snufflepuff
31-10-2010, 10:06 PM
LO is contracted Mon, Tues and Wed 8.30-3. For a while now Mum has been asking me to keep LO until 4.30pm (infact she has stopped asking now and just presumes it is ok) and recently has also been asking me to do Fridays too. Now, I'm glad of the extra money of course, and I want to be able to help her out. But I'm not keen on doing Fridays too often- I usually just have a school drop off and that's it, I get to spend Fridays with my son and get the housework done while he is napping. I had to say no to working last Friday because I was taking DS to a party and she seemed most put out, almost like she expects me to be avaliable as and when she needs me....i think she is too used to me being flexible all the time.
I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to be awkward and say that I can't do Fridays at all, but I don't feel like I can do them all the time. It means I have no time alone with DS and I have to spend half my weekend doing housework! I'd rather do Thursdays for her, even though it makes the school run a nightmare, but she said she takes LO to a toddler group on a Thursday so Fridays are better for her.
What would you do?
I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to be awkward and say that I can't do Fridays at all, but I don't feel like I can do them all the time. It means I have no time alone with DS and I have to spend half my weekend doing housework! I'd rather do Thursdays for her, even though it makes the school run a nightmare, but she said she takes LO to a toddler group on a Thursday so Fridays are better for her.
What would you do?