Venting Thread

[girlmomma]

DCD is out of town so Gma is dropping off DCK. I’ve never personally met Gma, just a wave from the car when she brings DCM to pick up DCK. DCM doesn’t drive, she’s legally blind.

This morning, Gma comes up to my door and tries to open it before ringing the doorbell. She wasn’t successful because the storm door and the front door are both locked. But to have the guts to walk into someone’s home, whom you’ve never met, totally unannounced before ringing the doorbell is mind boggling!

[Alwaysgreener]

girlmomma I can understand parents to be to shop rates, that they know how much it will cost. But it is the to be parents that want to interview when I say I don't offer to hold spots for that far away. We are talking 3 or more months.

[girlmomma]

I don’t know why parents feel the need to buy the car seat/stroller thingy.

I had a 16MO still in an infant seat before they left. Drove me crazy because they’d leave it here or they’d be late to pick up because they “forgot” to get the seat from the other parent.

[girlmomma]

I get irritated when they’re just shopping rates.

Thankfully, all of my spots are filled except for one. I haven’t advertised for anything, I am just trusting God. I take a lot of time off for the holidays so I don’t think I’ll be advertising anytime soon. Just going to wait it out.

[Alwaysgreener]

sahm1225 I will see red flags, but they will ask for a call or tour and I always feel obligated especially when they responded to my advertisement saying I have openings.

Currently I am getting a bunch of expecting parents that are being told to shop around now and they don't understand why I have no idea if I will have a spot on six months. Not to mention that it feels like a waste of my time to tour them now vs next spring.

So how do I tell the red flags and expecting parents No?

[sahm1225]

Send them my way! But not this week. I caught the virus going around and I’ve had a hoarse voice or no voice at all for almost a week. On the bright side, I’ve had a break from doing phone interviews.

Lately, all the ones I get have so many red flags that I haven’t invited a single one in for an interview: it’s so sad

[Alwaysgreener]

I am so tired of all the phone calls and emails I get for care currently. For the first 8 months of the year, I was getting very few calls/emails, maybe one a month. But now, I get 3-4 a week for the past 2 months.
I know it is an odd vent but I just want one week off from calling or video chatting with a family after work or during naptime, it is causing burnout on my end and I forgot to call one family right away. (we did not have a set time, just after 530 but it was after 6 when I called.)

I currently just got another family to contact me tonight and a tour next Tuesday. (I do have another space to fill but I am just tired and need a break.)

I do not own a personal printer and I am having to print things that are personal on our daycare printer however one particular day, I printed something personal and another employee was in there and happen to see it and they commented what it was to me and it made me feel like it was none of their business what it was and that they had no business Knowing what it was. This particular employee also has a tendency of getting into other people's business and voicing their opinion

[Alwaysgreener]

I don't allow car seats to be left for various reasons including not having a spot to keep them.

Dcm: What do parents do with the car seat when they alternate pick ups?

Me: I don't know, I don't ever think it has been brought up.

Dcm: well I work in the opposite direction as dcd. It is open enrollment and I am working 15 hours.

Me: well when my da hit six months we bought an upright car seat and stopped using the carrier.

Dcm: it is a $400 car seat, I am not going to do that. (It is a car seat stroller in one)

Me: 🤔 (you live around the corner, less than a mile away, just drop it off on the way to the expressway, your headed that way)

Hmm I am wondering if having a spare seat wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Alwaysgreener]

I had a man contact me about my one opening. A few minutes later his sister contacted me for the same spot. She told me that they were siblings and she told him about me.

(She had contacted every time she had a baby x4, but never followed through with meeting with me, I would always be nice and answer her questions)

I explained to them both that I only had one opening , not sure why she felt she needed to compete for the one opening. He asked for a tour but never responded, of course never heard from her again. I guess she hasn't had another baby.

[girlmomma]

Yep! SIL and I discussed it

They didn’t cancel it until I sent that text.

[CountryRoads]

How funny...the parent who always made a big deal that it was hard for her to get off work early and an inconvenience to leave is the parent who has left work early several times to pick up her KG (former dck) from school and left work early to go to her Halloween party at school yesterday I guess it was only when *I* wanted to do things with my kids it was a problem for her

[Alwaysgreener]

My bi polar sister is doing it again. I have told her repeatedly that I do not want updates on my previous foster kids from her.The other day she sent me few screenshots of their Facebook pages.

[Alwaysgreener]

On the positive note I only had two yesterday and my last pick up left half an hour early at 5:00. So we were able to go trunk or treating right away and back home by 6:30. I had planned ahead to and had dh pick up dinner after his dentist appointment. So everybody ate before we left.

[Alwaysgreener]

I wish I had closed early. I did last year, but this year my son was supposed to start K and they had a half day today so I had scheduled to be closed, ( so I could attend his class party). But when he didn't get busing I canceled the day but forgot to change it to a close early instead like I had it last year.
Went to my online calendar and added a close early for next time.