Venting Thread

[daycarediva]

A dcm sent me a text at 8:00a asking me to call the bus garage and 'hold the bus' because she was running late. I responded back when I got the text at 8:15 that the bus already left (we go outside to wait!) She then asked me if I could take dcb to school. I simply said "Sorry, I have too many kids to transport today." I got a nasty text back "Fine, I will just have to be late to work!"

I DON'T DO SCHOOL DROP OFFS OR PICKUPS! It's IN THE HANDBOOK! WTH!? She is closer to the school and only has ONE kid. She has joked to me about 100x how she hates early mornings and wakes up at 7:15 when she has to leave the house with my slow poke SA dcb at 7:50-LATEST.

[Play Care]

My husband is being a turd, my older child told me she wants to be put in day care (she's in school...) and I am generally feeling disrespected and unappreciated. Today part of me would LOVE to get a FT job outside the house and see how much they like that. I could do with working less hours, getting paid vacations/sick time and a 401K oh yes, and actually having a lunch break where I can sit and eat without having to check on kids, do paperwork, pre dinner, etc. etc. etc.

[SilverSabre25]

And dread reigns in my heart as the 9 month old is dropped off with the warning, "He's really tired, he was up pretty much all night. And he's coughing a lot, just so you know!"

Aw, ****....is what actually ran through my head, though I said, "Oh okay, we'll get him a nice nap straightaway!"

Sure enough, exhausted, fussy child who screams at the thought of such terrible things as being handed a toy by an ever-helpful toddler. And bottles are making him cry. And yeah. Sorry love, I think you're about to get deposited in a pack n play to fuss this thing out until you're asleep 'cause I am not sure what else to do with an overtired infant!

[wahmof3]

PMS---------> need I say more????

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[AmyLeigh]

Why oh why did I agree to taking on a before school dcb who arrives almost 2 before my earliest arrival? He is a good kid, only here for an hour before I take him to school. But still, I am tired. This decision has extended my days to 11 hours now.

[Unregistered]

UGH!
DCG pee'd all over my rug.
SOO annoyed!
She is not even close to being potty trained but she came today in underwear which I didn't know until she pee'd everywhere. Clearly she's being punished at home because she freaked out and cried.

[Play Care]

I am still very, very angry with my husband. I am so tired of the lack of respect, the fact I'm working a 50+ hour work week and am responsible for all the cooking, cleaning and basic care of our own children. Then he has the nerve to tell me things like "you never play with our kids" "you never want to just hang with the family" Here's a clue jack butt - why don't you help out some more and maybe I won't be so gosh darned tired? Oh but when I tell you I am getting overwhelmed and tired I either get a condescending chuckle out of you, or you start running down the list of all you do as if it's a freaking competition.
Thin ice, buddy, thin ice.

[MN Mom]

Ugh!!! Please don't drop your 3 year old off and say he was up at 3am screaming for cartoons, so you let him watch them for 45 min before he fell back asleep. It's 7AM, and your kid already gets less than optimal sleep, you give him coffee, sweets, chocolate milk...AND you let him dictate when he will be awake and when he will sleep. I get to suffer the consequences at 7AM with him SCREAMING in my toy room while his cousin is happy, awake, and ready to play. I'm sure the toxic (we're talking smells like death, as usual) diaper will follow from him being home with dad all day yesterday eating whatever he wants. YUCK YUCK YUCK. Thank Goodness June is almost here and I will be DONE with care save for my B/A School Boy. I can't wait!

[lovemykidstoo]

Ugh!!! Please don't drop your 3 year old off and say he was up at 3am screaming for cartoons, so you let him watch them for 45 min before he fell back asleep. It's 7AM, and your kid already gets less than optimal sleep, you give him coffee, sweets, chocolate milk...AND you let him dictate when he will be awake and when he will sleep. I get to suffer the consequences at 7AM with him SCREAMING in my toy room while his cousin is happy, awake, and ready to play. I'm sure the toxic (we're talking smells like death, as usual) diaper will follow from him being home with dad all day yesterday eating whatever he wants. YUCK YUCK YUCK. Thank Goodness June is almost here and I will be DONE with care save for my B/A School Boy. I can't wait!

Oh Lord. What is wrong with people. Why do people let their children run their homes?

I had my 2 year old show up this morning and similar story. He was up and down all night, we (the parents) started a bad thing and we HAVE to lay with him until he goes to sleep every night. Then he wakes up in the middle of the night and he throws a fit because noone is laying with him, so they put him in bed with him and he kicks and moves around so noone gets sleep. Then he got up at 5:30 for good for the day. Yippee! Why don't parents put their children in bed and make them stay there. Why in the world would you need to lay with your child every single night until they fall asleep? Who in the world has time for that either? Setting yourself up for a real struggle.

[Play Care]

My child had the stomach bug that's been going around yesterday so I closed to minimize the spread (she's in school and not usually around the dc kids) she would not have gone to school today anyway but now we have a snow day. And while I will have a lighter load, the kids who are scheduled are (of course!) the whiniest, most challenging, etc. And one parent already said they may be late due to weather...1. If I closed they'd be mad. 2. If their kids get sick, it will be all my fault
I can't win!!

[AmyLeigh]

Early am dcb is a no call/no show this morning. I haven't been sleeping well this week, so an extra hour of sleep instead of cleaning the playroom would have been nice. Especially since I feel like I am coming down with something and I am out of regular coffee. ::

[Lyss]

Thanks to DCK and DCP that are incapable of being quiet my whole house of sleepers (DD & early DCB, plus DH who just had surgery) is up an hour and a half early. They arranged an early drop off but I was clear that they needed to be quiet as everyone will be asleep but apparently that was too much to ask.

Which means nap will be all over the place (early for the early wake ups) and most likely disrupted by this DCK's inability to be quiet. They are a family of "loud talkers" as they say and that's an understatement

Not to mention DCP's comment on the way out "Bio mom said DCK had a fever all week but I haven't seen it since she's been with me" *door shut* Umm I know they picked her up last night, they switch at @730pm but I'm guessing DCP forgot they told me this. So I'm sure DCP hasn't seen the fever when she's been with them less than 12hours and asleep nearly all of that time.

So much for an easy Friday.

[hope]

My house smells like poop! I have twin two year olds who have both pooped three times this morning. DCM started to put them on the potty with no results but has sent them in pull UPS which hold nothing! I sprayed lysol but now it smeals like chemicals n poop!

[daycarediva]

My notoriously early drop off sends me a text TELLING me that she will be here 40 minutes early. I never respond (BECAUSE IT WAS 10pm & I was asleep!) and when I saw it at 6 this morning I responded back that it was VERY inconvenient and that I thought we had gone over this. She shows up anyway and was banging on the door until I answered (or she would have woken up my kids 90minutes early!) I WAS SO MAD! We got into it and I told her that if it EVER happens again they would be turned away/terminated ON THE SPOT.

for the love of God people it isn't hard to STICK TO YOUR CONTRACT!

[saved4always]

Walked into work yesterday to a child puking in my classroom. I ruushed the other kids out to another room before they could touch it or walk through it while the other teacher took care of the sick child and started cleaning the room. I come in this morning to find that my room stinks like puke and poop (I could smell it before I even opened the door to go in ). Dcb had pooped and he is the stinkiest ever. I then find out that another child puked all over the carpeted floor in the room after I left the previous day. My poor assistant had to stay late to clean and sanitize the room. I am a total germaphobe so I spent all morning wiping everything with disinfecting wipes and used a bottle of hand sanitizer (same thing I had just done yesterday because of the first puker). I guess dcm called after grandpa picked up puking dcg yesterday and said that she seemed "fine" when she got home. She was told dcg cannot come back until she hasn't been puking for 24 hours. Dcm said, well, since dcg got sick at 1:00, then she can come back at 1:00 tomorrow. Really!!???? Thank goodness, she didn't show up.