CM - What do you do when you get a new child and you know that the parents have been to see them too?

[Booh]

Does that make any sense?

Someone came to see me after seeing every other CM around here.........I have got the little boy to look after!

Now what do I do about telling the other CM's that I have him, one asked me today if I had had X&Y call, and I said yes they came to see me, but I didn't say anything else!

The only reason I ask is, that I know what it is like waiting for someone to call after they have come to see you..........the other CM I meet today really really thought that she had got him, but was still waiting to hear.

I live in a tiny village, and everyone knows everything!

If it's a tiny village they will find out very soon anyway - so I'd be upfront and tell them. After all they knew that the parents had called you too, so alls fair in love and war....

Agree with mumto3 - be honest but low key about it.

good on you for getting him

when i have new parents come to visit i always give names/addresses of the other cm near me as we each offer something different in personalty/organistion/activitys and parents like to see a varity
i am confident in my setting so i have no worries in parents seeing the other cm and if they chose them thats fine

sometimes when i meet a parent who is really keen but i'm not i give out other cm numbers and then when they phone back to book the place i say i'm full