poppykins
17-03-2013, 10:50 PM
I was looking after a 1 year old with severe separation anxiety it was so severe that he wouldn't eat, drink, play and was so upset all day crying from 8am-5:30pm two days a week. I tried everything from cuddling him, playing with him, taking him out in the buggy, nothing would console him.
I consulted both parents and advised them that perhaps a more one-to-one setting would be better for him and raised my concerns about him not eating/drinking. They knew he was crying all day because I would contact them to let them know or tell them when they got home every day, but they never rang once to check he was ok or had settled or even a text message.
I tried for as long as I could and eventually gave them 4 weeks notice and now his father is being very nasty. He has tried saying that the settling period wasn't long enough although it was a bit unfortunate because my boiler packed up and I had to put off that week settling in because it was freezing and the week before that the baby was ill. He did do a few weeks settling in though.
He has since said that I was unprofessional for sending the notice in writing which is what we are meant to do, he keeps saying I have told them not to bring the baby back for the notice period, which I have not said and was willing to see out the notice and even had the cheek to send me an essay of an email today, how I should run my business - the cheek of it!!!! I've done childminding for six years.
These kind of parents make you feel like not doing the job anymore!!!! :angry::angry:
I consulted both parents and advised them that perhaps a more one-to-one setting would be better for him and raised my concerns about him not eating/drinking. They knew he was crying all day because I would contact them to let them know or tell them when they got home every day, but they never rang once to check he was ok or had settled or even a text message.
I tried for as long as I could and eventually gave them 4 weeks notice and now his father is being very nasty. He has tried saying that the settling period wasn't long enough although it was a bit unfortunate because my boiler packed up and I had to put off that week settling in because it was freezing and the week before that the baby was ill. He did do a few weeks settling in though.
He has since said that I was unprofessional for sending the notice in writing which is what we are meant to do, he keeps saying I have told them not to bring the baby back for the notice period, which I have not said and was willing to see out the notice and even had the cheek to send me an essay of an email today, how I should run my business - the cheek of it!!!! I've done childminding for six years.
These kind of parents make you feel like not doing the job anymore!!!! :angry::angry: