I have returned to work part time after dc2. Dc2 is 10mths and my childminder has just given me notice (insert really rude words here). Anyway so I need to find another CM for dc2 (dc1 is at school).
After looking / asking around for a couple of weeks I have kind of two options. 1) Dc1's childminder and 2) Acquaintance's childminder.
Now the questions is, Dc1's childminder was good but I did have reservations about her by the end of her looking after dc1. They were that she didn't ever tell me what they did in the day beyond the vaguest details. She didn't seem to take dc1 out to the park unless I asked her to. I wasn't very clear about how many other children she had, and I think she did a lot of school runs. I collect dc1 a few times when she had a younger baby and the baby was crying. But Dc1's cm was never sick, very reliable and I didn't ever worry about dc1 when she had him. She'd have dc2 for three days a week 8-6pm.
She did love dc1 though and was a calm, no nonsense caring person. He was happy there until he got older and then he was bored.
The second option is an acquaintance's CM. She seems good but is a bit 'miserable' looking. The acquaintance and her sister both used her though and said they were v happy with her. I didn't really want to use her before I found the cm-who-quit-on-me.
I am torn. Do I go with the old cm, knowing the issues or start over with a new one?