Venting Thread

[AmyKidsCo]

My 16 yr old - who was born into the child care - just walked down the stairs, through the living room (past a sleeping 1 yr old) through the dining room (past me & 3 sleeping 3 yr olds) into the kitchen (where another 3 yr old is sleeping) to slam open the pantry door, get ONE crinkly candy from a crinkly bag, slam the door shut, walk back through the living room to open the front door, shut it, walk back to the dining room to give me the 1 yr old's nuk, back to open the front door, back in to give me a piece of junk mail, then finally out the front door.

Guess how many children are still sleeping...

TGIF!!!

[Blackcat31]

That would've been perfect! I was so caught off guard that I didn't know what to say.

I was prepared to say something this morning if she made another comment, but she didn't. The weird thing is I'm closing early to take my kids to a town Halloween event that dcm is taking her kids to, as well :confused:

Do you think she will actually be late for pick up or will she pick up on time but just complain about it?

In previous years I have told parents I close at 3:00 when I really didn't need to close until 4:00 when I had parents that I knew would have an excuse for being late.

[CountryRoads]

“Thank you for letting me know about you difficulties in getting here in time for me to make my appointment. Next time I will close for the day, so it won’t be a problem for either of us.”

That would've been perfect! I was so caught off guard that I didn't know what to say.

I was prepared to say something this morning if she made another comment, but she didn't. The weird thing is I'm closing early to take my kids to a town Halloween event that dcm is taking her kids to, as well :confused:

[Sunshine69]

Closing early tomorrow (they've had almost 4 weeks notice), dcm tells me she will "try to be here before you close."

Um, what? That's not how this works :confused:

“Thank you for letting me know about you difficulties in getting here in time for me to make my appointment. Next time I will close for the day, so it won’t be a problem for either of us.”

[e.j.]

Closing early tomorrow (they've had almost 4 weeks notice), dcm tells me she will "try to be here before you close."

Um, what? That's not how this works :confused:

Yeah...this is why, when I have an appointment or important plans that I can't be late for, I close an hour earlier than I really have to or I close for the entire day. I don't close early often but any time I've had to, there's always been that one parent who showed up late.

[Cat Herder]

Closing early tomorrow (they've had almost 4 weeks notice), dcm tells me she will "try to be here before you close."

Um, what? That's not how this works :confused:

Sounds like someone has been spoon fed life up until quite recently.

[CountryRoads]

Closing early tomorrow (they've had almost 4 weeks notice), dcm tells me she will "try to be here before you close."

Um, what? That's not how this works :confused:

White noise

I love my own kids. I really, really do! But omg, you guys!!! My own kids make dc so much harder. Especially now that school is so messed up. I want to scream and cry! And to make matters worse winter will be here soon and I can hardly bear the thought of being trapped in this small house with so much loudness and chaos and no happy family holiday gatherings to look forward to.
My kids (17 and 12) make tons of noise during nap, complain about having dc stuff all over “their” house, constantly try to bring friends in (I’m licensed so they can’t have friends over during daycare hours), cook and make kitchen messes while I’m trying to watch 10 little kids, take 40 min showers (I only have 1 bathroom!), and otherwise just drive me insane during daycare.
Just today I get all of them down to sleep and my ds comes thru within 30 min and makes all kinds of racket cooking himself lunch and wakes up the baby who now only got a tiny nap and is going to start fussing his head off and wake up everyone else here shortly.

White noise is a lifesaver for this! I have mine loud enough to drown out most of my kids/husband's noises.

[dolores]

Had a dcp ask if it would be too disruptive to drop-off during naptime...

Why ask questions you already know the answer to?

Where I'm from we would say "you're asking answers".

[CountryRoads]

Had a dcp ask if it would be too disruptive to drop-off during naptime...

Why ask questions you already know the answer to?

[Littlepeopleprovider]

I love my own kids. I really, really do! But omg, you guys!!! My own kids make dc so much harder. Especially now that school is so messed up. I want to scream and cry! And to make matters worse winter will be here soon and I can hardly bear the thought of being trapped in this small house with so much loudness and chaos and no happy family holiday gatherings to look forward to.
My kids (17 and 12) make tons of noise during nap, complain about having dc stuff all over “their” house, constantly try to bring friends in (I’m licensed so they can’t have friends over during daycare hours), cook and make kitchen messes while I’m trying to watch 10 little kids, take 40 min showers (I only have 1 bathroom!), and otherwise just drive me insane during daycare.
Just today I get all of them down to sleep and my ds comes thru within 30 min and makes all kinds of racket cooking himself lunch and wakes up the baby who now only got a tiny nap and is going to start fussing his head off and wake up everyone else here shortly.

My son does similar things! TEENAGERS!!! Blaaaah!

Electronics are taken if he wakes any of the daycare children up.

[Josiegirl]

Good for you!!! They sound ridiculous.

Yep, too high maintenance.
It's disabling their son to play these games with him; he's not learning to self-regulate or find ways to soothe himself.
Oy.....

[littlefriends]

Anyone else out there or is it just me??

I love my own kids. I really, really do! But omg, you guys!!! My own kids make dc so much harder. Especially now that school is so messed up. I want to scream and cry! And to make matters worse winter will be here soon and I can hardly bear the thought of being trapped in this small house with so much loudness and chaos and no happy family holiday gatherings to look forward to.
My kids (17 and 12) make tons of noise during nap, complain about having dc stuff all over “their” house, constantly try to bring friends in (I’m licensed so they can’t have friends over during daycare hours), cook and make kitchen messes while I’m trying to watch 10 little kids, take 40 min showers (I only have 1 bathroom!), and otherwise just drive me insane during daycare.
Just today I get all of them down to sleep and my ds comes thru within 30 min and makes all kinds of racket cooking himself lunch and wakes up the baby who now only got a tiny nap and is going to start fussing his head off and wake up everyone else here shortly.

[Cat Herder]

New DCB fussed the first 2 days at drop off but became chatty, playful and engaged once he settled in. Normal- and told parents it will take a few weeks to transition.

Day 3, a Monday, DCM and DCD alternately spent over an hour each (2+ hours) in the front of my home, coddling daycare boy while he cried, asking him why he did not like it here. They also took him to my backyard playground to play where they stayed awhile.

During that time I made several attempts to help boy and parent but had other children to tend to and told them to let me know when they're ready.

Dad turned his frustration on me. Stated I had a "stupid" drop off policy that was 'traumatizing" son, why can't I "play a game" with boy and "make it fun" to get him in the door, etc. :confused::confused::confused:

Well that was the straw. I told dad, very nicely, that its not working out, terminated on the spot and refunded deposit. Surprised him. My first termination in 19 years .

Good for you!!! They sound ridiculous.

[CountryRoads]

New DCB fussed the first 2 days at drop off but became chatty, playful and engaged once he settled in. Normal- and told parents it will take a few weeks to transition.

Day 3, a Monday, DCM and DCD alternately spent over an hour each (2+ hours) in the front of my home, coddling daycare boy while he cried, asking him why he did not like it here. They also took him to my backyard playground to play where they stayed awhile.

During that time I made several attempts to help boy and parent but had other children to tend to and told them to let me know when they're ready.

Dad turned his frustration on me. Stated I had a "stupid" drop off policy that was 'traumatizing" son, why can't I "play a game" with boy and "make it fun" to get him in the door, etc. :confused::confused::confused:

Well that was the straw. I told dad, very nicely, that its not working out, terminated on the spot and refunded deposit. Surprised him. My first termination in 19 years .

Oh my

Definitely the right decision to term! I don't know how you could've had a good relationship going forward after that.

I know lingering and trying to reason with the child is a common problem in daycare, but for THAT LONG??! No way. I get frustrated if it's like a couple minutes of dealing with it I'm glad you won't have to deal with that again!