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As some of you know, I will be done with daycare in a few weeks. I knew I would be done, but thought I had more time. (Moving in June, but losing dc insurance next month, so I had to close early).
I gave parents a month's notice (although it looked like only 3 weeks, since I had already given notice of my vacation that would be taken on that 4th week).
In the letter I handed out I gave the number/website for our local referral service, and I included the name/number of my neighbor who also does daycare.
I have one parent (not even sure the other parent has read the letter yet, as it's still in their bag and they have not mentioned it) who feels the need to discuss her other arrangements every day at pick-up, usually a 5-10 min discussion. She is concerned about finding care that will meet her needs. I get that she feels a bit pressured, but I feel like she thinks I need to help her find alternate care. She asks me every day if I've talked to my neighbor to find out if she has openings and how much she charges. I already talked to neighbor's husband and it's unclear if they have openings (waiting on pregnant dcm to let them know) and he said to have her call. Which is what I told her to do. But she still asks daily if I've talked to her. Even though we are next door neighbors, we hardly ever see each other. I've already talked to her dh, so I'm not going to go knock on her door to ask her the same questions he's already answered. I've told her I very rarely see/talk to either of them, but she still asks.
I told her last Thursday at p/u that I was done in April, and since then she's had the daily discussion at pick up. Today, at drop-off she started it up again. I don't know if she's just venting, or expecting me to find her care. I've done all I am willing to do to secure care for her children. I don't know what more she expects me to do.
Any way to stop the daily discussions without being rude (short of finding her a new daycare)?
I gave parents a month's notice (although it looked like only 3 weeks, since I had already given notice of my vacation that would be taken on that 4th week).
In the letter I handed out I gave the number/website for our local referral service, and I included the name/number of my neighbor who also does daycare.
I have one parent (not even sure the other parent has read the letter yet, as it's still in their bag and they have not mentioned it) who feels the need to discuss her other arrangements every day at pick-up, usually a 5-10 min discussion. She is concerned about finding care that will meet her needs. I get that she feels a bit pressured, but I feel like she thinks I need to help her find alternate care. She asks me every day if I've talked to my neighbor to find out if she has openings and how much she charges. I already talked to neighbor's husband and it's unclear if they have openings (waiting on pregnant dcm to let them know) and he said to have her call. Which is what I told her to do. But she still asks daily if I've talked to her. Even though we are next door neighbors, we hardly ever see each other. I've already talked to her dh, so I'm not going to go knock on her door to ask her the same questions he's already answered. I've told her I very rarely see/talk to either of them, but she still asks.
I told her last Thursday at p/u that I was done in April, and since then she's had the daily discussion at pick up. Today, at drop-off she started it up again. I don't know if she's just venting, or expecting me to find her care. I've done all I am willing to do to secure care for her children. I don't know what more she expects me to do.
Any way to stop the daily discussions without being rude (short of finding her a new daycare)?
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