A new mindee, just started this week, is supposed to be dropped off at 8am and mostly by Dad.
Monday she didnt come as mum had to wait in for gas engineer.
Tuesday she came late as had an appointment - Mum had informed of this so no problem.
Wednesday my son had his hospital appt so I text them and said I would be available when we got back at 1pm. I text Dad when we were 5 mins from home and said I would definitely be in from 1. He said See you soon. She arrived at 2pm!
Yesterday, I text Dad at 8.10am to check they were on the way as I needed to leave soon for my school run. No repsonse. Did my school run and came back. So text Mum and Dad (incase Mum was doing drop off today) and got no response. I had another 2 mindees here and we missed toddlers as we were waiting.
So then I called at 10 but both went to answer machines. About 5 mins later, Mum text and said sometimes when Dad is running late, he will drop the other 2 at school then come and drop mindee off (their school is about 25 minutes drive away as were looking to buy in that area but ended up near me).
Dad then dropped off just after 10 and a few minutes after, text and said He had left his phone at home so hadnt got my messages and Sorry. Just said Ok.
Today, no sign at 8 and nothing by time we left at 8.30 so assumed he was on the long school run. Text him when leaving my DDs school at 9 to say I would be going to my CM drop off and he could drop her to me there and gave him the address. He called 2 minutes later and said he didnt know where that road was, so agreed to meet at a mid point "this once" I said.
Anyway, my question is this - how much waiting around and running around do I do? I usually go toddlers, soft play, drop in etc straight from school as they either start at 9.30. Or days like Wednesday for example we go soft play which is in town so I pop in town for the hour til it starts and do some errands ie banking, posting etc.
I used to have to wait around and constantly chase another parent before xmas and I am not doing that again. Some days we are home straight after school runs but only about 2. I iam not changing mine and my mindees weekly plans to hang around for this one late parent.
I wondered whether it would seem rude for me to give them a timetable of what days we go where and what times we go, so that if I am not at home, Dad knows where to find me. I just dont want to have to spend my time with other mindees in the car while we run around after them or keep coming home to wait around for her to arrive.
Any advice would be great, thanks.
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