Venting Thread

The heat/humidity is making our toddlers moody.Today the heat index was 100* or so in the afternoon, and there was an air quality warning so we couldn't go outside. Even when we tried to go out in the morning, the combination of the heat/humidity made it so we could hardly stay out for 20 minutes! We have had more behavior problems in the past couple days than any sane person could take.

This summer is a bust! If it is not hot and humid, it is raining.

[Play Care]

Even though she was *just* here in October, I am getting a full licensing inspection tomorrow. Why oh why must she come in the summer? I have the school aged kids who have been mouthy and obnoxious, the younger kids have been fighting naps, etc. So for two hours (at least) my attention will be split between her and them, and the way they have behaved so far this summer makes me dread this more than usual.

So if anyone has any tips/advice to make this go smoothly, I'm all ears

[BumbleBee]

Done

Wednesday I pulled a muscle in my shoulder and couldn't rotate my shoulder or lift my arm above 45 degrees.

Thursday I had a pipe break in the basement, didn't notice for an hour, had a good inch of standing water in my basement & learned that my basement floor does not slant towards the drain down there. Lost cheap carpet & drywall. Subfloor isn't looking to hot, trying to dry it out down there but I can't get the humidity below 65% :-( Was up cleaning up the water until 2am.

Today I'm a walking zombie & the kids are impossible - I'm sure they're related. To top it all off, I burned 8 of my finger pads at lunch time and all 8 of them have blistered. They hurt like crazy and there's no way to NOT use that part of my fingers. I'm just done.

[Lyss]

:hug::hug::hug:

I have no words of wisdom or no magic potion to make it better but I can tell you that you have friends and a wonderful support system right here. lovethis

lovethis Thanks. Its seriously just been one of those weeks where Murphy's law is kicking my behind. Hopefully this will be the end of it... for a few days anyway!

I managed to make it to the store to get ice and back in the 20 minutes between drop offs, phew! I'm thankful that at least most of the meat and pre-made meals were in the back of the freezer and still frozen so I could put them in coolers. Unfortunately all the dairy/leftovers in the fridge had to go because my thermometer said 57 I'm in the middle of the 3rd and final "troubleshooting" option to get it working (repair guy is scheduled for later this afternoon just in case) so fingers crossed.

[Blackcat31]

DH left the freezer door open all night Now this morning I have a warm fridge and partial frozen food in the freezer. Most everything has to be pitched.

Waiting for DCK to arrive (late of course) so we can run get ice for the cooler

Its only Wednesday morning but this has been a terrible week already, I'd really like to breakdown and cry right now. Just feels like the final straw in a terrible week that's not even half over.

:hug::hug::hug:

I have no words of wisdom or no magic potion to make it better but I can tell you that you have friends and a wonderful support system right here. lovethis

[Lyss]

DH left the freezer door open all night Now this morning I have a warm fridge and partial frozen food in the freezer. Most everything has to be pitched.

Waiting for DCK to arrive (late of course) so we can run get ice for the cooler

Its only Wednesday morning but this has been a terrible week already, I'd really like to breakdown and cry right now. Just feels like the final straw in a terrible week that's not even half over.

[tarwel]

I would NEVER take boys that age into the bathroom with me while I potties or took care of female business.

If that's what she's recommending, demand to see that in WRITING. If she cants produce it, then go over her head.

Great idea, thank you. I need to supply her with a written response so I will ask her when I submit that.

[tarwel]

Are we talking about the restroom?! Take dck with you to the restroom while you USE the restroom? And the state told you this?'

I am in Canada,,, but YES she told me that I should take them INTO the restroom while I need to use the facilitates (as in go to the washroom)!!!!!

[Laurel]

I would NEVER take boys that age into the bathroom with me while I potties or took care of female business.

If that's what she's recommending, demand to see that in WRITING. If she cants produce it, then go over her head.

Great idea about getting it in writing. At some workshop we were told that if the inspector had suggested anything off of the wall that we should ask to have it in writing.

Laurel

[Patches]

i had my L.O stop in for a routine inspection a few weeks ago and when she showed up i was in the washroom. she said she knocked on the door 2 times (which i never heard) and then she said she looked though the window to see me coming out of the washroom and that the children playing in the play area of my LFC.

Apparently this was and is a problem for her. she suggested to me that i take the children into the bathroom with me when i have to use the washroom. I could understand this if i had an infant but the children that were present were 6YO, 4YO & 2YO. I do not think it is appropriate for me to be taking children into the washroom with me as all of my DCK are boys and I am female + us females have females business that we need to take care of once a month if you know what I mean.

Anyone else had this problem do you take your children into the washroom with you (other than infants / babies)????? I have talked to ALL of my DCP and they agree with me that this is a bit unreasonable.

Ridiculous. Plain and simple. Not even an option. I would be calling her supervisor

[Leanna]

i had my L.O stop in for a routine inspection a few weeks ago and when she showed up i was in the washroom. she said she knocked on the door 2 times (which i never heard) and then she said she looked though the window to see me coming out of the washroom and that the children playing in the play area of my LFC.

Apparently this was and is a problem for her. she suggested to me that i take the children into the bathroom with me when i have to use the washroom. I could understand this if i had an infant but the children that were present were 6YO, 4YO & 2YO. I do not think it is appropriate for me to be taking children into the washroom with me as all of my DCK are boys and I am female + us females have females business that we need to take care of once a month if you know what I mean.

Anyone else had this problem do you take your children into the washroom with you (other than infants / babies)????? I have talked to ALL of my DCP and they agree with me that this is a bit unreasonable.

I don't think it was appropriate for her to look through the window. It doesn't allow for her to see clearly all areas & what is happening and she couldn't hear anything at all. I would question anything she told you based on something she saw through a window.

Are we talking about the restroom?! Take dck with you to the restroom while you USE the restroom? And the state told you this?'

[Cradle2crayons]

i had my L.O stop in for a routine inspection a few weeks ago and when she showed up i was in the washroom. she said she knocked on the door 2 times (which i never heard) and then she said she looked though the window to see me coming out of the washroom and that the children playing in the play area of my LFC.

Apparently this was and is a problem for her. she suggested to me that i take the children into the bathroom with me when i have to use the washroom. I could understand this if i had an infant but the children that were present were 6YO, 4YO & 2YO. I do not think it is appropriate for me to be taking children into the washroom with me as all of my DCK are boys and I am female + us females have females business that we need to take care of once a month if you know what I mean.

Anyone else had this problem do you take your children into the washroom with you (other than infants / babies)????? I have talked to ALL of my DCP and they agree with me that this is a bit unreasonable.

I would NEVER take boys that age into the bathroom with me while I potties or took care of female business.

If that's what she's recommending, demand to see that in WRITING. If she cants produce it, then go over her head.

[tarwel]

bathroom privacy

i had my L.O stop in for a routine inspection a few weeks ago and when she showed up i was in the washroom. she said she knocked on the door 2 times (which i never heard) and then she said she looked though the window to see me coming out of the washroom and that the children playing in the play area of my LFC.

Apparently this was and is a problem for her. she suggested to me that i take the children into the bathroom with me when i have to use the washroom. I could understand this if i had an infant but the children that were present were 6YO, 4YO & 2YO. I do not think it is appropriate for me to be taking children into the washroom with me as all of my DCK are boys and I am female + us females have female business that we need to take care of once a month if you know what I mean.

Anyone else had this problem? do you take your children into the washroom with you (other than infants / babies)????? I have talked to ALL of my DCP and they agree with me that this is a bit unreasonable.

[Bookworm]

Vent #1. Why in the name of all that is Holy, would you put a onesie on a fully potty trained 3yr old who couldn't unsnap it causing her to pee all over the bathroom and part of the carpet because she freaked out and ran out of the bathroom. And she had no extra clothes. Guess who had to leave work early.

Vent #2. Once again, DO NOT leave your infant/child alone in a classroom when you're dropping off first thing in the morning. If we are in the kitchen or another room setting up, we might not hear you come in. If you don't see one of us, call out and we will come running. I shouldn't have to tell you this is dangerous and can get us into all types of trouble. You will complain about missing socks, hair bows, the toys they aren't supposed to bring anyway but you think nothing of leaving your kid alone in building without letting anyone know. Sorry so long but the second one really pisses me off.