We've had a picker-upper since the start of Jan, who does 3 hours a day (collects kids from nursery and school and looks after them til I get home from work). Basically her attitude has deteriorated and everything is too much trouble. Last week I had to go away overnight for work. I'd already arranged that she would work an extra hour for two evenings until DH got home. On the Thursday DH was really sick and stayed home, and he sent her away one hour early (but she would still stay late the next day). She was rude to him and said we were messing her around. The next day (with me still away) she texted him to say she wanted a day off, i.e. was not going to show up. It was clearly a kind of 'punishment' for us. Eventually she agreed to show up, but I felt pretty stressed as I could not have got back to pick them up.
She plays quite nicely with the kids but has trouble setting boundaries/with discipline, and more worryingly keeps telling us that they run across roads and she can't control them (they would never dare to do that when out with us). It worries me that she can't take control of the situation (they are 3 and 6).
AIBU to get rid of her on this basis? Or should I give her another chance? I worry that if there's already a bad attitude after a few weeks, things could get worse. We are paying her pretty well. She said how great she would be when she started, and basically hasn't been. I interviewed another childminder last night who I already had a bit more confidence in.