. I have been upfront with the parents about it and he has been my youngest child for a while so spending 30 min dealing with getting him down has been a pain but not impossible. The mom has always pushed for more and more as far as putting him in a separate room, asking me to close the door (not allowed in my state) why can't he sleep in your room, ect. I finally gave her a time limit that if we couldn't get it under control he would need to go somewhere else. This was also the parent who has been questioning my policies on how long she has to return a call when I call for pick up. And she has been late with her fees so often that the other parents joke about it after she gives me the check. (she usually just forgets until Monday or Tuesday)
On Thursday, I wrote her an email discussing all of these things and essentially gave a two week probation. She asked for a phone conference to discuss it all. I heard her out agreed to two weeks of probation and then a two week notice if naps weren't improved. However, after talking to my husband and thinking things over, the things she said made me realize that it is not going to get better with her. She said she had saved all our text messages since she started and read them all to count how many times I needed to remind her about payment, she said that I was only worried about nap since I started two new kids and that if taking two new kids means I would not keep her son and lose that money than maybe I shouldn't take them. I've always had the same number of kids but recently have had kids leave for the summer. She also suggested I was being unfair because my own son doesn't nap. (He's four and he usually plays quietly in his room or naps) There were several other things but I realize I just need to go ahead and give two weeks.
So my questions are am I being unfair to not wait two weeks to give notice? And how do I word it.
Thanks for your help.
On Thursday, I wrote her an email discussing all of these things and essentially gave a two week probation. She asked for a phone conference to discuss it all. I heard her out agreed to two weeks of probation and then a two week notice if naps weren't improved. However, after talking to my husband and thinking things over, the things she said made me realize that it is not going to get better with her. She said she had saved all our text messages since she started and read them all to count how many times I needed to remind her about payment, she said that I was only worried about nap since I started two new kids and that if taking two new kids means I would not keep her son and lose that money than maybe I shouldn't take them. I've always had the same number of kids but recently have had kids leave for the summer. She also suggested I was being unfair because my own son doesn't nap. (He's four and he usually plays quietly in his room or naps) There were several other things but I realize I just need to go ahead and give two weeks.
So my questions are am I being unfair to not wait two weeks to give notice? And how do I word it.
Thanks for your help.
I would be sure to bring up that point as well VERBALLY.
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