Am I overthinking ?

Hi mamas. Yesterday I took my 3 year old son to meet with a potential new babysitter at her in home daycare. I was looking for him to attend 3 days a week while I work.
When we arrived, my son was only 10 minutes into a nap, but he woke up fine and was very excited. He played with the other 2 children that were there, (ages 4 & 2 1/2), and checked out the fish tank with the other kids. The lady was really nice and we chatted about her schedule, day to day activities, etc. She said that my selected days were perfect, and that she’d send all paperwork and info to me to sign and give back to her. She does have an 8 mo old baby, and my son did bring him toys and tickled the baby for a moment, which she laughed at. Shortly after, another child hit the fish-tank with their hand, and then my child did the same a few times. I corrected him each time and redirected him. When it was time to leave, he was running from me and didn’t want go, (which I thought was a good sign) and I went to pick him up and he fell back and hit his head on her coffee table. Those were the only things that happened during the visit. Overall, I was happy with the environment and we said we’d see her Monday.
I get home last night and get this message… am I wrong to be put off by her working? Because I am not sure what made her come to that conclusion. Maybe im overthinking it.

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I’d be curious to know why she thinks that. Maybe she has too much on her plate already?

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I would be asking for some expansion on her reasons why, just so you know when looking for any future environments. As a parent I would be upset receiving that message, especially with the lack of reasoning!

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Strange. Seems like totally normal toddler behavior.

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I’d ask her what made her come to this conclusion. Maybe ask her for honest feedback so she doesn’t feel like she needs to completely sugar coat it. While I don’t understand why she would cancel based on your account, sometimes we don’t see everything that someone else would.

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Did she ever answer? I’m curious what she will say

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