Having a hard time filling my spot!

[lori123]

Ugh. Those awful phone calls where "your services are no longer required" are just down right butt kicking! I know EXACTLY how you feel, skysue - last Monday, I had one person schedule an interview on the following Sunday. She was going to be PERFECT - exactly what I needed - a teacher's child, with amazing hours, older girl to fit my ratio and then only got a voicemail standing me up on Friday morning and doesn't want to reschedule. Its a feeling like someone kicked you in the stomach because you get so excited and happy about it only to have the rug pulled out from under you and feel blue again. So, yes, I totally feel for you and know how you feel. It takes about a day or so to pass and you will remember its their loss, not yours.

I need one more child not only to complete the daycare but to pay for my youngest daughter's morning program for SK - I felt she was not only being aggressive with the dck but didn't meet all her academic checklists for JK and needs some extra help and stimulation of being around kids her own age. But its killing me financially to keep her in the program and I just see my line of credit increasing !! Arrrrgh! You definitely don't get rich doing daycare!!

However, today, I got two phone calls - one that I had to say no to - they wanted much longer hours and only two days a week (don't any of these people read my ads with my stated hours in it?....lol, but I digress!) and the second is sort of promising....but the main problem is that they have two children and I only have one spot. However, its again good hours and it sounds like a reliable family here and they still want to interview with me.

But now, I am in the tough position bc if I want these two children, it means I would have to terminate one family (been thinking about it for awhile to do so) who is late picking up (they work far away), has the latest hours (until 5:30pm while all my other dck are gone by 4:00-5:00) but has given me other perks like nice christmas and birthday gifts and are really nice people overall. Its a tough decision for me to terminate a steady but late family, but then again, who knows, this new family may back out but I think I will still interview with them.

Sorry for the long post! I hear you Sue, things will pick up....they HAVE TO!!

[mamaball]

I'm having the same trouble here things start sounding good then it all changes again and most of my calls are for under 2 and part time I'm feeling a little dicouraged aswell trying to be patient ..but the thing that is driving me crazy is I know there are places in town that are taking more kids then aloud and parents seem ok with that " sigh "
praying things will turn around your not alone

[FS2011]

One more thing, I check craiglist and kijiji daily and it's literally the same daycares posting day and day. It just looks desperate, I wouldn't push it. People search through pages and pages looking, no need to be at the top.

[lori123]

One more thing, I check craiglist and kijiji daily and it's literally the same daycares posting day and day. It just looks desperate, I wouldn't push it. People search through pages and pages looking, no need to be at the top.

I don't know about looking...desperate. ...but laughs, yeah, i guess i am desperate! I literally see my bank account draining and I need one more to make it work out for me. Its a scary situation thinking about it. I feel like I need to post close to the top couple of pages on kijiji/craiglist which means reposting every couple of hours or more bc everyone else is doing the same. This is the first time that I have ever had to advertise and I hate it!! I've always done word of mouth and close references of friends of friends but it seems now everyone in those groups are done with having children. Time to branch out.

Its so true - misery loves company and its nice to know I am not alone in this matter. Its been a couple of really tough months around here and I just keep either getting calls for extremely cheaply wanted daycare for part time hours which I just can't do....like I am seeing $15/day for daycare....how can I compete at 35-40$ that I ask for. Sighs. Sorry to vent so much! Today has to be better day! L xo