CM Club: Ethical Dilema or being stupid?

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hi guys,

this is my dilema....

i got my registration and started this week, a mum whose dd is in the same class as my dd started her dd with a new cm last week. when i told her i had my registration she asked if i would take her dd as she would love for her dd to have my dd as a play mate.

i told her about my registration in conversation as were chatting at a party. we regularly meet at children's parties and we have known each other for a number of years as both of our dd's went to the same private nursery and are now in school together.

as far as i know she is not having any problems with her cm. the job is school run and school holidays and her dd is a great kid, but i feel that if i take her dd i am, basically, taking another cm's job.

mixed emotions as far as i am concerned. am i just being stupid or is it 'not the done thing'?

It's a free market and therefore the mum can chose who she wants to take care of her DD. Go for it!

its her business.. you shouldnt feel bad but make sure you put things on a professional footing with a signed contract etc..

personally I dont mind for friends as I like to keep a professional distance between the parents and me.. so we are friendly but definatly not friends.. thats just me

however have other friends who mind for friends and have no problems..

best of luck

i agree, i have already told aquintances that i would not watch their children (mainly because i don't agree with their parenting) and i wouldn't be comfortable if any issues arrose.

i will definately keep everything professional.

I wouldn't take the child - if there was a problem it might spoil the friendship (mine or the children's), and the cms in our area all know each other and recommend each other to potential parents - upsetting someone could backfire in the future.

I would say go for it. If her child has known your child since nursery there is obviously a strong bond there between them. I know what she is thinking. It's nice to keep best friends together. Especially if they have been together for so long. These kind of friendships tend to last a very long time. Even if one of them moves area!

If the mum has only just started with a new cm recently surely she would still be within her trial period anyway? Isn't this kind of situation one of the circumstances that the trial period is there for? If someone had decided it would be better for gm to look after their child instead of a cm then she would say so during the trial period. This is the same sort of thing.