Strange Request?

[LilDuck]

Thanks so much for all the helpful (and quick!) replies. I guess it just struck me as odd because none of my other parents have ever asked to do anything like that. This has been a very demanding interview process so far with them (meeting, phone calls, questionnaire and now this)... but I suppose that tends to happen with first-time parents.
I am a little hesitant to do it because I have one 2 yr old girl that is terribly shy - it took her almost two months to not run away crying when my husband would come home at the end of the day. I'm concerned that she will panic and cry, and that will set off the little 8 month old (who tends to cry when other kids do, just to join in) and suddenly my daycare is a crying mess of kids. Not the best first-impression.
I think I may try to go the "no strangers in the home during daycare hours" route. I don't mind if she wants to drop by for half an hour of so during transition (if she actually decides to place her child with me), but I'm not sure that hanging around for a few hours as a "stranger" may be the best way to go.
I only have the one space open now and quite honestly, I'm not desperate to fill it. Yes, the extra money would be nice, but I also don't want to overburden myself (as a new provider) and bring on what may be some high-maintenance parents...