ne parent is irking me this week. On Sunday, a dcg's mom (whom i never see as i only care for the child on the days that she stays with her dad because they split last year) texted me about tax receipts asked about tax receipts. I told her that it's going all to the child's dad as he is the one on contract. She tells me she is entitled to it and wants to do her taxes. I explained to her that According to what my accountant told me, she is only entitled to her share of the tax write offs for daycare fees until the contract with both of their names on it was cancelled (end of May 2014, when i was informed by the dcdad that they were splitting up) and that is how i did up the receipts. Again, it will all go to the child's dad and they can sort it all out, and we left it at that. The revised contract, effective June 1st 2014, only has the dcdad's name on it so only he can claim daycare tax write offs from there forward.

Well doesn't the dcd call me all upset saying his ex isn't entitled to the tax write offs for daycare because they actually separated in January of 2014. Well how the hell was i supposed to know that, and why would you only tell me in May? And knowing that i revise my contracts every January, why would you put it in both of your names if you were already split? He only told me in May, and that's when we revised the contract so i did up my tax receipts for 2014 accordingly. I e-mailed him the initial contract (with both parents names), the cancellation of the initial contract and the revised contract (just his name) so he can look through it all. I suggested they take it all up with the accountants and attorneys to sort out.

i don't want to get involved in their personal lives because it's none of my business. However, my daycare business is my business and I don't want any trouble due to facts that weren't made known to me.

Today, he drops off the child as usual. The child has a runny nose and cough...kind of irritating because he didn't say anything to me but it's not a serious cold. My contract says kids can stay if they have a mild cold as long as they aren't sneezing or coughing excessively or miserable or have fever/vomit/diarrhea.

Then about an hour later, texts saying 'no nap for (dkg) today plz'. I replied that i couldn't do that because she sleeps well when she is here and how all kids go down for a nap after lunch and they all follow the same routine (She is almost always the first one asleep, like today!). So he tells me 'well she only ever naps at your house and then she is up until 10 or 11'. (well i can spin it the other way too, maybe she needs to nap at my house because she is up until 10 or 11 at your house LOL) I replied that if she is sleeping at my house it is because she is tired. With that said, she does have shorter naps and wakes up after an hour. He said 'ok' I thought it was the end of it. Then he comes back to me asking if another dcg (who is a little older than his daughter and generally out of naps) sleeps too. I replied, yes she does sometimes and i explained that even all day kindergartens have a 45 minute nap/rest time. He replied "i see."