Booked my vacation...one parent not too happy

[5 Little Monkeys]

I would email her back and explain to her that parents that choose to go the hdc route NEED to have a back up as dcprovider's deserve holidays too!! I explain this in my interviews....someon e that does not have a back up would not be a good fit for my hdc.

I try not too take too much holiday time but I do take at least 2 weeks unpaid in the summer, sometimes 3 as my fiance now has a job where he is off all summer so we like to enjoy that. I have been lucky that the past 3 Christmases I have had all families take holidays so I never technically closed but didn't work. I have no children of my own and I want to enjoy life childfree and enjoy holidays from time to time but still be a reliable hdcp. So far, no one has really complained!

I'm not sure about hiring someone else to run your dc. I have 2 people that I can sometimes use if needed (one is my fiance tho) but I would never leave my other one (a cousin) alone for a long period of time. This is my home and my business and at the end of the day, it would be me held responsible for anything that went wrong.

Enjoy your holiday!!