Well I gave her the part time spaces for the summer in lieu of her taking over the day home for me three days in the summer to take my son somewhere special. She just went back to work from mat leave so that affected her income this summer.

She has taken over the day home in the past in lieu of her fees to save her money during mat leave so the kids know her and love her. She has been with my day home for three years.

This is the family I would do almost anything for. I did advertise right away and had multiple replies. I don't take many families at my day home however. Those that have a permissive or rigid style of parenting don't seem to do well here. I didn't want any of the families that came by. I spoke with the parent about it and she understood perfectly.

Part of my decision was that I was recently very sick and had to take two days off of work. She was so gracious about it and I really appreciated it. I felt the need to be gracious with her as well.