My neighbour 5 doors down the road has been minding our 17-month-old baby girl and this would have been the last week she was suposed to mind her.
On Monday she said we had to pay her for the full week up front cause she was afraid we were going to stiff her, a neighbour, after 6 months of regular payments. She tried to get the payment from my husband. And then mentioning how much she had done for us when she was paid very well for each hour she had minded our baby. She always demanded to have all the hours a month in advance and no changes possible, except if it meant more hours for her. And she would not have our baby girl stay half a day, we neded to pay for the full day, even on the weeks where we would not have needed to. Childminder was paid for the weeks baby girl was sick, and everything. Would you accept this from a neighbour? Because I kind of lost it on Monday, and also do not understand why the childminder/neighbour is acting like she is Mother Theresa when she was paid for every hour that she worked? Any thoughts?