Not wanting to do extended mornign hours every day.....

[Spixie33]

It sounds like you may have emailed her back saying you would consider it on certain days but now you are regretting it.

I would email her again and say "I know I initially said that I might be able to do the early hours for you on certain days but after careful thought to how your hours would fit into my program and with the existing schedule; I realize it would be too difficult. I am very sorry but I need to keep my hours at xxx-xx or else it will be disruptive to my own family life and to the daycare. I don't want to promise you certain days and then later tell you it isn't fitting into the program. Thank you for you interest and for taking the time to contact and consider me. I wish you all the best in your daycare search."

[monkeymama]

If you dont want to do it, then dont. Email or phone her back and say you have reconsidered and the early mornings will not be possible. I do one early morning a month for a dcf and I hate it lol. However, they are my best family so I suck it up once a month. Multiple times a week? No way!

[Monday 2 Friday Mama]

I agree with the other ladies. I would just keep things polite and professional - explain to her that it's too long a day for one person. Indicate what your hours are, and tell them that if they can work within those hours you'd love to care for their charming child, but if they need someone who can do a 6 A.M. drop off then you're not the caregiver for them. =) The other ladies are right - you'll be exhausted. I had an early drop off/long day kind of client when I first started up and I was so glad when they left for mat leave. I've had a few parents who needed long hours of coverage - I just point them in the direction of centre care - where they have shifts of people who can cover the gruesome hours. Hang in there and hopefully a client with more reasonable needs comes along soon.