Unbelievable!!!!

[Crayola kiddies]

i agree with suzie ...i wouldnt be surprised if she ups and leaves .....she is just saying what you want to hear for now cause she needs you buuuuttt the time will come ....i would be proactive and get a replacement lined up

[Emma H]

Thanks everyone, just an update I sat down and spoke with the mom today and told her how I felt and she told me how she felt bottom line she agreed to keep her in FT care she doesn't want to lose her spot and her daughter had a hard time adjusting so she feels like she will have a hard time next yr when school starts too. Im glad everything worked out for the best, this was close lol

[5 Little Monkeys]

I'm glad it seems to have worked out. I would prepare myself for her to leave in April though, just in case!! If she stays, great, but at least you will be a little prepared if she does leave.

[flowerchild]

I'm glad it seems to have worked out. I would prepare myself for her to leave in April though, just in case!! If she stays, great, but at least you will be a little prepared if she does leave.

I agree with this. Hopefully it has worked out and things will be great going forward. At this point, I'd just carry on with her as per usual. I wouldn't bring it up or ask her about it anymore, BUT I would be sure not to bend on any policies AT ALL over the next few months. The fact that she asked, got an answer she didn't like, and then asked you three more times, tells me that she may be one to push the limits. Do you get paid in advance? Otherwise, I could totally see her agreeing for the full time spot today, but then writing you cheques for the 2-3 days her child actually attended come April making you hunt her down for money etc etc. I think she's just going to push until she gets what she wants or goes somewhere else. And if she's asking for exceptions to other policies and you give in, it's just going to make her feel like she can push for the part time again.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I don't think she will ask for PT again. I think she will quit come April or soon after. She not want FT for her mat leave, never has. She will do it for little while after baby born and then she will quit.

It better for her to save 12 month FT fees and then in April 2016, she just need four months care for both children before older go to school. Make no sense to pay 12 months fees to keep a spot she only use for 4 month. She will quit by June.

[Emma H]

Thank you for the positivity Suzie homemaker lol I am sure she will stay...she is well aware that her deposit wont be getting refunded if she breaks our agreement. Her husband never wanted to drop the child to part-time she was asking for whatever reason. She needs organic/Montessori/French and if she leaves she won't find that anywhere else in our city....If she does leave there is a child already lined up for April & June so it doesn't matter either way.

[Crayola kiddies]

well its good you have another child waiting but i too think she will pull within a few months of giving birth ....you will be surprised how quickly organic montessori french will become less important then doing what she wanted...... unless she is the type of parent that cant handle two kids at one time full time then she'll pull ....i had a parent that kept her older one in full time after the new one was born but she couldnt handle looking after both at once worked out good for me but most arent like that ...they either pull totally and look for new daycare at the end of mat leave or the go part time to hold the spot if they want to put the second one in too

[Emma H]

Just an update, she ended up putting down a last month deposit for her new baby for 2016 at pick up so now I will have both kids
I don't think she knew what she wanted until we both sat down to talk and I have learnt to not be so quick to judge

[5 Little Monkeys]

That's good that she did that. I'm just curious....how do you know for sure you will have 2 openings in 2016 for them?

I had a mom leave in September on mat leave. They chose to risk it and not pay while on mat leave. After I thought about it, I couldn't guarantee her 2 spots anyways so it was good she didn't pay to keep her spot.

[Emma H]

One of my current families will be moving next March so my spot will open up. Since the spot is currently taken I am not making her pay unless that family leaves before March.