snufflepuff
28-07-2010, 07:39 PM
LO currently comes 2 days a week 8.30-3.30, and she wants another day 8.30-5.30.
The problem is, it is one of the days i do a school run. I would have to get a 5 year old and 3 one year olds to school and back- its a 30 minute walk, and i only have a double buggy. None of the one year olds would stand on the buggy board the whole time. The only way round it is for my Mum to come and sit with my son while i walk to school and back with the 5 year old and 2 one year old mindees. She suggested it and said she would be happy to help, but i want to pay her for it- it's her only day off work most weeks so i can't expect her to get up early for nothing. (I'm going to get her registered as an assistant which will mean i can eventually leave all the one year olds with her while i do the school run, which will be a great help in bad weather.) I have told the parent that i will need to come up with a solution for the school run if i am to take her on for this extra day, but have not mentioned my Mum helping out yet.
Anyway, do you think it would be unreasonable to ask the parent to pay an enhanced fee for the hour that i need to pay my Mum? Im not sure what to do.
The problem is, it is one of the days i do a school run. I would have to get a 5 year old and 3 one year olds to school and back- its a 30 minute walk, and i only have a double buggy. None of the one year olds would stand on the buggy board the whole time. The only way round it is for my Mum to come and sit with my son while i walk to school and back with the 5 year old and 2 one year old mindees. She suggested it and said she would be happy to help, but i want to pay her for it- it's her only day off work most weeks so i can't expect her to get up early for nothing. (I'm going to get her registered as an assistant which will mean i can eventually leave all the one year olds with her while i do the school run, which will be a great help in bad weather.) I have told the parent that i will need to come up with a solution for the school run if i am to take her on for this extra day, but have not mentioned my Mum helping out yet.
Anyway, do you think it would be unreasonable to ask the parent to pay an enhanced fee for the hour that i need to pay my Mum? Im not sure what to do.