I have been asked to have my mindee while p away for week

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i have their ds from 8-6 enery day and ds good sleeper would mean a weekend also informing ofstead although p wants it done as a favour and she will give me a bit extra............yes you read right what about charges etc need some more perspectives.

I have spoken to her but she reslly does not live in real world at all she thinks that is fine as ds sleeps also offered to baby sit for me. I am always having to rein in boundries with this one . met her in playground twice before cm herds and she always tells people i am her friend but i have met people more at bus stop I do feel a bit sorry for her she does not seem to have any social skills and every time an outragous request is asked for when i say no she usually puts on a very dramatic perfprmanc. Last year when i went on holiday she wanted me to take her ds with me as she could not afford to take time off work.shock

well she wont be going to Spain then will she dozy mare . Please put a link up to the thread about your holiday and taking her ds with you ,I could do with a good laugh .

O M G! Don't do it, just don't. The woman is deluded if she thinks she can suggest you take her lo on holiday with you. You do have a contract with her, do you? She sounds like a right royal PITA!

Don't do it as a favour! You run a business, so make sure you have a proper business arrangement. This means charging for the time she is using you. Yes her child will be asleep, BUT he might wake, you need to be in the house supervising, etc.

So charge normal rates for day.
Then charge for the extra hours too, including at the weekend.

I think £50 a night seems very fair TBH, plus normal daily fee, plus weekend fee!

well as you saw from your other thread .. proxy parenting for a week is around £500 .. plus most people think it is same again for overnights and double time for weekends

I think you need to have a serious talk with this very odd parent

yes she is a bit weird i did have a talk with her when she did something else that really pissed me off last year and she just broke down in tears and said i thought you were my friend. i explained i was her cm and did not cm for friends. Also hobbie a bit aggresive spoke to him about continual latness and told me i was moody. Trouble is love my mindee and he gels well with my ds they are best of friends my ds would be heart broken if went also will be starting school together so will not be rid of mad m anyway

you need to persist this year in making sure they know this is a business arrangement!..the "i thought we were friends" line comes out when they want something!..my first mindee just left, her parents thought that as mindees contract was up for 'review(not renew) in nov she didnt 'really' have to pay up her contract as it should have been 'renewed!..she then aske dme to reduce her fee significantly for the last few week!..i had already out of the goodnees of my heart and not m pocket, allowed her to finish 3 weeks earlier than contract!(me losing over £300), when i said no to this and explained contract was ongoing..she said she was asking as a 'friend'!...the cheek!..my friend wouldnt be my friend if she expected me to turn down £500 +

what happend her Saff???