What are your policies regarding holding spots open for an infant while mom is on maternity leave with child number 2?
I’m in Ontario so people are begging for under 2 years spots.
I’ve had a family with me for several years, and the preschool child has now dropped to 3 day a week attendance with moms maternity leave. The child will leave at the end of the summer to head off to kindergarten. I have not been able to find another child to fill the other 2 days, so I’m actually losing money on those open days. Mom is under the impression that once her older one leaves, that I’ll just slot the infant sibling into the older child’s space. I may not have room depending on the movement in my under 2 years groupings in the next few months.
My question is that when I’ve had other parents in similar situations, they have all left their older one in full time to lock in the space.
Do you make your parents pay for older child to attend full time during maternity leave to hold a space open for a sibling?