Interviewing again!

[Daymama]

I'm interviewing, too, for the first time since 4 years ago, believe it or not (friends of mine or younger siblings of current children have taken my spots over that time). I have filled one spot and am interviewing 3 part-time families this weekend for the rest of my spaces. If they all want the spots, I can only choose two. I hope it goes well - I am going to take my husband and children out to dinner to thank them for giving up their weekends for mama's interviews when my spots are filled.

I like to interview on Sunday afternoons, because my house is clean and I can have the playroom set up for Monday early. I don't serve coffee for worry of spilling hot drinks on a little one, and I explain this, but I offer water. I have a snack of fruit ready to serve if we need to. I clean like a maniac, lol!

I have started asking parents over the phone what their children are playing with and if they are afraid of anything so that I can be sure to have something out for them that will be appropriate and interesting. Once, I put out Busy Bugs manipulatives on a table for a little boy I was interviewing to play with - turned out he had a deathly fear of spiders and was a bit anxious about new places to start with. It did not go well, poor thing!