Venting Thread

[CountryRoads]

This is such a pet peeve of mine. Not that they bring their children when they're not working, but the excuses they give me.

"I'm off today, but I need to clean so I'm bringing them."

"I'm not working, but I have to get some stuff done around the house."

"I have to run errands, so dck will be here."

I had a dck here for 10 hours yesterday. 10 HOURS. Because dcp had to run an errand which dck could've easily came along with.

It's like they are helpless when they have their kids. I wonder how myself - and several other parents - manage to get our stuff done with kids around!
Or maybe they don't want to spend time with them.
I'll never understand some parents.

[Cat Herder]

It makes me wonder what some parents would think if they witnessed another child cop a squat right next to their child while they played in daycare. As a parent, I’d be appalled and would question the cleanliness of where my child was attending daycare.

Somehow it’s perfectly acceptable if their own child is doing it in a daycare setting though. 🤷*♀️

Nailed it.

[Sunshine69]

It makes me wonder what some parents would think if they witnessed another child cop a squat right next to their child while they played in daycare. As a parent, I’d be appalled and would question the cleanliness of where my child was attending daycare.

Somehow it’s perfectly acceptable if their own child is doing it in a daycare setting though. 🤷*♀️

[springv]

Tell dcm that she's got to come in either underwear or pullup because of sanitary reasons!!!! If DHR came to our center and found out about what was happening, we would be written up immediately!!!

[Ladybutterfly]

Potty training fail

Paraphrase of a convo with a dcd last night...

Him: "We're working really, really hard on potty training her. Are you able to help at all with that?" [note: this has been ongoing since February and I do help, everyday, putting her on the potty, many times]
Me: "Yes, I can, I have been--I put her on the potty everytime we have potty breaks which is pretty much every major transition, so a lot. I've also been starting to brainstorm some other ideas to help her here--"
Him: "Well, we tried her in underwear at home yesterday and it didn't go so well."
Me: "For sanitary reasons, I need to have her in something absorbant until she's doing well; you could try undies under the pull-up, or I have some cloth training pants I've been thinking of trying. I cloth diaper DS so it's no trouble."
Him: "At home she gets jelly beans for peeing and a cookie for pooping in the potty!"
Me: [resisting urge to slam my head into the nearby wall] "Oh! Ok, well bring me some of those and I can continue that here!"
Him: "Okay, We'll do that."

Guess what didn't show up with dcg today...;;headdesk:: I think I'm going to buy my own this weekend, daggone it, and start a sticker chart with her. And the cloth pants too. Anything to get them off my back--she's only here three days a week and I'm starting to feel like I'm being blamed for her not being trained yet! She's the one with NO readiness signs AT ALL.

I'm so sorry. I feel ya. I am struggling with this same thing. DCM is following the book called "oh crap" which is a method to have several days at home without any pants on at all and give them a crash course in potty training. The idea is they feel it running down their legs and are better about to comprehend what's going on. I allowed the DCG to come back after she was finding success at home with this method and not having accidents. So she came back wearing a long dress & no underwear. She had so many accidents last week I almost lost my mind! I see now that it was my mistake to let her come back until she successfully wore underwear at home and still didn't have any accidents before she came to play with friends and had the added distractions. Plus at home her mom is asking her a thousand times a day if she needs to go and just putting her on the potty on her own accord. Here she has to go potty at each of our transition times but then several times pooped ON MY FLOOR! 5 minutes after she had just peed in the potty.

What would you do? Also this same dcg is a terrible nuisance to others, hits others often, and doesn't nap well. About to let her go.

[Blackcat31]

Happy Monday not!

Dcm comes in saying her kid has a dentist appointment in the afternoon and will be picking up at nap time and will bring her back after her appointment. Ummm what? No! One drop off and pick up per day. Pick up at nap time not cool! Do people not have common sense anymore??

Did you remind her of that?

Pull-ups

Happy Monday not!

Dcm comes in saying her kid has a dentist appointment in the afternoon and will be picking up at nap time and will bring her back after her appointment. Ummm what? No! One drop off and pick up per day. Pick up at nap time not cool! Do people not have common sense anymore??

[CenterTeacher20]

Bad storm. Power's been out at our center since 10:30, sent out a text asking people who can to please come pick up their kids but we are staying open through nap time without power... we had already ordered pizza for lunch (Pizza Friday) so we ate pizza in the dark, luckily we only had 8 ids here today total anyway- but then one of my daycare moms texts me and asks me not to put her baby down for his second nap and to keep him awake until 3 when she picks up because they're driving to the lake and she wants him to sleep then. First of all, I'd prefer your child not even be here right now... plus I know she's working from home right now, you want me to entertain your 11 month old for 3 hours in the dark by himself during and after his normal nap time??? We have no sleep music/sound machines right now, no bottle warmer, and he ****S at playing on his own. Let alone in the dark. He's also a high pitched screamer. I love the kid. But I am NOT skipping his nap. Especially with no power.

(Using the hotspot from my iPhone to type this, FYI, I needed to vent)

[Blackcat31]

Was on vacation and had a dcm parent text me several times about things that were not an emergency.

I eventually stopped responding, then find out she complained to another dcm that I wasn't writing back

I was on vacation. Leave me alone!

I always tell them exactly that...then they get a bit embarrassed or at the very least, stop texting...

I text reply

"AUTO REPLY: ABC Child Care is currently closed. I am spending quality time with my family. Anything business related will be addressed during business hours when child care re-opens. Thank you for respecting my valued privacy."

[Cat Herder]

Was on vacation and had a dcm parent text me several times about things that were not an emergency.

I eventually stopped responding, then find out she complained to another dcm that I wasn't writing back

I was on vacation. Leave me alone!

They don't get it until we make it cost them something. :hug:

Maybe if you start charging $1 per text and $1 per minute for phone calls after hours she would get the message?

I tell mine that there is no such thing as an after hours daycare emergency, only family emergencies. That I turn off my business phone at closing time and only have it on during open hours. I do allow emails and will check them Sunday evenings in case it is something that will effect Monday morning.

[CountryRoads]

Was on vacation and had a dcm parent text me several times about things that were not an emergency.

I eventually stopped responding, then find out she complained to another dcm that I wasn't writing back

I was on vacation. Leave me alone!

[AmyKidsCo]

Parents that call Friday afternoon and want childcare for three kids by Monday morning.

Uh, NO!

YIKES!!

[Sunshine69]

Parents that call Friday afternoon and want childcare for three kids by Monday morning.

Uh, NO!

[Bluemoon5]

DCM let us know that dcb would be in late this morning due to doctor's appointment. Fine, no problem. During the summer we do water play every morning and the kids all come in their bathing suits. Dcb arrives at 10:30 (the time we go outside) in regular clothes and no bathing suit. DCM also leaves a note that dcb has not had snack yet (we eat snack at 9:30). Then later in the morning dcb bites a chunk of flesh out of another child (okay, I might be exaggerating a bit, but it was a nasty bite.) *sigh* TGIF.

[CenterTeacher20]

I have been trying to get into the forum since 630 this morning. Finally I am here. I was beginning to think I did something.

Same here!!