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I finally signed on a new child to fill one of my openings, and he is the exact age that I had been wanting (I prefer preschool age but was taking younger ones also just to get someone in). Anyway, today was his first day and he did great! He loved it here, didn't want to leave. And I really enjoyed the day with him here : )
But I'm getting red flags from dcm already. During the interview I said something about bringing pillow and blanket for nap time and she said, "Oh. You do nap time?" I replied yes and she said, "I don't know how that will go. At his old daycare he napped there and then couldn't go to sleep at night, but since he hasn't been there and he hasn't been napping he's goes to sleep with no problem". I let her know that he would have a nap time here and that I wasn't set up to be able to let one child stay up while the others slept, and that I believe nap time is really important for the children since we have such a busy morning, they have to be up so early, etc. She signed on knowing this, so I figured she accepting it.
Today she drops him off with his paper work and money and I'm just relieved to see the money in hand and don't think of anything else. Then she brings up the policies. She said, "I was a little concerned with your policies...You said you weren't licensed but your policies sound like the policies from a licensed daycare". I agree, tell her she's right, I'm license exempt, but I still have policies so everything runs smoothly and everyone knows what to expect from the other. Then she mentions my two week's notice policy, back steps and says, "which I have no problem with, but I was concerned that you can dump us with no notice". It's explained in my policies when I can do that, but I told her again and assured her that I would give a two week notice with the exception of those things.
After she's gone I go through the paperwork and realize she doesn't have the signed portion of my policies or the contract. And then I realize she also didn't bring his blanket and pillow OR a change of clothes, which I specifically asked for in my "what to bring the first day" list. I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she may forgotten some of the items because I know on the first day there's a lot of stuff to remember to bring. Since she needed care to start immediately I wasn't able to have her bring the forms ahead of time. She also doesn't know when he will "officially" begin since today was just the orientation, but I was okay with that since I don't exactly have people standing in line.
Anyway, I figure when she contacts me again letting me know when he will officially be starting, I'll remind her to bring the signed policy portion, contract, nap items, and change of clothes. But I'm feeling like I'm going to have a rough time again with another parent...
He's been in daycare before, by the way, so I would have expected her to be used to this... She did leave on good terms it sounds like and only left because she lost her job.
But I'm getting red flags from dcm already. During the interview I said something about bringing pillow and blanket for nap time and she said, "Oh. You do nap time?" I replied yes and she said, "I don't know how that will go. At his old daycare he napped there and then couldn't go to sleep at night, but since he hasn't been there and he hasn't been napping he's goes to sleep with no problem". I let her know that he would have a nap time here and that I wasn't set up to be able to let one child stay up while the others slept, and that I believe nap time is really important for the children since we have such a busy morning, they have to be up so early, etc. She signed on knowing this, so I figured she accepting it.
Today she drops him off with his paper work and money and I'm just relieved to see the money in hand and don't think of anything else. Then she brings up the policies. She said, "I was a little concerned with your policies...You said you weren't licensed but your policies sound like the policies from a licensed daycare". I agree, tell her she's right, I'm license exempt, but I still have policies so everything runs smoothly and everyone knows what to expect from the other. Then she mentions my two week's notice policy, back steps and says, "which I have no problem with, but I was concerned that you can dump us with no notice". It's explained in my policies when I can do that, but I told her again and assured her that I would give a two week notice with the exception of those things.
After she's gone I go through the paperwork and realize she doesn't have the signed portion of my policies or the contract. And then I realize she also didn't bring his blanket and pillow OR a change of clothes, which I specifically asked for in my "what to bring the first day" list. I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she may forgotten some of the items because I know on the first day there's a lot of stuff to remember to bring. Since she needed care to start immediately I wasn't able to have her bring the forms ahead of time. She also doesn't know when he will "officially" begin since today was just the orientation, but I was okay with that since I don't exactly have people standing in line.
Anyway, I figure when she contacts me again letting me know when he will officially be starting, I'll remind her to bring the signed policy portion, contract, nap items, and change of clothes. But I'm feeling like I'm going to have a rough time again with another parent...
He's been in daycare before, by the way, so I would have expected her to be used to this... She did leave on good terms it sounds like and only left because she lost her job.
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