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[quote=Anonymous]So my inhome daycare lady told me yesterday that she is changing her hours from 7am to 8:30am starting  next week.  She knows I work at 7:30 and is giving me no time to find a solution. Her reason is because she enrolled her son to a preschool (3 blocks away) she needs to drop him off in the morning. The preschool opens at 7 so I asked why not drop him off at 7 and be back by 7:05-7:10 (it's literally a 3 min walk, 1 min drive), I would happily shift 15min so she can do this. Her reason not to do this is because that means waking up too early to get him ready and he likes to sleep in.... and she gets tired.

My daughter was her first child to attend, I helped her out a bit with setting up her website, getting new clients for babysitting and given her tons of supplies and treats/fruits to share with the other kiddos. I've been kind to her. My daughter is PT 3-4 days a week. Now she has 4 full time kids and another PT kid. She said since her other kids don't start until 8:30am she doesn't need to open early anymore! Here is the thing, I told her I was going to move my daughter to preschool starting Sept, I was being kind to give her 5 months heads up so she has time to fill his spot. When she told me about the new time she asked "oh did you find a preschool yet?" I said I was waitlisted in 3 places but as soon as I had a firm date (Aug/Sept) I'd let her know. She then said "oh can't you move sooner because I am going to move my hours to 8:30". I was shocked when she said it was effective next week and explained that's not enough time, she said she would try to accommodate me a few more days maybe weeks if I needed to but after this week she wasn't sure how. This of course put a lot of stress because I can't count on her next week and now I have to scramble to find a reliable location and since preschool won't open till August My daughter will have to go to a new place for only 4-5 months before switching which is not ideal. I've decided tomorrow is her last day. I was up until 1:30am googling options and found 3 openings thank Goodness! My mother will watch him next week while I go tour the places and have something nailed down by the end of next week.

I am upset with the lack of notice, it's not her first time giving me last min changes to the weekly schedule but this is a major change. I don't get it. Maybe she knows my daughter is leaving in Aug/Sept anyways so why not end early and sleep in? The preschool is so close to her she could easily take my daughter with her at drop offs (3 blocks in a residential area) or drop off her kid when they open. While she did offer to give me time to find a solution it makes me very insecure on what that means and I can't deal with changing my work schedule etc on a day to day basis.

Do I have a reason to be upset? I feel she is not being reasonable or giving me proper notice. Thoughts?

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