Stress!

[Littledragon]

To be honest, I'm finding this daycare business to be VERY stressful. HOWEVER, that being said, I never worked full time out of the home while being a mom. I just had my first child and chose not to go back to work. The thing I am finding most stressful about it is finding, interviewing and starting clients. I have two clients whose moms are pregnant - one leaving in October, and the other doesn't know how far long she is (so she says). I am looking to replace both these families, and one of them just started two weeks ago! On top of that, mom (the one who is pregnant and doesn't know how far long she is) is having a hard time finding a job and just told me yesterday - on monday morning! - that if she doesn't find a job within the next two weeks, she's going to have to pull her out. I've only been open "officially" for two months, and I'm having a tough time finding clients because there is so much competition in my area. But, the one week where I was full and didn't know about mom's pregnancy and job issue, it was stress free lol It's just getting clients and worrying about income that I find very difficult.

[samantha3]

I do not find this job stressful as I feel the stress of working with everyone's different emotions goes in waves. Currently I am having a wave where the children are being really great so I am feeling bored/uninspired and feel I am constantly looking for new ideas to provoke the children's interest.

What part do you find most stressful?

I remember it took me a good year to get over dealing with parents (this is what I found most stressful) until I could just be honest and tell them how it was... and now parents do not bother me one bit