My childminders given me 4 weeks notice

**mummyplus2** · 14-09-2007, 01:57pm

I am on the verge of tears as my childminder has decided to get a job at a school now so has given me 4 weeks notice. His wife is still a childminder but she doesnt have any space for my two. I've been ringing around everyone local and no one has spaces for two, I dont know what i'm going to do.

I thought they'd be looking after my two for years, I thought they could grow up with a familiar face but now i have to go find a stranger to bond with them all over again.

**Miss Frosty** · 14-09-2007, 02:00pm

So sorry hun and hope you manage to find someone soon xx.

**mummyplus2** · 14-09-2007, 02:07pm

I've just gone through the whole list of childminders in my area on childcarelink.gov and no one has vacancies, does anyone know where else I could look?

**Toots** · 14-09-2007, 02:10pm

This happened to me earlier this year and I had to find a new childminder at the start of the school holidays.

You can usually ring up and get a printed list of childminders. I think it is from your local council. I found there were a lot more childminders on there than online.

I hope you find someone soon. DD is actually happier at the CM she is at now than her old one but purely because there are other children her age there.

**Moose** · 14-09-2007, 02:14pm

No advice, but I hope you can get something sorted soon.

Moose x

**mummyplus2** · 14-09-2007, 02:39pm

I rang my local council, they told me to ring the childcarelink people but i've already checked their website. I've run out of ideas.

**sallycinnamon** · 14-09-2007, 02:40pm

Put word of mouth out, there might be someone starting up loclally who a friend knows, look in your supermarkets, post offices notcie boards, ask your current c/m if they know anyone?

**mummyplus2** · 14-09-2007, 03:00pm

They did say they will ask around for me, in fact alot of the people i rang know my current childminder! I just want to be prepared now, I hate not knowing.

**stacey86** · 14-09-2007, 03:04pm

Oh no.

I know how settled they were. What a total PITA xxx

**lazymummy** · 14-09-2007, 03:36pm

This happened to me when J was about 18 months old. I managed to get him into a nursery instead and he thrived there! Is nursery a possibility for you?