CM CLub - Shall i Charge

[jellyjelly]

Mindee everyday has a sleep from about 1-4 when he is picked up. He Sometimes goes to sleep later than i would like (mum wants a 3 hr sleep every day) and she tell me not to wake him if he isnt awake by himself by near to hometime.

Dont mind this but do you think i should charge. It is normally an extra hour or 2 a week.

do you mean he sleeps past pick-up time and she wants you to call when he's awake?

yes I think you should charge as it ties you to the house and you are responsible for him

don't see why he can't just be woken up when its time to go .. it won't harm him

exactly it she wants him to carry on sleeping and he often gets picked up 35-45 mins later than he should. Not sure if i am being funny or not.

I would charge for that time. After all you are responsible for him and it's your job.

charge her by the hour .. then let her decide whether she interrupts his sleep or not

She has got very funny in the past when time has been rounded up from 10 min to 15 when she has run late over the course of the month.

jelly - i know who you are talking about and am amazed she still wants him to have a 3 hour nap . It's not our business really but as it's making it past collection time, I would charge. As Twiglett said, you're stuck at home and may want to pop out to the park or something with ds for some one to one time.

past pick-up time many childcarers round up to the nearest hour or half-hour

Might have to have a review, Few other little things that i might post about.

i would charge for the full hour as i think she is taking the mick tbh. if for eg he was meant to be picked up at 2.30pm it wouldnt be acceptable for him to be picked up at 3.10pm if you had to go out for the school run so just because its a different time of day and you might not NEED to go out of the house it still means you cant if you want to.

i think either charge or draw the line and tell her she needs to come on time.

Lives very close but works quite away away ie about 15 miles or so. Sometimes mum is 5 minutes late and by the time child goes it is 15 past once they have opicked the toy they want to take home.

I'm sure that most of us are prepared to be flexible with our working hours. If parents are going to collect late (and know about it in advance and can check with us that this is OK) or they get stuck in traffic, then there isn't usually a problem.

If parents continually arrive late to collect, I usually suggest a change to the contract, perhaps adding an extra 30 minutes or hour. Perhaps you could suggest this to the parent? If they don't like that idea, then the child really needs to be collected at the agreed time.

Yes very happy to work and will if i know that they have to go somewhere first or for a good reason but it is only five -10 min wasnt sure if being petty.