Miss freckles
12-06-2013, 12:48 PM
As a new childminder I currently have two part timers I'm looking after but 3 weeks ago a parent who I know from school approached me about having her child for 4 days from sept after school for two hrs but before then doing the 4 days from now picking her up from nursery at 12 and bringing her back to school to drop off with mum at 3.
I said I was available and could do this and she said can we first do a one day trial/settling period, no problem she came, mum mentioned how happy she had came home.
A few days later mum says she doesn't know what's going on now with certain work arrangements so won't commit to anything but could I have her one day that week as I one off, I said ok, wrote up a temporary one day contract she signed it paid etc.
Now on Monday she approached me again can I have her Friday I said to let me go through what I have planned that day and get back to her, that night at 9pm I get a call from mum "can I have s tomorrow?" I immediately said no but could do Friday.
Now she is obviously using me as a babysitter as and when she wants me, and what I wanted to know was, is this aloud to keep doing the odd day here and there, is that our own choice as cm's? I'm actually getting annoyed at it, just because the child can be quite a handful and its not worth the Money £15. And because I'm not observing, and planning for her it's a bit of a free for all whenever she comes and she's never here long enough for me to lay down certain rules
I'm thinking of just saying I can't do it anymore!
I said I was available and could do this and she said can we first do a one day trial/settling period, no problem she came, mum mentioned how happy she had came home.
A few days later mum says she doesn't know what's going on now with certain work arrangements so won't commit to anything but could I have her one day that week as I one off, I said ok, wrote up a temporary one day contract she signed it paid etc.
Now on Monday she approached me again can I have her Friday I said to let me go through what I have planned that day and get back to her, that night at 9pm I get a call from mum "can I have s tomorrow?" I immediately said no but could do Friday.
Now she is obviously using me as a babysitter as and when she wants me, and what I wanted to know was, is this aloud to keep doing the odd day here and there, is that our own choice as cm's? I'm actually getting annoyed at it, just because the child can be quite a handful and its not worth the Money £15. And because I'm not observing, and planning for her it's a bit of a free for all whenever she comes and she's never here long enough for me to lay down certain rules
I'm thinking of just saying I can't do it anymore!