Considering Terminating My First Child *gulp*

[mickyc]

It is a hard thing to do. I have never actually terminated a child after my initial trial period was over. That being said I have had children who I certainly wished I didn't have. The nice thing about not taking before and after school kids is eventually the kids will go off to school and good riddance lol. In this case it sounds like the mom continues to keep sending the child even after she has her baby. As time goes by I have just accepted the fact that there will always be "that" child in a group. I have never had a time where I don't have one child who I refer to as my handful. What you need to figure out is if you want to keep doing this for the next 4 years when the child turns 12. It is only going to get worse I imagine. By the sounds of your post I think you have already made up your mind and know you ultimately want to terminate. You will feel so much better, that I know. My current "handful" is no where near as terrible as my last "handful", although he has his days! Can you wait until mom pulls him for summer and then tell her come September that all spots are full?

[ttremble88]

Mickyc that is exactly what I am thinking. I will hold him out until the summer, when the mother says that she wants to pull him and then try desperately to fill that spot. I never promised to hold the spot for her and she has yet to mention care for her coming baby. I personally, do not want to terminate for income purposes. I only have 1 full timer at the moment and he will be off to school come September, so I am depending on my many part-timers (in which all are before and after school) However, our little town is going through a HUGE growth and I am hoping the demand for daycare for little ones grows by then.