I'm expecting my 4th in August. This being my 4th, at 3 months along it is starting to become obvious and I'm thinking I should tell my parents soon. I'm licensed with an agency and talked it through with my boss. She was very encouraging and told me to take off as much time as I need, my parents might choose to stay or not, but if not they can find me new clients (and right now I only have one anyhow, I have been turning down interviews and such since we started TTC). Anyways, my plan is to take 2 weeks off before the baby is due (as my last two labours were less than 3 hours and I feel 'watching your daycare provider give birth' might be a little too extreme when it comes to educational experiences ) and then 5 weeks after as I'm kind of a mess for about 5 weeks after having a baby and won't have additional help from my husband. However if my parents do decide to move to another provider I'd like to take 2 months off before because it would be nice to have the extra relaxing time if they are going to move on anyways.
I'm wondering how to tell my parents all this. a note? in person at pickup? And if there's any way to gently ask them about their plans after they've had time to consider it. I will miss my little DCG (2) dearly if they move on, but I understand completely that 7 weeks is a long time and if she's in the routine of a different place it would be silly to expect them to make another transition all over again. I'd just like to know ahead of time if that's the case, or if they would prefer to go into back up care and then return.
any input is appreciated!!