I have been registered a little while yet but my two mindees are already known to me through friends so didnt have any nervous interaction with strangers until today when my phone rang!
It was a lady who found me through my website looking for one day a week for her 20 month old little girl.
Now, the thing is I felt totally unprepared and nervous! I almost talked her out of wanting me to avoid her coming to see me which is totally ridiculous I know but I had a sudden crisis of confidence.
I have a space on the day that she needs but didnt really pursue it or set a date for interview.
She asked how it worked and I told her to ring around, do some research on who has availibility then have a shortlist of people to see. Make appointments to come and see the setting, the minders etc so that she could get a feel for how we would get on and then if she wanted the space we could arrange settling in periods and contracts etc
I told her that Im not looking after many at the moment so feel that I can offer a service for people looking for almost one to one care - she seemed really pleased with that.
Overall I think she was very impressed and thanked me for my help and said she will be in touch but should I have been more forthright in getting an appointment booked etc?
I just panicked and thought omg house is messy need to bottom it before someone new comes round lol
So....whats the bets? Will she ring back?