Small Dilemma, Need Suggestions

[flightlessbird11]

daysofelijah is right about the ages so technically if all these families are full time, you couldn't even take the 4 month old from family #1 until your 11 month old turns 1 year old. (unless you have a variance or unless they are part timers attending on different days).

According to licensing standards, you can never have more than 2 kids under the age of one unless there is a second adult caregiver and you are a C3 license holder or uness you specialize in infant/toddler care which is a Class D license (which also requires a seconfd adult caregiver).

I also hope family #2 works out for you. They seem to have all their ducks in a row and since you "clicked" with them, it sounds like they are a better match for you than family #1 who is already making you have doubts.

Sorry, I posted seconds after you answered daysofelijah... in which case, by your explanation, you will be just fine. But I still hope family # 2 works out for you instead.

Thanks Blackcat! I just talked to family #2 and she says she wants to bring her son here, she just wants to have her husband meet us as well.(He's out of town until the 20th.) YAY! Still not [B]for sure[B]but at least I know I'm a forerunner!!

[Blackcat31]

Thanks Blackcat! I just talked to family #2 and she says she wants to bring her son here, she just wants to have her husband meet us as well.(He's out of town until the 20th.) YAY! Still not [B]for sure[B]but at least I know I'm a forerunner!!

Good for you!! It always pays to listen to your instincts! I have taken my fair share of undesireable clients before for financial reasons only to end up paying for it later in every other way so good for you!!! What a great way to end your week!!! WooHoo!!

[flightlessbird11]

****update****

Soooo, I have an update. I went against my better judgement and took fam#1 because fam#2, if they did come here, wouldn't be starting until the second week in September, so I figured that if I took # 1, I could still make some $ in the meantime since they wanted to start right away. It's going pretty good. The baby is 4 mths. and is a happy baby. I'm still not blown away by the parents demeanor, and their county stuff still isnt 100% figured out yet, so I'm not the happiest. The good news is, I got another email from mom#2, and we've set up a time next week for her husband to come and meet me!! If they want to come here and have a deposit( she already said that would be no problem) then I'm going to have to term #1. I'd miss the little guy, but not the parents. I'll update again once I've met with fam#2 again for those who are interested!

[cheerfuldom]

I hope it works out for you!

[jen]

Soooo, I have an update. I went against my better judgement and took fam#1 because fam#2, if they did come here, wouldn't be starting until the second week in September, so I figured that if I took # 1, I could still make some $ in the meantime since they wanted to start right away. It's going pretty good. The baby is 4 mths. and is a happy baby. I'm still not blown away by the parents demeanor, and their county stuff still isnt 100% figured out yet, so I'm not the happiest. The good news is, I got another email from mom#2, and we've set up a time next week for her husband to come and meet me!! If they want to come here and have a deposit( she already said that would be no problem) then I'm going to have to term #1. I'd miss the little guy, but not the parents. I'll update again once I've met with fam#2 again for those who are interested!

Are you saying you took family number #1 with the intention of terminating them after just a couple of weeks for no other reason than the family you really wanted agreed to sign on? :confused:

[CheekyChick]

I interviewed a family where the mother basically sat there quiet while the dad and I chatted. I thought that was kind of weird at the time - but it turns out she was so upset at the thought of putting her baby in DC, that she couldn't even speak. I enroll the baby and the mother SOBS almost every day. After three weeks of misery, she pulled her daughter. I KNEW this family wouldn't be a good fit - yet I still enrolled the family. My bad.

So... My advice to you is, tell fam #1 that you will give them a decision in the middle of the week. If fam #2 doesn't doesn't want the spot, I would tell fam #1 that you would like to give them a two week trial and see how it goes. If fam #1 chooses someone else because they need someone by Monday, then it wasn't meant to be.

Good luck.

[flightlessbird11]

Are you saying you took family number #1 with the intention of terminating them after just a couple of weeks for no other reason than the family you really wanted agreed to sign on? :confused:

Well.....not really. I'm in a very hard position financially, and I NEED the $$, ya know for food for my family and such. I took them because I'm not going to know if fam#2 is enrolling for a few weeks. And if they don't enroll, then my spot is still filled. Why does that make me in the wrong? Parents take advantage of us, and what not ALL the time. My reason for terming would really be because of all the "red flags" I was worried about initially are starting to surface. They showed me their county "approval" from July, and said all they needed to do was call to switch providers. Usually,from my own experience, the county can have their new approval to me within their first week of attendance. We're going on week 2 and no papers, and the county said they are waiting on more paperwork from the family. Which upsets me because they have given no money down (county will cover registration) and I'm basically providing free daycare. I did give them a bill for last week, and told them it needs to be paid tomorrow. And as I said in my initial post, the chemistry is very off with this couple. They are also neighbors, and I feel I'm being "watched" all the time. Anyhow, bottom line is, I needed the income, and didn't want to turn someone away if I didn't know for sure if this other family would come here. Call me selfish I guess!

[cheerfuldom]

Don't provide any more free daycare hoping the county comes through for you. In that case, you are still losing income even though you are working! As for the crying mom mentioned....I had one interview like that. The mom hung on tight to the little one and asked no questions. They didn't end up coming here but if they wanted to, I would have said no. I could tell that it wasn't personal, no place was going to be good enough for them. I am lucky that I can afford to wait for the right families. If it came to me literally being able to provide shelter and food for my kids, I would have done what the OP did. Business is business and a girl has got to eat!