I (31F) am a home daycare provider. My SIL “Jenny” (29F) recently enrolled my infant niece “Pearl” in my daycare. I love having Pearl here and being a part of her development.
I have a policy with diapers – I notify the parents when there’s 20 or less diapers in their kid’s supply. I communicate this verbally at pickup, and through email/text reminders. If they get down to 5 left at the start of a day, and the parent still hasn’t brought any, their little one isn’t allowed to come until they’ve brought some.
Jenny was told multiple times recently that Pearl’s supply was getting low, and her response was always “Oops, I’ll bring more tomorrow” but then she wouldn’t do it. On Monday night, I sent her a text reminding her to bring diapers, and that I wouldn’t be able to have Pearl here if she didn’t have them.
Naturally, Jenny shows up on Tuesday morning empty handed. Again with the “I forgot”. I reminded her of the policy, no diapers no daycare. She got all mad about how Pearl is my niece and I can’t “just turn her away”, can’t I break the rules just this once, and that I have no idea how busy her life is and that moms forget things sometimes. I told Jenny that she needs to follow the same rules as everyone else, and she said that I should “find room in my heart for exceptions”.
AITA for not taking my niece at daycare because my SIL didn’t follow the policy?
