hope it's ok to burden fellow cm's with probs on their day off...
i have minded a 2yo girl since she was 9 weeks old for 50 plus hours per week, she is fab and so easy to mind
parents however are a bit trying to say the least, frequently complaining about things eg one time the girl called me 'mum' and her mum was hysterical. i explained to her that she hears my 5 children call me mum all the time and just copied (no big deal) but dad ranted on and on that it must never happen again!
on several occasions they have called a meeting with me to ask about the type of 'education'she is receiving while with me, although she has a daily diary filled in with all this in
recently they have been mentioning how brill the nursery is that their friends son goes to and how much 'education' he gets there so i told them they were welcome to send dd there with no hard feelings but mum said that they were happy with me (i don't feel like they are)
mum is currently on mat leave so dd only comes to me 3 mornings and every time she arrives she mentions something new that shes taught dd and asks me to follow it on
i really don't think i want to continue minding them when she goes back to work in june as now she's quoting EYFS at me at every oppotunity and i'm still getting my head round it myself.
i have to make a decision soon because they are paying me a retainer for two ft places and i'll have to pay it back if i give notice
what do you think?