I have a bit of a dilemma and thought that the vast experience and knowledge of childminders on here may be able to help me.
I have had my first and only mindee since the beginning of June and I just dont think its working out but Im unsure if its just me or if it really is a problem.
Minee is 3.5 years old and I have ds who is 2.1 they seem to contantly bicker and fight. Mindee at times is quite nasty to ds he kicks and hits and gennerally crowds ds all the time. Ds is a quiet timid kind of child and just tends to get on with things but has recently been starting to hit out unprovoked unsure if this is just a developmental thing or a learned behaviour from mindee.
Also find mindee to be quite rude eg we arrive at a friends to play (someone he has meet on a number of occasions) and refuses to say hello then prceeds to trash their toys. there is only so much time out, talking to and patience i have and i sometimes feel people are starting to avoid me and ds because of mindee.
And to top it off mindee is here till 7pm though my hours were originally 8-6. I know i took mindee on until 7pm but im finding the intrusion on our precious family time irritating and really regretting it now.
Anyway thinking of having a talk to mum and maybe giving it a couple more weeks if it dosent improve then giving notice but does it sound like the normal woes of childminding or is this child sounding like he dosent fit?
Never thought it would be such a hard decision. Any advice welcome.