Venting Thread

[Country Kids]

ok, I only had 1 DCK scheduled for today. got up and waited. I expected him at 8. mom texts me at 8:10 telling me she is keeping him home since she is working from home today. I said ok cool see you tomorrow.
I thought I got a day off, and wanted to go tend to my garden. but nope...
mom texts back within 10min saying "nevermind he wants to come over"...
so I am still waiting for them to show up.
why can't she keep him home for once!!@!

I so would have said sorry, just left the house to run errands. See you tomorrow.

[NeedaVaca]

I so would have said sorry, just left the house to run errands. See you tomorrow.

I was thinking the exact same thing! Sorry, already gone for the day

[WoodOx]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Sorry, already gone for the day

Thanks, I should have done exactly that.
next I will do that.

[daycarediva]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Sorry, already gone for the day

sooooo what I would have said!

[wahmof3]

Dear DCP-

When I text you, please respond to me.

It only takes a second.

That said when you don't respond to me and then text me something you feel is important don't be pissed when I don't drop everything and don't respond to you.

,
Your provider.

[Sunshine74]

NOT a good afternoon. Out of 5 in underwear 4 had accidents, and only one of those was pee. All in the span of one hour.

[KDC]

DCD,
When my child has a peanut allergy, please do NOT let your child enter my house with a peanut butter sandwich cracker, which he is munching like an alligator spewing crumbs all over my house.

Oh, and when said child is crying in a puddle at your feet after a weeks worth of vacation. Please do NOT promise the child Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars lego wii time (it will only encourage this ridiculous behavior because believe me when you leave, he's skipping and as happy as a lark!), and do not ask what he wants (as he's screaming I want Mommy) just to tell him he can't have it, all while rolling your eyes.

Thanks,
DCP

[ABCDaycareMN]

My dcg has been doing soooo good napping in my sons room when he is home from school. I didn't like having to send him to his room for close to 2.5-3 hours midday. And there is no other place for her to sleep but in main living room... Well anyways today didn't go so well dcg decided to go and knock on my daughters room today and wake her up early from nap. Now I have a very crabby girl on my hands...

[Play Care]

Dear DC girl,

Your nose needs to be wiped. If you want to do it, that's fine. If you don't, it still needs to be done. And using your tongue to try and slurp off the wet snot on your upper lip does not count. Sorry.

From,

Drowning in Snot

[hope]

What a day! The routing number was incorrect on my tax forms so now it may take 3 additional MONTHS to receive our refund that we so badly need. I have spent the whole day on the phone with IRS while my toddlers ripped apart the house. The infant has been crying all day, and the one year olds mom had an extended drop off this morning which has thrown off DCG's whole day. DCM gave hugs n asks her back for kisses till the little girl finally crys and then DCM rewards her with ya!!!! She then texts me asking how she was after she left and said that she loves the fact DCG is turning into a mommy's girl bc she has always been so independent. Really? Glad that you find happiness in making your child miserable. Glad she is so confused and doesn't understand why mommy only rewards her when she crys. Sorry that DCG is learning to play with other children and toys n not sit on your lap all day long. Sorry she eats healthy meals here instead of throwing a fit like she does at home. But hey, Ya for her crying over you today. You must be so proud.

[sharlan]

I love when you decide you keep your child home and spend some time with her. BUT, please feed her before you bring her.

The child will come and 10 and dcd will say she ate "3 or 4 bowls of cereal for breakfast. As soon as the door closes, the child tells me she's hungry.

Today, she came in at 12:45, an hour and a half past our lunch. I was just putting the babies down for a late nap as one ended up taking an unscheduled 2 hr nap this morning. I put her down, too.

She wakes up early and asks for an orange. Ok, did you eat lunch? I ate some noodles.

She just ate a big serving of mac and cheese and two cutie oranges. Obviously, she wasn't fed lunch.

I just want to say, wait until snack, but I can't do that to a child who has no control over when they are fed. We're not talking about a child who refused to eat, but one who wasn't fed.

[solarismoon]

Meals...

My venting comes from a 5 year old who exclusively eats junk food at home, and has tantrums when he sits down at mealtime at daycare and sees fruits & vegetables!!!

He arrives in the mornings with chocolate on his face and cheeto stained fingers- that was his breakfast.

When snack time rolls around and he gets to choose from a variety of fresh fruits & veggies, he chooses not to partake most days.

That's OK. No child is ever forced or coerced or shamed into eating. We use natural consequences- if you don't eat, the consequence is hunger. End of story.

He sits down with the other kids, takes a look at the food, and if it's not mac & cheese or spaghetti, he asks to be excused immediately.

His hunger strikes end up in tantrums because he's so hungry, but refuses to eat, then moodiness and more tantrums through the whole day. Then when parents pick-up, they take him straight to McDonalds!! So he gets rewarded for his poor choices.

I have discussed it with them so many times. The mom brags that she makes him whatever he wants. If she makes dinner and he doesn't like it, she'll get up and make him something else. They just are one of those families that eats almost every meal from a fast food place or gets pizza delivered at home, and when they do cook, it's all packaged processed food, rarely fresh from what I have heard them say. They drink soda like water and apparently have chocolate and cheetos for breakfast. They won't change their habits and they don't see the harm it does to their children. It's sad and frustrating and makes my day very difficult.

Today the mom dropped him off and said, "He wants me to tell you he didn't like the lunch you served yesterday". I'm not serving bug carcasses for crying out loud!! Yesterday's lunch was turkey sandwiches with tomatoes and lettuce on the side, fresh fruit, and milk. He drank the milk and left the rest. All my other DCKs chow down during meal times and snack times, ask for seconds and thirds, raving about my delicious food. I wish more parents fed their children healthier at home so a healthy (we are all organic whole foods by the way) daycare isn't such a foreign concept to their child. Grrr!

[CedarCreek]

Dcm,

If you're going to lie to me and tell me your phone got dropped in the toilet last night and that's why you couldn't text me to tell me that you were going to be late, make sure that you haven't texted me from that exact phone earlier this morning.

[Cradle2crayons]

Dear DCM,
although I DO give OTC and prescription medications ONLY if the child needs it, that does NOT mean that when your child NEEDS medication, you bring them in early and say "DCB needs some cold medicine, I didn't have any, so can you give her some?". It's called "GO BUY YOUR OWN FOR YOUR CHILD".

[bubbiesmama807]

Last week I began watching a nine-month-old and a four-year -old..I had them for one day and everything went very well. When their mother came to pick them up she told me that this week I would have them on Monday, maybe Tuesday, and Thursday.

Well guess who no-called/no-showed come Monday?

Their mom was supposed to be here between 9-10 AM, which she said would be the usual time she would bring them..in fact they were late their first day by 15 minutes, because she overslept. I waited until 11 AM to call and leave a voicemail, and at 11:15 she called and said that she had just woken up. She asked me if she could still bring the kids, and I said she could but if this happened again, I would have no choice but to terminate services because I was told she would be here by a certain time and I was waiting on them to get here without any notice. I was civil and to the point.

Her response was to hang up on me, and I put a termination notice in the mail ASAP. If she responded that disrespectfully towards me, then it was obvious that she wasn't going to respect my policies, and she knew that one of them was if her children were going to be late or not come for the day, all she had to do was let me know either by phone, text, or e-mail. Because of her no-calling/no-showing, it kinda put us a bit behind schedule. It ****s that it came down to losing two kids that were great, but I guess it is what it is.

Then on top of it, I had to call the police on a couple of neighbors (they live next door and they're friends with one another) who had their truck doors open and were blaring their music loudly all morning and into the afternoon. They had the music just booming. It has been an ongoing problem, and it's pretty bad when other neighbors are yelling out their doors and windows for them to turn it down, and when people would yell at them, they'd crank it louder.