I'm glad to know I am not over reacting. In hindsight I should have asked for specific ages.. I just took their word for it and didn't think I needed to press for more info. He looked like an older baby too.. he is the same size as my one year old and she isn't small for her age. I don't think they lied maliciously but now that I know that he is so young, maybe they had been having difficulty trying to find care for such a young baby. When they said he would be slightly under a year at the start date, I *assumed* they meant 11 months old. I should not have assumed.

We had discussed my schedule right from the first interview and they new that we would be going out in the mornings and we would be getting up from naps and getting ready to go to the school to pick up my son at a certain time each day. They knew my schedule and had actually commented how glad they are that I had a schedule and how important schedules are to them as a family. Then the mom sends her baby's schedule which has bottles every 2.5 to 3 hours (to be expected from a 7 month old.. which is why I didn't want a young baby like that) and cereal at 10:30am and 2pm. Well, at 10:30am we are always outside or at the library/preschool program which I have to participate in. At 2pm we are getting up and getting ready to leave to go to the school. There would have to be some major adjustments to his schedule and mom doesn't seem happy about this. All this plus the dad stated that the baby will not stop crying unless he is held.

It really is too bad because the oldest is really easy to look after and fit right in from day one. I do know that if the crying goes into next week when my hubby is home, my decision will be made for me :S

I know I have to discuss the schedule issue with the parents but I know from having a 7 month old (3 times) that when they are hungry, they are hungry. Which is why I didn't even want to go there in the first place arrgghh!

I think I know what I have to do.. I just hate to make it seem like I didn't give them a chance, you know what I mean? It really just comes down to the baby being sooo young.