Pregnant daycare Mom

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I generally wait till the second trimester - ideally 20 weeks sort of with the idea of once you are past that point parents relax and start to focus on the actual baby coming as in anything that could go wrong generally starts before this time.

At whatever point you decide it is ok to bring it up. I might even be inclined to put it together in a document that you hand them with the idea of I know you have a lot of decisions to make regarding baby #2 as well as for child #1. Here is a page I give to my moms who are expecting that outlines some of the possibilities. Please look this over and consider what might be the best scenerio for your family. At the same time I have to be sure that everything will work right for me at daycare as well.

Then in the form put things like
option 1: child A stays in care only until baby is born and then stays home with mom for the duration of the maternity leave. Effect on daycare: child A loses their space in the daycare as soon as the space can be filled after the baby is born.
option 2: child A stays in care full time for an agreed upon length of time - ie 6 weeks and then ....

and then list out possible scenerios. This is a good planning sheet for your own mind to look at what could happen and how each option will effect you and what you are willing to do in terms of how often does child have to attend to hold her spot, when if at all will a holding fee be needed to secure the second space if there even will be a space. If not do you wish to create one - ie release a before/after school child at the end of the school term to make a space for baby.

As the parent starts to narrow down the options you can start to discuss the ideas, maybe even adjust expectations depending on need till you both come to an agreement. If nothing else it lets the family know that this is a big deal to you and if they are not willing to go over the options with you and continuously discuss them then you can invoke the last option on the list - if you think they may say one thing and do another then you can let them know how long after the birth of the baby your services will no longer be available.

[Mamma_Mia]

I might even be inclined to put it together in a document that you hand them with the idea of I know you have a lot of decisions to make regarding baby #2 as well as for child #1. Here is a page I give to my moms who are expecting that outlines some of the possibilities. Please look this over and consider what might be the best scenerio for your family. At the same time I have to be sure that everything will work right for me at daycare as well.

Then in the form put things like
option 1: child A stays in care only until baby is born and then stays home with mom for the duration of the maternity leave. Effect on daycare: child A loses their space in the daycare as soon as the space can be filled after the baby is born.
option 2: child A stays in care full time for an agreed upon length of time - ie 6 weeks and then ....

and then list out possible scenerios.

I'm so doing this!! Thanks!