KingstonMom
06-27-2012, 12:33 PM
Hey all!
BackStory: I am full with 5 kids, (3x2 year olds, 1x3 year old, 1x4 year old) one of them is moving and a new space will be open July 16th. I am not DESPERATE to fill as I wouldnt mind having a light summer ahead of me.
I found a replacement a few months back when an aquaintence of my husband asked if I have opening in June. When I told them not till July the jumped at it and sent kid to another sitter for a few weeks waiting for this spot.
They have a little boy who just turned one.
He seems pretty good, crawling, not yet walking though, and she SAYS he is napping good at this temporary daycare. I agreed, because I do know the parents, they seem easy going, nice, have stable, good paying jobs, and the hours were doable.
After months of me asking her to return my contract and the deposit money, she finally makes it over last night.
NOW: I start going over the regular spiel, they all nap in the same room, the ages of others, P/U and D/O hours, payment every other week etc.
She then tells me she is Vegan and the she wants him to eat only organic. She will not feed him cows milk, he is still on breast milk and formula. (And only 20lbs too btw). She will supply Almond milk when he starts on that. No juice also. Nothing canned.
She doesnt want him to have ANY processed foods. and get this - she doesnt want ANY of his food to have ever been in a microwave!!!
I do not boast an organic daycare, my kids eat canned beans, processed cheese slices on grilled cheese, and we microwave my pre-cooked home made spaghetti sauce.
We dont have beefaroni, alphaghetti, or any of that canned shit for sure, but I do serve canned corn time to time, hell, the kids had frozen chicken fingers with plum sauce and canned corn just yesterday!
Instead of microwaving things, she suggested leaving it on the counter and he will eat it at room temperature. ummmm wont that cause bacteria growth?
She could sense my feelings as I was honest about what we eat here, and sometimes they do have cheese strings, goldfish and other processed foods.
She says he likes applesauce and yogurt, then I told her I am not feeding her kid all the time, she understood
She asked if she could bring her sons lunch, I said that could cause issues with the other kids wanting what he has etc.
He is still on two naps (and I have a baby daughter who is also on 2 naps) so I suppose I could just give them alternate feeding times and feed him when I feed my daughter. But sometimes I like my 'break time' just me and my daughter, not having to entertain another child during the others' nap.
But argg, when I heard a 13 month old, I pictured a walking, one-nap-a-day, self feeding, little boy. Now all this info is just weighing on me.
It wouldnt bother me a whole lot if I backed out with them given all this new information, they are not close friends of ours. But I am thinking just to give them the benefit of the doubt and do a trail with him. Maybe take him for the summer, then suggest she find an organic daycare somewhere else.
WWYD?
BackStory: I am full with 5 kids, (3x2 year olds, 1x3 year old, 1x4 year old) one of them is moving and a new space will be open July 16th. I am not DESPERATE to fill as I wouldnt mind having a light summer ahead of me.
I found a replacement a few months back when an aquaintence of my husband asked if I have opening in June. When I told them not till July the jumped at it and sent kid to another sitter for a few weeks waiting for this spot.
They have a little boy who just turned one.
He seems pretty good, crawling, not yet walking though, and she SAYS he is napping good at this temporary daycare. I agreed, because I do know the parents, they seem easy going, nice, have stable, good paying jobs, and the hours were doable.
After months of me asking her to return my contract and the deposit money, she finally makes it over last night.
NOW: I start going over the regular spiel, they all nap in the same room, the ages of others, P/U and D/O hours, payment every other week etc.
She then tells me she is Vegan and the she wants him to eat only organic. She will not feed him cows milk, he is still on breast milk and formula. (And only 20lbs too btw). She will supply Almond milk when he starts on that. No juice also. Nothing canned.
She doesnt want him to have ANY processed foods. and get this - she doesnt want ANY of his food to have ever been in a microwave!!!
I do not boast an organic daycare, my kids eat canned beans, processed cheese slices on grilled cheese, and we microwave my pre-cooked home made spaghetti sauce.
We dont have beefaroni, alphaghetti, or any of that canned shit for sure, but I do serve canned corn time to time, hell, the kids had frozen chicken fingers with plum sauce and canned corn just yesterday!
Instead of microwaving things, she suggested leaving it on the counter and he will eat it at room temperature. ummmm wont that cause bacteria growth?
She could sense my feelings as I was honest about what we eat here, and sometimes they do have cheese strings, goldfish and other processed foods.
She says he likes applesauce and yogurt, then I told her I am not feeding her kid all the time, she understood
She asked if she could bring her sons lunch, I said that could cause issues with the other kids wanting what he has etc.
He is still on two naps (and I have a baby daughter who is also on 2 naps) so I suppose I could just give them alternate feeding times and feed him when I feed my daughter. But sometimes I like my 'break time' just me and my daughter, not having to entertain another child during the others' nap.
But argg, when I heard a 13 month old, I pictured a walking, one-nap-a-day, self feeding, little boy. Now all this info is just weighing on me.
It wouldnt bother me a whole lot if I backed out with them given all this new information, they are not close friends of ours. But I am thinking just to give them the benefit of the doubt and do a trail with him. Maybe take him for the summer, then suggest she find an organic daycare somewhere else.
WWYD?