Venting Thread

[Play Care]

My teacher day care mom is expecting, and asked if I'll have/hold TWO spots while she is out on maternity. For free.

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[Annalee]

My teacher day care mom is expecting, and asked if I'll have/hold TWO spots while she is out on maternity. For free.

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::These parents are something else! I had one to ask me once if they had another baby if the price would stay the same or would they pay double. The funniest part is when I realize they are serious like it's a buy one get one free deal????

[amberrose3dg]

My teacher day care mom is expecting, and asked if I'll have/hold TWO spots while she is out on maternity. For free.

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Hahah. These parents.

[Blackcat31]

My teacher day care mom is expecting, and asked if I'll have/hold TWO spots while she is out on maternity. For free.

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Hey Stranger!!! You are back in the biz?

I thought you decided to take a job outside the home.....

[DaveA]

::These parents are something else! I had one to ask me once if they had another baby if the price would stay the same or would they pay double. The funniest part is when I realize they are serious like it's a buy one get one free deal????

I used to joke that I ran a "2 for 1" special at pickup. No one ever took me up on it. ::

But yeah- some parents just leave you going :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

[daycarediva]

My state requires that I give each family a copy of the state's licensing rules.

We are also told what info to put in our handbooks.

That would be crazy! I have to hand hold to get them to read MY handbook. Can't imagine any of them even glancing at the book of regs.

My teacher day care mom is expecting, and asked if I'll have/hold TWO spots while she is out on maternity. For free.

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LONG TIME NO 'SEE'!

and HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I hope you laughed and asked if she was serious.

[Play Care]

Hey Stranger!!! You are back in the biz?

I thought you decided to take a job outside the home.....

Not yet, but getting close! I had planned on not renewing when my license is up next October, but hoping to be out well before. I went from having all toddler/preschoolers (my jam) to infants (UGH) and I am NOT an infant provider. It's really increased my overall dissatisfaction with the job
Being asked to hold two spots for free (when I already offer discounts for teachers) is kind of the icing on my career. ::

[HappyEverAfter]

Because babies don't need schedules...

I am so frustrated with this one DCB and DCM! He has health issues and has always been a fairly fussy baby but it's usually bc something hurts or he's sick. The past month or so though I am noticing DCB is wanting to be held all the time. When awake and asleep. When I dont hold him he launches into a full fledged scream that will literally go on until he is picked up. The second you start to pick him up he stops screaming and smiles. This is how I know it isn't related to his health issues. When he's screaming bc of health related issues he doesn't stop when you pick him up. I'd had him doing somewhat better with the needing to be held all the time and then DCM was off work all last week so he was only here sporadically and at home with her the rest of the time. She changed his sleep and feeding schedules everyday last week so she could have the luxury of sleeping in. Now today, back on his normal routine of feeding and theoretically sleeping, he is a rotten mess of screaming to be held. You can literally hear his scream outside my house, that's how loud it is. I feel like DCM undid all of my hard work (which wasn't even totally finished) and now I want to scream at her the way he is screaming at me. Why couldn't she just keep him on schedule and not spoil him with holding him 24/7??????

[Hunni Bee]

Yes, I'll take NAEYC, licensing, and branding inspections in the same month as milestone evals and parent teacher conferences.

And on the side, may I have two field trips, five weeks of my turn to lesson plan, class pictures and the same amount of stuff to contend with from my daughter's preschool?



Wake me up in November, please.

Oh yes, I forgot being called into my other job constantly for dessert.

[Mom2Two]

I know the path well and do not wish it on anyone. I am sorry your state is implementing it now on you....gradually they will tell you WHAT to put in your handbook..and then your clients will have to sign a form in your contract that you give them all of the mandated info/forms in the handbook and the state will check it annually..... :confused:

True. I wasn't able to get my license the first time over my handbook until I cut and pasted the state's guidance pages into my handbook. No inspector has even been nit-picky with me over how I implement guidance, but they were sure nit-picky over how it was worded in my handbook.

[Miss A]

Not daycare related.

My wedding is 11.18.17. Wedding invitations went out the last week of August. Now that we are less than a month away, i seem to jave a growing list of family and friends co tacting me to see if I am mad at them, because they never received an invitation. So many have been lost in the mail, I am so upset about it!

But...I did yell at our mail man and the post office a couple years ago because the mail man would never shut the mailbox after delivering the mail, and many a times I had to chase the mail down the highway or out of the corn field. Maybe I am on the USPS black list? LOL!

[Blackcat31]

Not daycare related.

My wedding is 11.18.17. Wedding invitations went out the last week of August. Now that we are less than a month away, i seem to jave a growing list of family and friends co tacting me to see if I am mad at them, because they never received an invitation. So many have been lost in the mail, I am so upset about it!

But...I did yell at our mail man and the post office a couple years ago because the mail man would never shut the mailbox after delivering the mail, and many a times I had to chase the mail down the highway or out of the corn field. Maybe I am on the USPS black list? LOL!

I've heard stories before of mailmen/ladies purposely tossing out someone's outgoing mail due to being angry or upset at them. Did you mail your invitations from your mailbox or directly through the post office?

Im sorry you are dealing with stress of this... Its hard enough to plan a wedding let alone all the rest of it.

:hug:

[Miss A]

I've heard stories before of mailmen/ladies purposely tossing out someone's outgoing mail due to being angry or upset at them. Did you mail your invitations from your mailbox or directly through the post office?

Im sorry you are dealing with stress of this... Its hard enough to plan a wedding let alone all the rest of it.

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My fiancee took them into town and dropped them off at the post office one morning before work. He sorted them all into both the in town and out of town mail boxes like he was supposed to.

I don't mind texting family and friends the details, but I do mind that I paid for invitations and postage that never went where they were supposed to. I also don't want anyone to think we are mad at them or haee their feelings hurt about not getting an invite when they were supposed to.

[storybookending]

My niece who will be two in two weeks is frustrating me so much this week in regards to naps! The little girl who used to lay down and be my first one to sleep will not go down for the life of me. She’s up on her bed, she’s kicking her legs. She’s disturbing her friends and kicking/hitting the side rails and headboard. I’ve tried taking her blanket away, she cries but then gets over it and is back to her not sleeping ways. I’ve tried ignoring until it gets to the point that she’s being too disruptive and waking friends that have fallen asleep. I’ve been nice, I’ve been firm. I’ve sat next to her for an hour for two days straight. I’m about ready to get her pack n play back out and set it up downstairs in the extra bedroom (used only for storage) by herself. She’s doing it at night for mom and dad as well most nights and reverting back to screaming for milk (bottle) which they’ve had her off for months. They don’t give in for the record. I think maybe she’s getting her two year molars as we’ve been putting an abnormal amount of toys in our mouth. She’s also been waking up screaming (which we were over), yesterday she didn’t even want me to hold her (I’m her favorite person in the world, this is also not like her) and she just laid on the couch screaming “ow” while chewing on her blanket. She came out of it after about 10 minutes and was basically herself the rest of the afternoon. I hope we grow out of this soon! She’s already my handful child, but naps were the one things she was best at.

[Play Care]

No, day care mom, your child struggling during diaper changes does not mean she's ready to start potty training.
If anything it's the opposite. It means she doesn't care she has a full diaper and wants you to continue to let her play.
And there is no way I'm going to do any PT work when she's only here two day a week.