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Do you know why there's no food left DCD? It's because it is now 11:45 and lunch was over at 11:30. And yes you do need to go get her something to eat. "Why didn't we save her a plate"?, you ask. Because you didn't call and ask us to. "That's not fair", you say. What's not fair is that you didn't feed your child all morning, you show up after lunch expecting a plate and then tell us not to worry about feeding DCK. No, you will not get a pass on this. Ok, rant over. I've holding this in all day. I don't know why this particular situation bothered me as much as it did. It's not the first time I've dealt with this.
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I hate when first time moms act as though I don't know how to handle more than one child if one of them is an infant. My current DCM is super sweet and nice, but we were talking about their plans to have another baby and she said she would love for to watch both kids when the baby comes, but she is hoping it will work out so the newborn can stay with grandma for at least a few weeks when her maternity leave ends, so she doesn't have to bring both kids and have me "deal" with a 6 week old. I know she is trying to make things easy on me, but it is kind of insulting. "Dealing" with children is my job and I feel like it is more about saving a few weeks of payment, rather than helping me out, because I would rather have the newborn from the beginning, than after it spends 6 weeks with mom and then a month with Grandma, and then comes to me and I have to undo all the things they have done! (mom takes AP to a whole new level sometimes and will make grandma follow her lead) The majority of my previous experience in childcare was mutliple newborn care (identical 8 week old triplets was my last nanny job!), yet she doesn't seem to think I can handle one 6 week old??? Thanks for the vent thread! This is going to come in handy!!
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Snow days and school agers. That is all.Comment
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Tonight I received this text: Been working on potty training. Going pretty well. We give her one m&m for pee and 2 for poop. We'll send a bag of m&ms.
Ummmm.....No.Comment
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Yes, DCD, you can put your son down at drop off! (Every day he hands him to me to carry to the kitchen for breakfast- he is 22 months old and can most definitely walk! Last Friday when he handed him to me I took two steps then had to put him down- I am 35 weeks pregnant and it's hard to carry him! So today he holds him, looks at me, and asks "should I just put him down?!) THIS is why he acts like he does and won't adjust well at ALL when your new baby comes in 2 months!!! This boy cries all day long when I'm not holding/interacting with him (and often even when I am!) and doesn't want to be in daycare .. Most likely because I won't baby him like he gets at home and he's only here half days. DCM wants to work just two full days next year when she goes back to teaching in the fall... glad I won't be his provider
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Thank you for bringing dcg here this morning after she tells you her belly hurts . She looks awful and says she is warm . In less than 30 minutes of being here she is puking all over my floors .
Oh and I love the surprise look when I said she can not come back tomorrow .Comment
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I'm just exhausted the last few weeks. (P.S. I have only been doing daycare for 6 months!). It doesn't help that it's winter and freezing. I have a 5mo DCK who spits up 10-20 times per day, I have told DCM this, her Dr says it's fine. I lay down blankets under the baby but I have to change them out so often it adds a load of laundry every. Day. My own family of 4 barely makes that! And I usually have to clean 3 spots out of the carpet everyday, and change my clothes at least once a day! I'm sick of it.
My other daycare family I have to change my 2015 policies for because I am so sick of them. Most likely I am going to end up terming them because they just don't get it. There is just too much to even vent about with that family. I'm pretty sure when I tell them I don't offer sibling discounts and I now only take one baby at a time, they will start looking elsewhere (my infant spot is taken plus I have one on the way).
I'm mad at myself because I think I should have waited until we moved to start doing daycare. Our house is 950 sq ft...it's just not enough space, I don't like the feeling of sharing the whole house. And then once our house does sell, it seems like if we but a house I will be working just to pay for the extra cost of the extra space, plus some extra. But If we just got a double wide and put it on our land, we would break even...but obviously a double wide isn't as nice and DH loves having a basement for all of his man stuff. I hate hard decisions.Comment
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Who are you kidding that double wides aren't nice, hell my new single wide is fine for 4 babies and me and it's energy star rated. You can not only underpin them, but manufactured homes can be put on permanent foundations too... some are better than cheap stick built now - have you even checked into a dblewide lately to see the new improvements? If you own the land , build a small man cave separate from the house... bet hubby would be happy thenComment
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Absolutely true. My family owned a dealership, and I was AMAZED at how far the manufactured home business has come-energy efficient, nice looking, tons of upgrades available. I considered buying one about 8 years ago when I went into one and found a closet bigger than my bedroom at the time (beautiful closet with build-ins galore!).Comment
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Double wides can be nice, and I've seen some very nice ones. But in terms of investment potential they are terrible. If you have 60-75 grand (as much as some basic doubles cost) you'd be better off putting that money down on a traditional house.
The problem is that it doesn't matter how much you dress them up, to the bank/insurance companies A trailer is a trailer is a trailer...
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Agreed, however I know basics here that run 40-50,000 and they are energy star; my house was 21,000 including the heat pump and then I added gutters, shutters, decks and rain chains; I own it outright ( house by itself was bought in cash)... essentially what I would have paid to rent for 2.5-3 years here. My home was appraised at 35,000 for insurance reasons less than 12 months ago & my home was bought 18 months ago. Some of the homes hold value better than others if you have the right add ons. Energy Star homes are built a certain way for a reason. I know if I owned the land I might think differently, however I rent the lot and know I will move again in the next 10 years...it was cheaper for me because it is Just Me unless the babies are hereDouble wides can be nice, and I've seen some very nice ones. But in terms of investment potential they are terrible. If you have 60-75 grand (as much as some basic doubles cost) you'd be better off putting that money down on a traditional house.
The problem is that it doesn't matter how much you dress them up, to the bank/insurance companies A trailer is a trailer is a trailer...Comment
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The nice thing about a single or double wide would be that I wouldn't have to do daycare anymore. Even if I wanted to, it's pretty far out in the country. So my concern about keeping the daycare stuff separate from my kids stuff wouldn't matter.I have seen some really nice trailers-I love them! But a basement is really nice too for tornadoes, you're right DH can heat the garage for a man cave.Comment
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I don't understand the rush to potty train.
I have a 2y3m DCG that is not ready in the slightest. She is just starting to talk, has zero interest in the potty, and can't even really follow simple directions yet. She has been really late to hit pretty much all of her milestones; she just isn't ready.
But because she's over 2, it must be time, right?? DCM is lovely, but clueless. Her friend gave her a giant box of pull ups, and that's her main reason for starting.
She refuses to even sit on the potty at home, but "you'll put her on the potty every 20-30 minutes, right?" Nope. I've been putting her on 3 or 4 times a day when I think of it for over a week now, and not even one pee. But I'll keep doing it, and maybe when I run through her stash of pullups and she realizes how expensive they are, she'll back off.Comment
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