Should I fill to my absolute max?

[mom-in-alberta]

Yeah... what Playfelt said. Hahaha...

[Dayhome Mamma]

In terms of filling up to my max, I feel like I can manage up to 7 on my own but I just don't want to be working that hard everyday. And I do agree with you playfelt, about doing what you think you can handle. But at the same time, I have found that with each new addition to our group I have always been nervous to take on one more and its always hectic the first week but turns out to run pretty smooth after about a month and then I'm glad I did take another one on. So maybe my cautiousness is playing my confidence and knowing what I can handle. I suppose if I do have my assistants every day and they are absent here and there than its not the end of the world as I don't solely depend on them. Its more so about my quality of life. And my plan of course is to make it good for me. And having my dayhome filled would add to that as well.
So it'd be nice to be totally booked though and get to that smooth running comfort level. Thank you for telling me to try. I think I am going to meet with them and see what the boy is like, if I find him to be calm or potentially a handful, what my guts tell me about him and his family, and ask for honest feedback from my client who referred her to me. Cause I'm sure we have all had friends whom we love whose children's behaviour we weren't crazy about/wouldn't want around our kids. So I'm assuming she would tell me. Thank you all for your thoughts and support.