Hello all,
I am in the midst of a bit of a childcare nightmare and am becoming quite over emotional and unable to see what the best plan is so i thought i would consult all you ladies who have got the childcare thing nailed and see what you think.
The dilemma is this...
My son has been going to nursery for 3 half days per week. When i booked him into the place i explained that i was looking for a job so whilst he would initialy only need a small amount of time it would be going up to 4 days a week fairly soon. The nursery manager was suprisingly positive about this and said it was not a problem - she would block off a place for 4 days for him and i should let her know when i wanted to increase the hours. About a month ago i increased his sessions from 2 half days to 3 half days and she reiterated that this was no problem as she had spaces blocked off for him.
I have now (finally) been offered a job and i called her to take up the rest of the space for 4 days and she blithely said she had had a lot of demand so she had given them away! Now i can understand this as i thought it was really generous of them to save spaces for us when we weren't paying for them but the fact that she didn't tell me she was giving them away and that she offered to save them in the first place is not only really annoying but leaves me a bit stuck. I have had to turn down the job and i am now in the situation that i have spent 2 months settling morris into this place (which is a fantastic nursery where he is really happy) and i either have to take him out of it or wait for more space to come up or find a job that i can do in 3 half days a week.
I really don't know what to do - they have totally let me down and i feel like i am really letting my son down which is gutting cos i have been so careful to set this up and have used my time working freelance to allow him to get into it gradually but i don't think i can get enough freelance work either to pay for the childcare ongoingly or to generally earn any money.
Any ideas?