Venting Thread

[Country Kids]

Here I thought I was done with the vent thread. I am down to one ft dcg. This morning, mom arrives 30 minutes early without telling me (third time in two months), and has dressed her 2 yo in all white. Really? Who does that? Just yesterday we were outside most of the day playing in the dirt! Oh, and no change of clothes in the bag either. She is going to be filthy by the end of the day. Sigh.....

Well she won't be able to wear it after Labor Day as that is a total fashion no no! :: OK, its been a rough morning and I still have 8.5 hours left till the last one leaves.

I'm sorry Amy that a parent would do this. I have a few that wear tutu's and we do alot of outdoor play!

[saved4always]

EVERYone pooped today. The one in diapers. The one in pullups (in the pull up, of course). AND the one in underwear....yes, IN the underwear. We go potty once every hour. They would almost have to TRY to do it while off the potty. Sigh.

[BumbleBee]

Here I thought I was done with the vent thread. I am down to one ft dcg. This morning, mom arrives 30 minutes early without telling me (third time in two months), and has dressed her 2 yo in all white. Really? Who does that? Just yesterday we were outside most of the day playing in the dirt! Oh, and no change of clothes in the bag either. She is going to be filthy by the end of the day. Sigh.....

I would be reeeeeeeally tempted to do finger painting w/o smocks, crush up some Oreo's for sensory play and serve spaghetti for lunch.

Yes, I am evil.

[SilverSabre25]

If I have to listen to ONE MORE out of tune repetition of the ABC's, I will do something drastic. 17 times in a row was enough for a week.

THAT time of the month, Day 3, hormone headache, oh how I have NOT missed you...

DS is ripping books apart again, dcbaby is screechy, DD is whiny, dcg is on the couch trying to dictate everyone else's life, and my headache is getting steadily worse. *sigh*

[daycarediva]

New dcg is 4. She eats breakfast at 8 @ home, comes here at 8:30. By 8:45 she is BEGGING me for a snack. Day one I felt soooo bad I gave her a snack, thinking that maybe she was really hungry. Day 2 I asked how much she ate for breakfast (ate well). And just told her that we don't eat again until lunch so she should save up her appetite. Day 3 was HORRENDOUS. She whined ALL DAY LONG for food and then picked at lunch. Within 5 minutes of being on the cot for nap, she was in full tears for food. O.M.G. I addressed it with Mom yesterday evening and she says she is going through a growth spurt (but then she would eat...?) and that at her last daycare she was allowed to graze allllll day. Soooo I have to change this pick-er into a good eater. Today is day 4, and the reminders to save up you hungries aren't helping. She ate only meatballs at lunch, refused everything else and then whined (at the table) she was hungry. I finally asked her what she would like to eat and she said "Do you have any cheetos?" "No, we eat healthy food that gives our bodies energy and cheetos aren't a healthy food." "How about ice cream?"

Ohhhh goodness.

[BumbleBee]

If I have to listen to ONE MORE out of tune repetition of the ABC's, I will do something drastic. 17 times in a row was enough for a week.

THAT time of the month, Day 3, hormone headache, oh how I have NOT missed you...

DS is ripping books apart again, dcbaby is screechy, DD is whiny, dcg is on the couch trying to dictate everyone else's life, and my headache is getting steadily worse. *sigh*

Why is it that they all have a bad day on the same day, but never all have a good day on the same day??? Additionally, why don't they ever have a good day when we're not feeling well????

(Hugs) hope tomorrow is better!

[Blackcat31]

Why oh why does this one DCB HAVE to be so stubborn about everything?!?

It doesn't bother me so much just that everything has to be against the grain. Seems like it would be much easier to simply do what I ask since we do the same thing every day.

[wahmof3]

Why oh why does this one DCB HAVE to be so stubborn about everything?!?

It doesn't bother me so much just that everything has to be against the grain. Seems like it would be much easier to simply do what I ask since we do the same thing every day.

I can relate, I have this same DCB. Today was actually one of our better days so far.

[saved4always]

Isn't it too early for ALL my kids to be sick???? Four out of 5 of them have runny noses, coughing, etc. One only slept a few hours last night and was whiney and miserable all day. The other 4 picked up on her mood and took turns having break downs. I woke up at 3 a.m. with a migraine that was still there this morning and took 2 pills to get under control. Ugh....I was ready for naptime at 9 a.m.!

[nanglgrl]

Dear, dcb, it's fantastic that you've finally learned the alphabet (except for that tricky "emmalopee" part) but after hearing you sing it 59.5 times today, I'm tired of it. Please sing a different song. Or work on counting to ten. You're still skipping 3-8.

:::::: You should know that my hubby and I just laughed so hard at this! "emmalopee" ::::::

[sahm2three]

I am so stressed! Kids are being terrible! I am about to put them to bed for the day!!! They are being defiant, mean to eachother, and totally not listening to me. They have been in time out so many times today. And the constant questions. My nerves are shot! My house is in chaos (not the daycare area) because we had a leak over Labor Day weekend while we were gone, so we have some carpet torn out and are down to sub floor. I am looking at about 3 more weeks of it like this before insurance is done and carpet is ordered and installed. I am so already ready for a vacation, and it is almost a year away!

I just had to take the kids snack away because they were using their chairs as a jungle gym, and they were told to sit nicely or snack would be over. Oh. My. Goodness.

[countrymom]

stupid question, but can others see this venting area. I want to vent without parents being able to read it.

[SilverSabre25]

stupid question, but can others see this venting area. I want to vent without parents being able to read it.

yes, they can. You can go to the member's only category to vent privately.

[Lyss]

I have one DCB (2.5yrs) that arrives at 615 and then goes back to sleep until 8am (other DCKs arrive 830-845ish). Today DCM shows up 20 minutes late, no call, and DCB is wired even though mom said he's been up since 4am! Guess what mom gave him for breakfast at 5am? 3 Marshmallows and a slushy :confused:

...is it friday yet?

[daycarediva]

DCG has been here over 2 years, knows our routine down to a science and STILL asks me "when am I going home?" "When are we going outside?" "When is it lunch time?"

overandoverandoverandover.

I have tried saying-
"You're so smart, you know when we go outside!"

After everyone arrives and goes potty, we get to go outside! etc for each transition.

less than 5 minutes later "When are we _________"

I am at the point where I think she is intentionally being a pitb. ::