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I hear ya. I would be irritated. And totally not about the money. Just doesn't sound very courteous. Your situation sounds like ours (an acquaintance - not friend - doing in-home daycare for a handful of rugrats). We jump through hoops to make sure she's not unhappy. I would be disappointed if she didn't extend the same courtesy.

Have you thought of an actual daycare? They have posted days when they are closed and multiple people working, so if the provider gets sick you aren't SOL.

I would guess 4th of July, then Labor Day. She's entitled to be closed on holidays. If you're paying monthly this is not a big deal.

Check your agreement (didn't read all the posts but I assume others have stated that). Ours also gets the holidays paid. I've never argued with that because if it were a regular workplace she would get this. Day in, day out she does a job that is more important than anyone else we deal with. Under our agreement, if the daycare is open and we go on vacation, we still have to pay to hold his spot. If it's her vacation, we don't have to pay. Ours may or may not be the norm, I'm not sure. It's an in-home woman who can only take a max of 5 kids. We're happy with her and the $$ we pay is well spent.

Don't be gettin' all Delmon Young up in this bitch.

Do you pay a flat rate for the month? (i.e. is February the same cost as March?) Or do you pay different rates each month. If it's a flat rate, I'd just assume the holidays are part of it and you don't really have much room to complain. If you pay more for the longer months, then I think you have a valid complaint.

Listen, this doesn't sound like a big day care center (like Kinder Care or something of that nature). It sounds like a woman running her own show out of her house (hopefully legally, insured, etc). Either way, you should have a contract with her that lays out details of your agreement. It doesn't need to be anything formal and you can just sit down together and write-up the agreement (days off, rates, what to do when a child is sick, etc, etc, etc). You really don't want to get hit with any more major surprises down the line and when you're talking about a young child, lots of things qualify as major surprises.

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