Houlgated
11-04-2013, 09:45 PM
Just wondered how much stuff you do when your mindee's are actually with you and how much you do outside of your minding hours. For example when do you prepare meals, craft activities etc.?
At the moment i only have one mindee for an evening meal and as he is only 1 and eats at 4pm i usually portion something up/freeze for him earlier in the week and then just defrost/heat it up. But if i get other mindees that i need to cook for at a reasonable time then i would arrange it so they eat with my own children, but just wondered if i should prepare meals when they are with me or if this should all be down outside my minding hours. With the last mindees i had for mealtimes i used to prepare whilst they were playing but i could not do that with my current mindee as he is very clingy and i just wouldn't be able to do it without leaving him to cry as he wasn't physically attached to me.
do you do paperwork when midees are with you or after they have gone home?
At the moment i only have one mindee for an evening meal and as he is only 1 and eats at 4pm i usually portion something up/freeze for him earlier in the week and then just defrost/heat it up. But if i get other mindees that i need to cook for at a reasonable time then i would arrange it so they eat with my own children, but just wondered if i should prepare meals when they are with me or if this should all be down outside my minding hours. With the last mindees i had for mealtimes i used to prepare whilst they were playing but i could not do that with my current mindee as he is very clingy and i just wouldn't be able to do it without leaving him to cry as he wasn't physically attached to me.
do you do paperwork when midees are with you or after they have gone home?