Venting Thread

[Play Care]

Baby talk

A couple of my dc kids have new babies in the house. Since then we've had a lot of baby talk here and it's driving me crazy! If they ask me for something in baby talk I'll either pretend I can't hear or say "I think someone is trying to ask me something but I don't understand. Maybe if they ask like a big kid I can help." which helps if they are addressing me... Not so much when they are talking to each other.
Nails on a chalkboard.

[tehck_1013]

Sittercity nanny post....

"We have two children 10 y/o boy & 6 y/o girl without special needs. We would like to find a nanny to watch & participate with them in activities this summer while we are at work. The kids are social so someone with children would be great assuming the kids aren't going to learn a bunch of bad behaviors. There will be several weeks this summer where the kids will be elsewhere, so it won't be full time all summer. I'm new to the area, so I'm not sure of the going rate for this type of care. Please contact me and we can discuss details further. Thanks for taking a look!"


Was the special needs comment needed? Seriously, where did that come from? Nobody asked.

[Unregistered]

Why?

Why do people have kids when their jobs are more important to them? I will never understand it! It's disgusting. Your kids should always be #1 priority period.

I feel better thanks for this venting thread

[LysesKids]

I should have known better

I am a little desperate to fill these 2 spots ( I only have 2 kids in care at moment) and everything was ok till last week ( I had a drop-in kid almost everyday for 4 weeks); backstory, scheduled a new to the area mom that needed care 4-5 days for interview 2 months ago… excuse after excuse why she was no show (first one was she was a baby coach for a friend who went into labor - confirmed)… I finally wrote her off, come to find out she never switched childcare when she moved, but now her schedule has changed and she has to switch.

I agreed 2 days ago to give her one more chance when she called and we set an interview for 6pm after my babies were gone for the day… NO SHOW, NO CALL. I texted, and got "OH CRAP, I forgot". Fool me once with the garbage, now you are definantly on my NO WAY IN HELL LIST as a family I want in care.

That just added to the headach of my oldest kid went to DR AGAIN ( she was one that was sent last Saturday)… now she is on a Nebulizer and she just turned a year old. OK, I'm good as long as both parents pay ontime tomorrow

[daycarediva]

I had 4 out of 6 preschoolers come in either whining or crying today. Obviously no naps and lots of junk food and little structure but OMG. My BEST behaved child has whined ALL DAY LONG about missing her Mommy (honestly, she misses Mommy being 1:1 with her and having no rules). She NEVER whines or cries, so I'm trying to grin and bear it, but MAN!

Potty words, no manners, writing in applesauce at lunch, tantrums, freaking out over sharing a sand and water table with 1 kid (meant for 4) etc.

STICK A FORK IN ME, I'M DONE!!!!!! Early naps are had by all.

[Unregistered]

Dcm brings 2 year old, said she had diarrhea and fever over the weekend day but no fever today so she should be "fine." SA kid is an annoying brat. I'm exhausted and don't even want to play with my own kids at the end of the day because doing daycare gas worn me out. I hate this job. I hate it I hate it I hate it. I'm only doing it for the money. Disclaimer: I'm awesome at my job. But I frigging hate it. Worst job ever. Terrible pay. Terrible hours. Parents ****. Such a waste of my education.

[sally]

Earlier this month I had emergency surgery to have my gallbladder and appendix removed and spent a week in the hospital. My families weren't thrilled but understood that I would be off while I healed. Since it was emergency surgery I was cut open from about 4 inches below my belly button up to my breast bone. I had 50 staples. Big incision and needed recovery time. I did start my daycare back up on Tuesday. My neighbor contacted me about watching her grandson. I had told her no I needed to recuperate and was having a hard time watching my own kids. Well now I needed the money and started mine back up. I have 4 daycare kids and 2 of my own. That's all I can legally watch. The neighbor won't leave me alone. She called me several times over the last couple days. I explained it to her but she just doesn't care. I had to block her from calling me today because from 6 am until I blocked her at 11:30 she had tried calling me 15 times. She doesn't want to pay me, but wants to have her 7 year old grandson here some days all day, sometimes 6 hours, sometimes 30 minutes. I'm not getting rid of paying clients to watch a child for free. I don't do this job for fun.

[saved4always]

Earlier this month I had emergency surgery to have my gallbladder and appendix removed and spent a week in the hospital. My families weren't thrilled but understood that I would be off while I healed. Since it was emergency surgery I was cut open from about 4 inches below my belly button up to my breast bone. I had 50 staples. Big incision and needed recovery time. I did start my daycare back up on Tuesday. My neighbor contacted me about watching her grandson. I had told her no I needed to recuperate and was having a hard time watching my own kids. Well now I needed the money and started mine back up. I have 4 daycare kids and 2 of my own. That's all I can legally watch. The neighbor won't leave me alone. She called me several times over the last couple days. I explained it to her but she just doesn't care. I had to block her from calling me today because from 6 am until I blocked her at 11:30 she had tried calling me 15 times. She doesn't want to pay me, but wants to have her 7 year old grandson here some days all day, sometimes 6 hours, sometimes 30 minutes. I'm not getting rid of paying clients to watch a child for free. I don't do this job for fun.

Wow, I don't understand people who think you want to watch their kids or grandkids for free, especially regularly like that. I hope she gets the hint!

[TwinKristi]

Earlier this month I had emergency surgery to have my gallbladder and appendix removed and spent a week in the hospital. My families weren't thrilled but understood that I would be off while I healed. Since it was emergency surgery I was cut open from about 4 inches below my belly button up to my breast bone. I had 50 staples. Big incision and needed recovery time. I did start my daycare back up on Tuesday. My neighbor contacted me about watching her grandson. I had told her no I needed to recuperate and was having a hard time watching my own kids. Well now I needed the money and started mine back up. I have 4 daycare kids and 2 of my own. That's all I can legally watch. The neighbor won't leave me alone. She called me several times over the last couple days. I explained it to her but she just doesn't care. I had to block her from calling me today because from 6 am until I blocked her at 11:30 she had tried calling me 15 times. She doesn't want to pay me, but wants to have her 7 year old grandson here some days all day, sometimes 6 hours, sometimes 30 minutes. I'm not getting rid of paying clients to watch a child for free. I don't do this job for fun.

Hello!! Take a hint!!!

[Unregistered]

so, yesterday we took the kids to the park for a special treat, picnic, supposedly fun time
and 7 out of the 9 kids were holy terrors
they tried to run from me when we were sitting down eating, they threw sand in my face, when it was time to go, they hid from me and all the sahm's were snickering and talking about them

If I would have had a huge supply of birth control I would have made a fortune!

They are very rarely like this
They turned into aliens yesterday

[thanes1]

I'm so happy this thread is here for me to vent in the future, I know it will come in handy.

[deliberateliterate]

Food in hand

It was past 9, and everyone was here except one DCB4. I texted DCD who said he's be right over, so I got a picnic snack all packed, got the kids sunscreened and dressed to go to the park, and we went outside to wait for him.

He finally comes out of his house (across the street) with a big plate of syruped waffles! I had to make one of the younger kids walk so he could sit in the stroller and eat his breakfast on the way to the park. I don't have a no outside food rule, because most times I don't mind, but really???

In the past week, this kid had come with a giant container of open chocolate milk (that got taken from him before I even closed the door on DCD...not a battle I want to fight with the rest of my kids on why they can't have chocolate milk) - 50 grams of sugar!! And last time it was a box of candycorn. That one is still sitting on my counter. It's an ongoing joke between H and I. "What did **** bring for breakfast today??"

[deliberateliterate]

dcm brings 2 year old, said she had diarrhea and fever over the weekend day but no fever today so she should be "fine." sa kid is an annoying brat. i'm exhausted and don't even want to play with my own kids at the end of the day because doing daycare gas worn me out. I hate this job. I hate it i hate it i hate it. I'm only doing it for the money. Disclaimer: I'm awesome at my job. But i frigging hate it. Worst job ever. terrible pay. Terrible hours. Parents ****. Such a waste of my education.

ditto!!

[LadyK8]

Colic. I don't think I need to say anything else.

[jgcp]

Have watched a DCB for a year now. Grandma had custody of him cause mom was in rehab and dad wasnt around. Dad came around and got custody of him but grandma was still doing everything, drop offs pick ups and paying me when des ran out. Now mom is back and she is really trying buuuttt no one has paid me for 3 weeks and i gave them a bill AND had mom sign a new contract and explained that i needed to be paid so we could start new week fresh. Needless to say she never brough DCB the next day so i text her asking if she was at least going to bring the payment owed she said " i think ill bring it fri" ummm ok. Its thur should i send a text reminding her that she needs to pay tomorrow or wait till tomorrow??? I think i might drop? i really hate to only because im probably the only constant in his life right now any suggestions