Hi Ladies,

It's been a while since I checked in. I finally have a god group of kids too keep me busy hihi.

I need your honest opinion today because I'm feeling very frustrated and I think it's because of my own views or values and maybe I'm being a little too hard on these parents. So here goes ... I've been caring for this little boy for 3 months now. He's my nephew ... (I know , I know.. ) So in only 3 months the parents have asked me to pick up later (about 30 minutes to 45 minutes) later than the usual pick up time because of ... DINNER PLANS. Yup ... So they pick up within my absolute closing time but he's already the last one to leave and the first one arrived. The first time I said sure, second time I couldn't I had an appointment and this morning I just said NO ! They always asked at the last minute as well. I had plans today not SUPER important but plans with my own kids about a little outing so we were going to eat and run out the door as fast as we can. But honestly I said no because in over 4 years of daycare NO PARENTS have even asked my to keep a child in daycare for 10 hours because of dinner plans...seriously. For meetings, traffic , car trouble yes and I've been fine with that but dinner plans ?

I think what also puts oil on this fire is that I KNOW this family very well and I KNOW this child is often with grand parents on the weekends because of OTHER PLANS these parents have. They are wonderful parents don't get me wrong but I feel that they are sometimes leaving their child in the care of others way too much. Maybe this is where I'm too hard on them because I'm very different. I quit a very good job to stay with my kids and they aren't left in care with grand parents very often because plain and simple they are MY responsibility.

I love my little nephew he's 18 months but he's also a handful ... he has issues expressing his anger and hits a lot (he's getting better) but he's not making the progress I was expecting. My guess is that because he's often with Grand Parents those hitting and anger fits DO get him want he wants. So it's a little counter productive. So this is also a reason why I think he shouldn't be left longer than he needs to at daycare.

Anyways, I'm not sure if it's just me being to hard on them or them being a bit selfish but I would love to get your opinion. I've had a rough night on top of things with my baby so maybe I'm just too tired as well haha.

Thanks so much for reading ...It's a bit longer than I really wanted it to be haha.