Ohhh boy...I feel your pain Spixie. I do. I was that person who HATES confrontation of any kind. It actually makes me feel ill. However, I quickly learned, that in this business no one is looking out for you but YOU. GREAT advice on this forum. You know what you HAVE to do. For your buisness. For the other DCKs, for your own family and most of all for YOU!! Everyone on this board is correct. You will feel TONS better when you wave to him bye bye for the last time. Promise. The next day will feel ..different. Colors brighter! LOL. Then you can focus your attention on the way you want to do things in your daycare without being held back.

Just ask yourself one question. What's more important to you? Feeling that 'icky' feeling of confrontation for a bit for the better of your daycare program and sanity in the end? or dragging it out for weeks and feeling worse by sitting on the fence?