Venting Thread

[mommiebookworm]

I have a drop in 3 year old girl. She came on a day where we still had snow on the ground but very nice out. I told dcd we would be playing outside. He was ok with that - until he picked up. They sent her in these expensive boots (Ugs I think) and they were soaked when he picked up. He was mad that her $80 boots were ruined and she needed new boots now. I don't know why anyone would spend that much money on boots for a 3 year old.

I know! Parents are so weird sometimes.

[sally]

Please send your child in appropriate clothing! Why do you buy this kid a new pair of $70 shoes every other month, but cant buy him a decent coat! He could learn to put it on by himself and zip it if he wasn't expected to wear 3 sweatshirts instead of a coat! :dislike:
Ok, I feel better now!

I have a drop in 3 year old girl. She came on a day where we still had snow on the ground but very nice out. I told dcd we would be playing outside. He was ok with that - until he picked up. They sent her in these expensive boots (Ugs I think) and they were soaked when he picked up. He was mad that her $80 boots were ruined and she needed new boots now. I don't know why anyone would spend that much money on boots for a 3 year old.

[Annalee]

I started 'fining' my older kids with chores. "Oh, you woke up dck. Now I can't get that jump start on laundry I planned to. It's in the laundry room. Get to it."

No joke.

My own kids are GHOSTS at naptime now. (7,10,13,15)

:: My boys used to "bicker" alot between themselves.....till I started the chore thing every time they started it up....needless to say, they got tired of the chores.....::

[mommiebookworm]

Please send your child in appropriate clothing! Why do you buy this kid a new pair of $70 shoes every other month, but cant buy him a decent coat! He could learn to put it on by himself and zip it if he wasn't expected to wear 3 sweatshirts instead of a coat! :dislike:
Ok, I feel better now!

[MsLisa]

I'm tired of dealing with horrible children with equally horrible, downright stupid parents. I'm tired of having to yell and being labeled as this big B over stuff that should be common sense. I'm tired of having a boss equivalent to a giant child. I'm tired of racking my brain on ways to make this program better, these kids better and never seeing any results. (Head ->Wall)

Most of all, I miss being able to do crafts and doing fun things with kids who DON'T destroy/whine/fight/lie. They don't do anything anymore but fight over the electronics or themselves.

I'm drowning in stress at this point.

[LindseyA]

My group consists of two 4yr olds and three 2 yr olds. I brought up some different toys for the younger ones to play with from the basement (ride on toys and push toys, etc). Then I got some different toys for the 4yr olds, so everyone got some "new toys" to play with. All was fine for a few minutes until the 4 yr olds took over all the ride on toys and refused to share. So all the "new" toys got put back in the basement. Tried it again this morning, same thing happened! Ugh. Come on!

[Blackcat31]

I started 'fining' my older kids with chores. "Oh, you woke up dck. Now I can't get that jump start on laundry I planned to. It's in the laundry room. Get to it."

No joke.

My own kids are GHOSTS at naptime now. (7,10,13,15)

Same here... If my kids woke the littles or did something to mess with my groove.....the child that was out of sorts because of their actions became THEIR responsibility to deal with.

Funny how they quickly learned how to be quiet.

[daycarediva]

My own teenagers are home this week for spring break and they've already woke my kids from nap time. They want to sleep until noon and then go rummaging around in the kitchen, in and out of the bathroom/bedrooms, cleaning out the guinea pig cage, tripping over the baby gate, etc, etc. Grrrrrrr..... I am NOT looking forward to summer.

I started 'fining' my older kids with chores. "Oh, you woke up dck. Now I can't get that jump start on laundry I planned to. It's in the laundry room. Get to it."

No joke.

My own kids are GHOSTS at naptime now. (7,10,13,15)

[NightOwl]

My own teenagers are home this week for spring break and they've already woke my kids from nap time. They want to sleep until noon and then go rummaging around in the kitchen, in and out of the bathroom/bedrooms, cleaning out the guinea pig cage, tripping over the baby gate, etc, etc. Grrrrrrr..... I am NOT looking forward to summer.

Dck whose mom gave him pedialax right before dropoff, then dck vomited at my house. Mom brought him today and says he's constipated and I need to give him more water and change his diet.
Dck is here two days a week. two days a week and it's on me that he's constipated? I don't get it.

[AmyLeigh]

I hope everyone else's Monday is going better than mine is. This one doesn't like anyone else and is crying that she misses her mom and dad. That one forgot how to share and has the attention span of a fly. The other can only cry. I have them all laying down. Even still, they are all fighting and complaining.
Four and a half more hours. Hopefully their moods will improve.

[Turquoise14]

My first daycare child showed up 35 minutes earlier than expected today, and I was still in bed. So that was awesome. Luckily I wasn’t wearing something that was obviously pjs. I was laying in bed a few extra minutes. If I had gotten up with my alarm, I would have been in the shower…

This is why I asked what time you’d be here this week! I am usually up for two kids to show up a couple hours before you come, but they are home with mom this week on spring break, so now you are the first and my only other one gets here at ten. So…yeah. Wasn’t ready. If I think I can sleep til eight, I will. Guess I’ll get around earlier tomorrow.

[AmyLeigh]

Just wanted to chime in to say that you don't necessarily HAVE to take meds for depression. Yes many people absolutely need the meds to balance them out, but when I had situational depression, I sought out a psychologist to talk to first. I learned so many lifelong skills and learned how to alter my behavior and thoughts to help my moods and got over my depression without meds. Definitely at least see your Dr. You shouldn't have to feel so low everyday just because of your job. I'll be thinking of you! It's tough!

Therapy was wonderful for me. I saw an LCSW for about a year. He helped me talk out my issues and learn to cope with things that I couldn't change. I highly recommend it.

[Indoorvoice]

Thriftylady did you know you had depression outside of caregiver burnout? I have only recently started feeling like this. I think being a stay at home mom plus a daycare provider for the past 5 years is what's causing all of this. Would that still warrant a trip to see my DR? I just don't want to go on meds for something that is environmentally related you know? But it could help....i just don't know what to do. I need better coping skills that's for sure.

Just wanted to chime in to say that you don't necessarily HAVE to take meds for depression. Yes many people absolutely need the meds to balance them out, but when I had situational depression, I sought out a psychologist to talk to first. I learned so many lifelong skills and learned how to alter my behavior and thoughts to help my moods and got over my depression without meds. Definitely at least see your Dr. You shouldn't have to feel so low everyday just because of your job. I'll be thinking of you! It's tough!

[Ariana]

Thriftylady did you know you had depression outside of caregiver burnout? I have only recently started feeling like this. I think being a stay at home mom plus a daycare provider for the past 5 years is what's causing all of this. Would that still warrant a trip to see my DR? I just don't want to go on meds for something that is environmentally related you know? But it could help....i just don't know what to do. I need better coping skills that's for sure.