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I have a home daycare and am also 7 months pregnant. When the children I watch started coming, I told their parents that I would work up until about 2 weeks before delivery. Now I 'm just too exhausted to continue that long. I want to find a way to say I will only work until the middle of January (I'm due March 1st). I also will take at least 2 months off after I deliver. I want to let the parents know today, but do you think they will be angry that I "mislead" them, even though that wasn't my intention. I have a 4 1/2 yr. old as well, and I'm just too tired and getting to big to be able to handle this much longer. The kids I watch are 6 mths. and 3

2006-12-18 05:17:20 · 5 answers · asked by little mama kat 23 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

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I'm sure they'd understand. You could not have predicted this. At least you're letting them know and not trying to care for their children when you're too exhasted. If you tell them now, you're giving them a months notice to find alternate care, which is more than acceptable. In the end, it depends on what's right for you and your baby, not the other families.

2006-12-18 05:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I agree with the other woman! When I had to quit working earlier than I had told my boss I blamed it all on my doctor...and didn't feel bad at all. My doctor was getting concerned with my blood pressure and my stress levels and had suggested I only work another month...but I just upped it a little because I just couldn't handle it anymore.

2006-12-18 15:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by evilangelfaery919 3 · 0 0

This is tragic. You've become these kids' mom and now, to be a decent mom to your own kids, you have to abandon these.

these poor kids are gonna be so messed up emotionally but that is their parents' fault. you ought to tell them that you are too sick to keep working and that you realize what a terrible mistake you made letting them bond to you when it damages every single child to not be bonding with their mommy.

tell them you can't be part of damaging children like that anymore and you hope ferverently that rather than get mad at you you hope they will see the terrible, really despicable thing THEY have done to their kids.

2006-12-19 22:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0 1

just tell her like it is, be like "nancy i know that i told you wi would be able to babysit your kids until mid february, but i can't do it. this pregnancy is really wearing on me and i am going to have to stop babysitting in 3 weeks, im so sorry but it is as long as i can go, i hope you understand. and i hope that i can continue aabysitting when i am recovered from labor and all that, oh thank you nancy i knew you would understand" how's that?

2006-12-18 13:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by smokingstonersweetheart 4 · 0 0

Blame it on your doctor. (Our family doc always tells us to do this!) "My caregiver has now suggested that I stop working by X weeks into my pregnancy."

2006-12-18 13:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1 1

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