So things are going brilliantly with new child. She is happy, ate well, curious and fun. She cried for a couple minutes but went to sleep. Just woke now and has been crying for a bit, fingers crossed she settles down for her nap.

My issue is with the parents. They interviewed a while a go for the spot and I was pretty flexible about a lot of things: start date, part time instead of full time etc. I was interested in being flexible because I liked the family and this is really just my "extra" spot as I've always had 4 DC kids plus my kids but was ready to fill it with something as extra income. We are planning on having another baby so I want the extra money and I wasn't sure if I really wanted 5 DC kids full time anyways.

Anyways. Today mom is clearly having a hard time leaving her kid, understandable. She stays for a bit then I kick her out. At nap time I notice the cheques she left aren't for the full amounts. There isn't a cheque for these first 2 wks (I assumed they thought the deposit covers this) and the cheques are meant to be for full time for the next 2 weeks. I call her at nap to let her know how things are going and let her know about the cheques. She said no problem we can just re-date them. I explain that won't work as she is supposed to be full time for the next 2 weeks to get her "into the routine" (which was my condition on taking a 1 yr old part time) then come 3 days per week. She says that she isn't comfortable with that and she thinks it will be too much for her daughter. We are going to talk at pick up about it. I am so frustrated with them already.