Venting Thread

[SilverSabre25]

DS woke up at 5:15 and didn't really go back to sleep. I guess it's a good thing that I accidentally had caffeinated tea at 11:30 last night...I'm wide awake! I can feel the exhaustion hovering under the caffeine though. And I'm solo until 7:30 PM tonight. This is gonna be a long day...

[WoodOx]

DKB, age 4. calls me stupid for bringing in his sweater from outdoors. well had a nice talk with him about treating adults in that manner. and he apologized.
told DKM about and all she said was thats not a nice word to say to someone....WTH. she does not teach her kids how to listen or how to treat an adult. so annoying.
these boys of hers constantly say no to her. i had to tell him in front of his mom, that it is not ok to say that to a adult.
do kids just not get thought to listen and speak to a adult with athority.
i am tired of their ways.

[Angelsj]

DKB, age 4. calls me stupid for bringing in his sweater from outdoors. well had a nice talk with him about treating adults in that manner. and he apologized.
told DKM about and all she said was thats not a nice word to say to someone....WTH. she does not teach her kids how to listen or how to treat an adult. so annoying.
these boys of hers constantly say no to her. i had to tell him in front of his mom, that it is not ok to say that to a adult.
do kids just not get thought to listen and speak to a adult with athority.
i am tired of their ways.

Sorry, but I have to disagree here. You do NOT deserve special respect just because you are an adult. We should treat ALL people with respect.
My Dh tried that for a long time, and no, I do not want my kids listening to ALL adults just because they are adults. That is how abuse happens.
Calling you stupid is not ok, but not because you are an adult, but because we just don't treat people that way.

[lindysmiles]

OMG! Seriously? Seriously?!?!?

I just sent home DCG due to lethargy and 2 episodes of diarrhea this morning. She laid there all morning, hasn't eaten a thing, barely drinking fluids, and 2 huge nasty liquid diapers with a most terrible foul odor. I couldn't get parents for 3 hours, and when I did guess what! DCG didn't eat or do anything yesterday either. She threw up and had diarrhea all day. They thought maybe she drank some bad milk. And I quote, "we never knew this could be a stomach virus" and "I didn't know stomach viruses were contagious. If I did, I never would have brought her". Are you friggin' kiddin' me? It's the first time I had to use my backbone, and refer them to the symptoms listed in their handbook. She has all of them except for fever. dlaskjglkfjhlshjosighjulksdjgl.....

Happy Monday! I think I'm overly annoyed because 2 weeks ago they told me this same DCG was snotting and coughing with fever due to teething. Then mom let it slip that DCG was on antibiotics for resp infection last week. All of my DCKs got sick from her "teething". I need to figure out how to handle this....

[BumbleBee]

Last week dcm asks if dcg can come on an unscheduled day. I say yes because I have a spot open. Dcm says gma will p/u dcg at 3 that day. I politely tell her that dcg will need to be p/u before 2:30 or after 3:30 as I do a school run from 2:50-3:20 every day. Says she'll p/u at 2:30. Grandma p/u today and informs me that she'll just keep dcg on unscheduled day because I can't watch dcg after 2.

Um....no, that's not what I said. I begin to explain to gma that I do a school run and she starts talking over me about how she doesn't understand why she can't p/u dcg at 3 and don't I have an open door policy, blah blah blah. I let her finish talking, try to explain and the same thing happens. I literally put my hand up, said "stop" and told her You are welcome to come at 3 but WE WON'T BE HERE. We will be at the school picking up our sa's. Gma then says "I'll just keep her that day since you can't watch her after 2 for some reason." *head meet desk*

[wahmof3]

Ugh vent

sometimes I wonder if I am REALLY cut out for this career.

So many policies were broken already this morning.

DCK #1 arrives with toy in hand from home and it makes tons of noise.

DCK #2 arrives completely out of control- running around my house

DCK #3 arrives crying bc that what she does every.single.morning.

DCK #4 (my only SA DCK) is stomping his feet at the coloring table, while DCK #3 is crying. I ask him to stop bc my DH works nights and is asleep. He says I'm making thunder (as DCK #1 starts stomping his feet too) and I ask him again to stop bc DH is sleeping and his reply: I DON'T CARE! All of this while DCK #3 is still crying and DCM (for DCK 3) is still here.

Is it closing time yet? All of this was before 8am!!!!

[Play Care]

OMG!!!! Stop the fake coughing, throat clearing, big yawns, foot tapping, etc. etc. etc. JUST. STOP. IT.

[BumbleBee]

Toddler wakes up from nap screaming. Won't play, eat, drink, walk, be held....just screams. No fever, been fine all day-not usually a screamer.

This continues for 30 minutes. Call mom.

"Oh he got 7 shots yesterday, his legs probably hurt."

YA THINK???????????

I sent him home.

[Sunshine74]

It was a bad day all around, behavior wise. Even our best behaved kids were in trouble all day. And our challenging kids were even more challenging. I was glad to go home today.

[AmyLeigh]

Dcm wants to negotiate rates now that dcg is potty trained. Um, no. 1) I dont have different rates for different ages and 2) considering I charge based on attendance, if you want to save money keep your kid with you on your days off! Uggggg.

[BumbleBee]

It was a bad day all around, behavior wise. Even our best behaved kids were in trouble all day. And our challenging kids were even more challenging. I was glad to go home today.

We had one of those days here too!

[KnoxMom]

Oatmeal in my hair, her hair, on the table, on her clothes and bowl on the floor. She is crying with laughter; I am crying in agony. Happy Friday everyone!

[delferka]

home daycare hours

What are your hours? I have z home daycare and I have a parent that always wants to come early then never shows up on time. This makes me have to start my day a half hour earlier than I have to. Last year I told him he couldn't come before 8 any longer. (that's when everyone else comes.) It really ticks me off when I could have another half hour of sleep. Thoughts?

[AngiesCareXYZ]

happyface I am right there with you! My husband gives me no credit for all that i do and then has the goll to tell me how he is out of the house all day and works his butt of to pay the bills. The least I can do is keep the house a little cleaner or do some laundry. Umm hello!? Who works 6 days a wk with 12 hr shifts of kids. Let alone all the paperwork that goes with that and food and noses and diapers and and and and.... then there is the house, you, our kids, the animals, the yard, and the grocery shopping.

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.

[sharlan]

SIL is upstairs with food poisoning and trying to do laundry in between bathroom runs. The laundry room is DIRECTLY above where my 2 babies are sleeping and the water heater is in the same room. One baby has woke up twice. Dryer is now off and washer will be shortly.