DS (12mo) was due to be starting with his CM a couple of weeks ago; I went back to work at the beginning of last week. He did a couple of short settling-in sessions before the CM's partner rang to say she had hurt her back and wouldn't be able to do the others we had scheduled.
I rang her a couple of days later to see how she was - and that's the last we've heard from her - it'll be a fortnight tomorrow. DP has spoken to her partner once, or maybe twice, since then, but both times at his instigation. We have rung and left messages every day so far this week and had no response at all. We don't know when (whether?) she'll be better and ready for ds to start; we're not sure now, given her complete failure to communicate anything to us, that we really want ds to go there.
So, two questions: any thoughts about what's going on here? And what do we do? We live in an area with high demand for childcare - we've rung a couple of nurseries and another CM, none of which have vacancies and won't for months. I'm now back at work 4 days a week. DP took last week off to look after ds; my mum is doing this week and prob next, but she lives overseas so that can't continue. PILs live too far away and are a bit too old to do more than a day or maybe 2 a week (and not for the long term).
Am at a loss about what to do.