So I have 5 boys and my daughter. One is my nephew. I have one full time that just went part time that I've been considering terming because I need the full time funds rather than part time. But I have one full time that I definitely am wanting to term.

My son's preschool just referred a person to me last week. Everything seemed good until the end of the conversation when she asked me how many kids I have. I realized after I got off the phone with her that I wasn't very clear. I had told her I had two openings. Two spots I'm looking to fill but I have 5 boys and my daughter. I probably should have gone more into detail. I didn't explain that one was my nephew. She asked the ages and so I ran down the list which included two 6 month old's and I told her that one of the 6 month old children had recently gone part time. Her response was, "Wow, you must be busy!" I explained that my grandmother lives next door and often takes my daughter if I need to or just because she wants to. She has her a lot.

I spoke with her on Thursday night, and we were leaving for the lake Friday evening through Monday evening, so I told her we could probably come back early on Monday if she wanted to interview. She said, "No, you don't have to do that. I will just call you next week and set up a time to come meet with you if that's ok?" I said "yes". Well here it is Wednesday and I haven't heard from her. So I just called and left her a message explaining that I had two spots that were looking to come open. I was concerned with her going back to the school (who is referring to me) and telling them that I am taking so many kids. I was afraid that they would not refer to me if she did that not knowing all the details.

I guess another one of my concerns is if you are planning on terming people and the new clients are concerned with you taking on too many kids how much do you tell them? I don't want them to think I'm taking on too many but I want to be honest with them at the same time. I just don't know how professional it is to get into detail about it when I haven't even told the parents I'm looking at terming anything. It's been so hard to get new kids or calls in these days.

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