Leave request for Christmas Eve denied. Need advice

Wiggle1974

jacques_chirac wrote: »

What are the other parents that use your child minder doing - perhaps they could help you out? You refer to 'we', what is the other parent doing? What about local nurseries, they may be able to accommodate for one day?

We do not know any of the other parents beyond saying hi to them if we collect children at the same time, so would not feel at ease leaving children with "strangers"
Im sure they would all be fine, but it would not be fair to impose on people we hardly know.

Local nurseries all have a waiting list and the one we used to use closes early on Xmas Eve.

Wiggle1974

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

I advise you to find an arrangement. You have 4 months. Plenty of time to sort things out!

How?
No family with in 200 miles. No friends around here that are not travelling away or have family staying that we would consider leaving children with.

jacques_chirac

Wiggle1974 wrote: »

We do not know any of the other parents beyond saying hi to them if we collect children at the same time, so would not feel at ease leaving children with "strangers"
Im sure they would all be fine, but it would not be fair to impose on people we hardly know.

Local nurseries all have a waiting list and the one we used to use closes early on Xmas Eve.

You've got four months to get to know them.

What is your partner doing on Christmas Eve?

Wiggle1974

Southend1 wrote: »

Spare a thought for those working in retail. By the time they have managed to kick out the last of the last minute shoppers on christmas eve they still have to tidy the store, change all the layouts and mark down all the stock ready for the Boxing Day sales.

Thanks for your valued input.
I will not be sparing a thought for those in retail as I will be to busy trying to think how either our child is at home alone or how we will cope with one less income.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

Wiggle1974 wrote: »

We do not know any of the other parents beyond saying hi to them if we collect children at the same time, so would not feel at ease leaving children with "strangers"
Im sure they would all be fine, but it would not be fair to impose on people we hardly know.

Local nurseries all have a waiting list and the one we used to use closes early on Xmas Eve.

What are you actually trying to actually do? Is it just mind the kids or are you planning on driving 200 miles?

Wiggle1974

cr1mson wrote: »

Could family not come to you instead and look after kids? That would solve both problems.

Once we had kids we said no travelling at Christmas come to us as we both hated not being at home for Christmas when we were little.

C

I know what you mean and if this was an option I would be delighted for family to visit us to help out.
Having taken this stance for 6 years and stayed at home, we thought it would be nice to go away to family to alleviate a bit of the stress from hosting Xmas.

Family can not really travel the 250 miles to us as some are over 85 years old and can no longer travel.

Takeaway_Addict

Find a different childminder that works on Christmas eve...surely 4 months is plenty of time to do this?

Wiggle1974

I can see that the majority of people here do not live in the real world or have children and live in the South East.
I wasn't looking for agreement, just practical sensible thoughts rather than insults.
I shall not be returning so please save your time and do not respond here.

jacques_chirac

Wiggle1974 wrote: »

I can see that the majority of people here do not live in the real world or have children and live in the South East.
I wasn't looking for agreement, just practical sensible thoughts rather than insults.
I shall not be returning so please save your time and do not respond here.

So you are not going to tell us about your partner's plans, or does it take two of you to care for your child?

southoftheriver

Wiggle1974 wrote: »

I know what you mean and if this was an option I would be delighted for family to visit us to help out.
Having taken this stance for 6 years and stayed at home, we thought it would be nice to go away to family to alleviate a bit of the stress from hosting Xmas.

Family can not really travel the 250 miles to us as some are over 85 years old and can no longer travel.

It might be nice I agree, but it doesn't sound like its possible unless a resignation is given. It does seem harsh but it doesn't seem like there is much you can do about it. You have enough time to try and figure out a contingency as long as you act quickly.

Good luck