Okay, This is the baby's (6 months) last week, (third week) Normally she does not take a bottle well, does not poop every day, and according to DCM takes 20 min nap.
She ate an hour earlier than expected, took the bottle without fussing, cried while going number 2 (x3), and took a 2-hour am nap, at the second bottle with no issues. DCD picked up 4 hours early. (note that she has been taking a 1-hour nap here)
At pick up he tells me that baby spent the whole weekend with grandma. Let me rephrase that, an exclusively breastfed baby, not bottle-trained spent the whole weekend with Grandma is now bottle-trained.
Now with that said, Where is DCM? DCD did not say but with DCM having postpartum depression and EBFing, how did she handle a whole weekend without the baby?
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There are likely underlying reasons as to why they don’t want Grandma/the nanny watching the kids. Grandma may be overstepping boundaries and now they have a way out (without hurting Grandma’s feelings) since her brother is having a baby.
Personally, if I had a nanny, I wouldn’t want the nanny’s child around. I hired a nanny for one-on-one care for a reason. I wouldn’t read too much into the excuses.
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What is with parents who want care because they no longer trust their parents? I get these emails every once in a while.
We are having our 3rd and my brother just had a baby and we (dcd and dcm) do not think my mom can handle 4 kids (two preschools and 2 babies) So we are looking for care for when our baby is born.
Wait there is more, they also use a nanny one day a week and the nanny has a child that comes with her but they do not think that she can handle three preschools and a baby.
I got news for them, I have my own two kids being homeschooled and 2-3 kids on the day that she needs care, giving me 7- 8 kids a day.
Someone that loves her kids can not handle them and someone who knows her kids can not handle them, what does that mean for me?
Anyway, as much as I would love to deal with a family that doesn't trust these women, I politely respond offering to schedule a phone call with them and give them two days and a time window to choose from (530-7pm). They replied back with a date but not a time, I let it go because I figured that they did not care and I would just call as soon as possible. I responded back, great look forward to talking to you on Tuesday.
DCM responds with "That's the plan once the kids are in bed!" Wait! What? when do you put your kids to bed or how late do you expect that I am calling?
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When I send out closure list for the year, I write subject to change.
I took off October 31 because the school has a half day and I planned on going to my son's Halloween party at school. But since he didn't end up attending public school, I no longer wanted to take off Halloween.
I resent out the list with Halloween removed a month in advance and an email was sent cancelling it from my online calendar.
Dcm contacted me and asked if I was closed Halloween because it was no longer on the list.
This is the second time this year I cancelled and at least one dcm questioned it. I have canceled in the past and had no issues with parents asking questions.
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I thought she was his chaperone during the inspection but she said she wasn't present. I know he introduced the chaperone as a manager.
Anyways he said one thing during the tour as more of a suggestion, then on the email he said you will do ... So I asked if he was going to cite me if didn't do it, since he changed his words. She won't answer that question but did say that the new system will make it for him to write it down before he leaves next year.
The thing is, she knows he had a chaperone and she could ask the chaperone but she doesn't.
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That’s annoying. The supervisor didn’t even bother to try to answer your question or let you know when your licensor will return to work? Hopefully your question isn’t urgent and you can wait for a reply.Last edited by Alwaysgreener; 10-11-2023, 04:28 PM.Leave a comment:
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So I emailed my licensor back to let him know I had corrected the item he had cited me for. I also asked him a follow-up question to something he said in the email. That email went out on the 29. His manager was cc'd in the email from and to him.
Well, I did not hear anything from him or her. So today I emailed asking when should I expect a response to my email. The manager responds that the licensor has been on leave and he will respond to me when he returns.
It was more than 5 days and neither time did I receive an out-of-office auto-response. This is not the first time he has not answered an email.Leave a comment:
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Had a 4 year old start last year for the 2021-2022 school year and during the school year they turned 5. Home situation is dad has custody of child however dad lives with his mother which is also this child's grandmother.
The first few days were great followed directions etc however as the school year progressed things went south child refused to listen etc and notes were sent home. School year ended and summer came, summer started out the same as the school year great however as the summer progressed, things got bad. Child got to where they wouldn't listen, hitting other students etc.
One day in particular, the child was so bad the grandmother had to be contacted after we had attempted to contact the dad and the grandmother came and disciplined the child. School started in August for the 2023-2024 school year and it's gone good as far as I can tell however the children were out of school today and are out of school again tomorrow for "fall break" and won't go back until Wednesday (10/11) and today the child refused to listen and I found out today the child has been like this since Friday. Family claims the child acts like this because of trauma and that because this particular child isn't in school because of the system being closed for "fall break" that he's use to having a routine and since his routine got broken per say he's acting out.
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I used to stay $10 cheaper than centers since I closed more often but NOT anymore....right there with them with pricing....
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girlmomma when I opened in 2014 the avg was $28/$140 in my area but there was a lot charging $25/$125. I now charge $40/$200 and my niece told me her day care is $50/$250. I figured since I do mainly part time $40 was a deal especially if you call a daycare center and it's like a hundred for one day and $160 for two. Most home providers don't want part time. -
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I am seeing a lot of people complain about the cost of childcare, like you said, they want childcare for five kids for the cost of one.
I am up to $150 a week. My rate is the highest home provider rate around. When I first started three years ago, I was at $125 and $100 for each additional child. I was undercharging and always full. However, I had a high turnover because I had HORRIBLE customers. But like you, I would rather charge more and have decent clients.
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