CM given me a weeks notice that she doesn't have space for my ds in half term

[Eddas]

I am absolutley livid with my CM, but although she 'understands' she clearly isn't willing to actually do anything about it.

A bit of background; ds(3) has been with cm for 2 years. It started off as a 3 day a week, 6 hours a day contract, she was happy with this and I do understand I am lucky to have a cm taking a part-timer, I just pay the hours she has ds, which was her terms. So ds turned 3 last year and I approach cm about only having ds 2-3 hours a day in term time and using a pre-school the other times. Again she is happy to do this, again I know i'm lucky, but the agreement was that this was the case term time and holidays would revert to the 'old' 6 hours a day, or I have always said I would chagne and do 2 full days if this was easier for her. Most of her mindees are before/after school so ds fits in nicely for her without meaning she has him with the bigger kids. She also has a baby mindee which she has recently taken on. Other than the baby and ds she has no other daytime mindees.

With me so far?

So today I collect ds at 2.30 and she says she doesn't have space for him next week as if she takes him she'll be over her numbers, that she has taken on a few new children menaing now in the holidays there probably won't be space for ds So I ask her what she expects me to do with ds? she said 'well sorry do you expect me to take him over a full timer' so I said I can totally understand from her pov why she wants to do this but ds has been there 2 years and she is giving priority to a newer child and not fullfilling our contract, and anyway I cannot exactly find a new cm in a few days and just expect my 3 year old to go in no probs next week and everything be ok.

Now I know it's not her problem, well actually it is because I have 1 weeks notice to sort it out!! but WTF am I supposed to do, again I know this isn't her issue but she knows full well I don't have an army of 'back-up' GP's to take over, I mean who do I ask exactly? On this ocassion I am hoping MIL will have him but I can't rely on her every holiday.

Luckily he starts school in Sept and I will then have access to holiday clubs, but until them I am screwed really Either I change to term time only and faff throught the remaining hols or I find a new CM which is tricky and I am loathed to move ds. I know I will probably have to though.

I am a CM and as I said before, I think OP should have given 4 weeks notice. If the CM herself had posted we would have both sides of the story.

well I have an update.

I spoke to cm today and said i've sorted it for next week and would she now prefer ds is term time only, to which she has said yes but that she may have space in some hols but she won't know until nearer the time. So I don't think that's going to work as i'd rather know it's term time only.

So it's a complete pita but at least I know. I do understand that for her this makes sense but i'm still annoyed at the distinct lack of her seeming to care that she can't just turn round and tell me a week before. But i'll just have to suck it up as the term time arrangement is good

4 weeks notice (if that's what it says on the contract!)

Changes/ revisions to contracts should always be written down to avoid this situation.

sorry - up there I meant been given, not given!

Don't want to get a reply because the answer to this question is obviously private. It is just something for you to consider.

Are you up to date with your payments. As a childminder I have given short notice to people who don't pay properly and I am within my contract rights to do so.

I am 100% up to date, I pay with childcare vouchers and I always have more in the voucher account than I need as I have the maximum allowed amount but I don't pay it all out each month. So it's not that If I didn't pay I would be in breach of my contract and fair enough not to have my ds.

I think it's literally a case that she has taken on some new mindees and now has too many under 8's if ds is there. As ds is the nly part timer she doesn't see an issue with letting me down. Even though he has been there 2 years and the others are only since Dec and Jan.