vici1979
04-09-2013, 08:57 PM
So, I started childminding on Monday. First two days were great.
Today I had a 16month old. He's supposed to be with me four days a week, awkward hours but I could easily accommodate that. The parents have met both me and my partner. They've spent time chatting to us in our garden with our dog. It was his first day today so she dropped him off with all his food and snacks and the car seat. She was a bit reluctant to lend me the car seat but I explained I can't buy them all in one go and I said I would buy his next week. When she picked him up I told her he had eaten all his food, what we had been doing today and how he had been. She went to get the car seat out of my car and as she did this I unlocked my car. It is literally 3ft outside my front door. I had wedged the front door open so I could see my 3year old in the living room sitting on the sofa with a book. In exactly the same way as I can see him through the kitchen window in the garden whilst preparing lunch. As I was walking back in the door my 3 year old started crying and she said 'he's crying'. I sat him down and discovered he had fallen and banged his cheek on the sofa. All sorted, comforted, checked, fine. The Mum left her son with me whilst she fitted the car seat back in her car. I was sat in my porch with her son on my lap and my 3 year old on the sofa 2ft away. My dog was at my feat and barked at another dog that walked past the open porch. The mum came back, picked up her son, said bye and went. At 830pm I had two missed calls on my mobile. I did not recognise the number and they didnt leave a message. I then got a funny text from the 16 month olds Dad saying they no longer required my childcare facilities and they would pay me for today but that is it. I am really upset. What could I possibly have done wrong in 5hours that they can't even tell me?? I've replied asking why but I have had no response. I was feeling so positive at the beginning of the week and now I'm gutted. I am also properly stitched up money wise. yes they did sign a contract and naively I did not take a deposit!! I'm mainly worried as to what I could have got so wrong.I am really reluctant to take on really little ones now. It's really upset me. If there is something blatantly obvious in what I have done wrong I would love to know. As I said this is my first week!!! Yes I am inexperienced but I really want to offer a great service and now I don't know what to do!
When they first signed their contract with me they said they had pulled their child out of another childminder because they suspected another child there was scratching their son and the childminder was doing nothing about it. I'm now thinking this may either be a lie or they will never be satisfied.
Some words of encouragement from some of you lovely people would be sooooooo appreciated right now. :(
Today I had a 16month old. He's supposed to be with me four days a week, awkward hours but I could easily accommodate that. The parents have met both me and my partner. They've spent time chatting to us in our garden with our dog. It was his first day today so she dropped him off with all his food and snacks and the car seat. She was a bit reluctant to lend me the car seat but I explained I can't buy them all in one go and I said I would buy his next week. When she picked him up I told her he had eaten all his food, what we had been doing today and how he had been. She went to get the car seat out of my car and as she did this I unlocked my car. It is literally 3ft outside my front door. I had wedged the front door open so I could see my 3year old in the living room sitting on the sofa with a book. In exactly the same way as I can see him through the kitchen window in the garden whilst preparing lunch. As I was walking back in the door my 3 year old started crying and she said 'he's crying'. I sat him down and discovered he had fallen and banged his cheek on the sofa. All sorted, comforted, checked, fine. The Mum left her son with me whilst she fitted the car seat back in her car. I was sat in my porch with her son on my lap and my 3 year old on the sofa 2ft away. My dog was at my feat and barked at another dog that walked past the open porch. The mum came back, picked up her son, said bye and went. At 830pm I had two missed calls on my mobile. I did not recognise the number and they didnt leave a message. I then got a funny text from the 16 month olds Dad saying they no longer required my childcare facilities and they would pay me for today but that is it. I am really upset. What could I possibly have done wrong in 5hours that they can't even tell me?? I've replied asking why but I have had no response. I was feeling so positive at the beginning of the week and now I'm gutted. I am also properly stitched up money wise. yes they did sign a contract and naively I did not take a deposit!! I'm mainly worried as to what I could have got so wrong.I am really reluctant to take on really little ones now. It's really upset me. If there is something blatantly obvious in what I have done wrong I would love to know. As I said this is my first week!!! Yes I am inexperienced but I really want to offer a great service and now I don't know what to do!
When they first signed their contract with me they said they had pulled their child out of another childminder because they suspected another child there was scratching their son and the childminder was doing nothing about it. I'm now thinking this may either be a lie or they will never be satisfied.
Some words of encouragement from some of you lovely people would be sooooooo appreciated right now. :(