Advice regarding paid vacation

[CW888]

Well regardless of the reasons as to why your leaving you'll have to abide by the contract. Which you said you were so that's great. Get your husband to bring the contract to her and ask her for clarification on what is to be paid. Then pay then wipe your hands clean and move on. Please please please don't let this bad provider tint your home daycare views. Tons out there that are way better! Best lesson here is go with your gut feeling. You said your hubby didn't like her from the ghetto so you should've listened to him in the beginning. (Don't tell him I said that ). sick days can be used for anything in a home daycare setting. It can be for when the provider is sick, when her children are sick, when she needs a recharge day or when she has an apt. So the fact that she wasn't sick is irrelevant. Although on that same note.....3 sick days off in 3 mths???? That seems like a lot right off the bat. Good luck with everything. Hopefully the next provider is a way better experiences for you!!

Actually, I told my husband he was right and it's my fault for not interviewing more providers. We knew a very good one on the same street but she couldn't take my son in. Honestly she seemed nice during the interview, but when my husband dealt with her afterwards he had concerns and I thought she was just having a bad day...I was happy to deal with her until she got angry at me. Then I understood what my husband had to deal with before.

Honestly, we've been resonable all along. We paid her on time, every week, we paid her stats holidays, everytime she called to say my son has a fever, we picked him up. Another time he had scarlet fever, we kept him home for 3 days even though he wasn't contagious anymore. Once she called because my son was too cranky and she was having a hard time. In total, my husband and I had to take almost 2 weeks during those 3 months to look after my son. I understand when a child is sick, we don't have a choice, but it happened so many times we started to think that she was trying to find excuses to not look after him. Once home after we picked him up, he would be totally fine. If I tell her he's teething, she would call within the next few hours to say he's too cranky, not sleeping, etc and to come pick him up.

My husband always give her the cheque on a Friday morning for the next week, while other parents give the cheque in the afternoon. One time he forgot, she asked for her cheque in a way that didn't go well with my husband. Like she didn't even give him a chance to give it to her in the afternoon. My husband said to me: "she gives the impression that money is more important to her than providing daycare". There were times when my husband forgot his cheque book and had to go back home to get it so as not to upset her. I thought when I gave her the notice it would go so bad, I was prepared to look after my son for the whole notice period and pay her the 3 weeks.