my friend made a big thing around easter time of giving up her job, which she hated, and becoming a CM. She went on courses, through OFSTED inspection. Our dds were at the same nursery - she took her dd out, I verbally arranged to have my dd with her 2 days a week. She then got more enquiries, so I reduced to just Mondays and the other 3 days with dd's regular nursery. Contract signed, gave notice at nursery for that day. She got her numbers wrong and had too many - she kept 2 full timers (siblings), and fortunately nusery still had space for dd. Our dds started reception a couple of weeks ago, so my dd has been going to her house after school a few times a week (official, paid arrangement). Tonight she told me she's going back to her old job and giving up being a CM. So now I've got to start again with dd's after school care! In some ways I understand why, she's decided cm isn't for her which is fair enough. But I am a bit annoyed and disappointed for dd - in some ways it would have been easier if I'd just decided not to use her at all from the start! Argh.