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  • Play Care
    Daycare.com Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 6642

    Just because your child takes off their diaper does not mean they are ready to use the potty! The only thing it means is that they have learned how to take off their diaper! And then you tell me they had an "accident" in the tub. No, they pooped in the tub because they are NOT potty trained or ready to potty train and pooped because they needed to. An "accident" is when a child who is potty trained and mostly using the toilet to void soils themsleves because they didn't make it to the bathroom in time. IME, a child who is truly potty trained does not like to have accidents (because they feel the wetness and it makes them uncomfortable) and tries to avoid them at all costs. Your child could not care less about wet pants or underwear, and screams bloody murder when placed on the potty.

    FYI, The more you tell me about the child's potty training, the more I can see clearly they are not ready.

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    • Play Care
      Daycare.com Member
      • Dec 2012
      • 6642

      Parent, you tell me your younger child has a bag cough and excessive drool due to teething. Does your five year old also have teeth coming in? Is that why they are coughing?

      This would have been better "They have slight cough/colds and the younger one also has some teeth coming in." Fine. But please don't pee on me and try to tell me it's raining.

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      • Patches
        Daycare.com Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 1154

        Communication people!

        DCM, when you tell me that you are going to have DCD bring payment today, please make sure you tell DCD that.

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        • daycarediva
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jul 2012
          • 11698

          Having one parent tell you they want dck to spend as much time outside today as possible (the weather is milder)

          Having another parent tell you they don't want dck outside because they will get muddy.

          Guess who I laughed at? Really, I laughed and said NO, we are going OUTSIDE. Muddy pants are in the bag, I sprayed off dck's boots, don't send new gymboree clothes to daycare!

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          • SilverSabre25
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2010
            • 7585

            Aaaaand one hour before nap is supposed to be over ALL THREE KIDS are awake and raring to go.

            There go my plans to spend time decluttering the laundry room...
            Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!

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            • Lyss
              Chaos Coordinator :)
              • Apr 2012
              • 1429

              "Brrr it's so cold..."

              Ugh! I have a DCM that has been making comments about how cold it is in the house ever since she picked up DCB and we had an energy efficient/winterization company here. She also then noticed plastic on the window, the plastic that has been on the windows for 3 months that is, and now suddenly our house is too cold for her and DCB every time she's here!

              I keep the heat at 68 degrees, so it's not like its 55 in here. The weatherization that we had done was so that that heat stays inside and our heater is not constantly running (it’s from the 1960s so constantly running equals a 350 heating bill, the plastic, space heaters, and other changes reduce the heating loss). All my other DCPs say it’s too hot in here for them.

              Now today DCB is dancing all around and sweating when he suddenly stops dead, turns to me and says "you need to turn the heat on, my mom says I can't be cold here anymore" oh brother!

              She also brought 2 fleece blankets for nap time and long underwear with sweats she wanted me to put on him.

              Its his last month here, gave notice because I wouldn't work with the new schedule they needed as its way outside my hours, so I think I'm less able to deal with her comments.

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              • Country Kids
                Nature Lover
                • Mar 2011
                • 5051

                Originally posted by Lyss
                Ugh! I have a DCM that has been making comments about how cold it is in the house ever since she picked up DCB and we had an energy efficient/winterization company here. She also then noticed plastic on the window, the plastic that has been on the windows for 3 months that is, and now suddenly our house is too cold for her and DCB every time she's here!

                I keep the heat at 68 degrees, so it's not like its 55 in here. The weatherization that we had done was so that that heat stays inside and our heater is not constantly running (it’s from the 1960s so constantly running equals a 350 heating bill, the plastic, space heaters, and other changes reduce the heating loss). All my other DCPs say it’s too hot in here for them.

                Now today DCB is dancing all around and sweating when he suddenly stops dead, turns to me and says "you need to turn the heat on, my mom says I can't be cold here anymore" oh brother!

                She also brought 2 fleece blankets for nap time and long underwear with sweats she wanted me to put on him.

                Its his last month here, gave notice because I wouldn't work with the new schedule they needed as its way outside my hours, so I think I'm less able to deal with her comments.
                Let her know per the state regs. that you are required to keep it at 68 degrees. I know we can have it higher but just let her know its a "state" thing!

                I rarely find myself very cold at 68 degrees but I do always wear my 120 year old sweater-, thats nice and comfy but I usually end up taking it off because I do get to warm.

                Since keeping it strictly at 68 degrees our heating bill has decreased quite a bit!
                Each day is a fresh start
                Never look back on regrets
                Live life to the fullest
                We only get one shot at this!!

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                • Lyss
                  Chaos Coordinator :)
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 1429

                  Originally posted by Country Kids
                  Let her know per the state regs. that you are required to keep it at 68 degrees. I know we can have it higher but just let her know its a "state" thing!

                  I rarely find myself very cold at 68 degrees but I do always wear my 120 year old sweater-, thats nice and comfy but I usually end up taking it off because I do get to warm.

                  Since keeping it strictly at 68 degrees our heating bill has decreased quite a bit!
                  I always have a sweater or something on too as I'm sweatshirt/sweater and jeans person in general but the DCKs are a hot mess if I have them in sweatshirts all day!

                  I'll play up the state part more, thanks CK. I told her before but I don't think I emphasized the state regs so I'll make sure to later as I'm sure she'll have some comment tonight.

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                  • Country Kids
                    Nature Lover
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 5051

                    Originally posted by Lyss
                    I always have a sweater or something on too as I'm sweatshirt/sweater and jeans person in general but the DCKs are a hot mess if I have them in sweatshirts all day!

                    I'll play up the state part more, thanks CK. I told her before but I don't think I emphasized the state regs so I'll make sure to later as I'm sure she'll have some comment tonight.
                    No prob! My state people tell me to blame them as most of the time its usually a regulation in the long run!
                    Each day is a fresh start
                    Never look back on regrets
                    Live life to the fullest
                    We only get one shot at this!!

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                    • JLH
                      New Daycare.com Member
                      • Feb 2013
                      • 124

                      Bombed a tour

                      Here's my rant for the day. Yesterday I did a tour and completely bombed it. I really needed it to go well and it was all going well until 2 children started acting out. I have a 2 and a half year old boy with obvious signs of being developmentally delayed (he doesn't talk yet and has no social skills). He always pushes the other kids and he's bigger than most of them. He pushed someone in front of the parent that was doing the tour and then when we took him into the kitchen to calm down, he proceeded to throw a massive tantrum and even tried to hit my assistant. The other child that was acting up is a 4 year old boy that has figured out I won't correct him or say no in front of tours and parents. Now he acts out every time a tour comes. Plus, he wants all the attention, all the time. He's cost me a few tours now with his behavior. He started running in the house and asking things over and over, like if he could run in the house or scream in the house. Questions that he obviously knew the answer would be no to, but he wanted to see if I would really say no in front of a tour. So... what do I do? I just got relicensed and reopened my daycare 5 months ago. I can't really afford to let go of these kids but they're causing me to lose tours and making me lose money at the same time when I'm still trying to get full.

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                      • daycarediva
                        Daycare.com Member
                        • Jul 2012
                        • 11698

                        I don't do tours with children present. The parent/s would have to sign in as guests and it is one of the perks of being here, no strangers around the kids.

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                        • JLH
                          New Daycare.com Member
                          • Feb 2013
                          • 124

                          I have never heard of that policy before. I think it is great that you are able to do that and I appreciate the advice but I don't think it would work well for us. We have 3 kids of our own and we are open about 12 hours a day, Mon-Fri, so there are always children in our home.

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                          • NeedaVaca
                            Daycare.com Member
                            • Mar 2012
                            • 2276

                            I don't schedule inteviews/tours when my daycare is open either. Why don't you schedule them on the weekends?

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                            • JLH
                              New Daycare.com Member
                              • Feb 2013
                              • 124

                              It's definitely something to discuss with my hubby.

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                              • Play Care
                                Daycare.com Member
                                • Dec 2012
                                • 6642

                                Originally posted by JLH
                                It's definitely something to discuss with my hubby.
                                Ugh, I am so sorry!!!

                                In your situation I would not schedule tours with those children there. I would let hubs know that you are losing out on potential clients because of these kids and you need to have some avaliblity on the evenings/weekends. And really, it's just for now. When you get a better group in you can always change it back. One of the things I do if the only time we can meet is during dc is to preset the parents as to the other children's behavior and that the tour will have to be very brief because you need to be hands on with the kids. I usually say something like "I have a wonderful group right now, but you know some kids have a hard time when there is a new adult in the house. Because it can be so tough on the kids, I'll need to keep the tour very short. I can show you around, give you the paperwork to review (or business card with your web page) and then I have to get back to the kiddos! I'm sure you can appreciate that!" Said with a smile of course

                                Hope you can work things so you can get some kids in there!! Good Luck!

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