Venting Thread

[gumdrops]

You may bring breakfast to my home if it's before 8:00 and it's healthy. Mom of DCG brings her a hard boiled egg. So, I peel the egg that wasn't boiled correctly because the shell is not coming off good. Then she informs me that she doesn't like the yolk. In the process of trying to remove that from the not perfectly boiled egg, I get egg yolk crumbles all over the table. Annoying!

[amberrose3dg]

EEEKS!!!!

Speaking of doors, the kids are all too eager to open the front door when parents come or when more kids come for the day, so my latest thing has been telling them 'Opening the door is MY job'! I have that 1 parent who allows her dds to do anything they please with no consequences.

Yeah nope! I had a 6 year old open my door yesterday. I told him he is not to open my door!

[Josiegirl]

In my case it's the swarms of nasty little red beetles & wasps that come in my door... worse than any old flies

EEEKS!!!!

Speaking of doors, the kids are all too eager to open the front door when parents come or when more kids come for the day, so my latest thing has been telling them 'Opening the door is MY job'! I have that 1 parent who allows her dds to do anything they please with no consequences.

[LysesKids]

Please close the door. Close the door please. CLOSE THE @!&%$!$% DOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!! The parents are worse than the kids about it (the kids don't like flies in the house any more than I do!). ::

In my case it's the swarms of nasty little red beetles & wasps that come in my door... worse than any old flies

[Leigh]

STOP LEAVING MY DOOR OPEN WHILE YOU TALK TO YOUR CHILD AND ASK HOW THEIR DAY WAS!!!! You’ve only let in about a bajillion flies. Thank you!

Please close the door. Close the door please. CLOSE THE @!&%$!$% DOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!! The parents are worse than the kids about it (the kids don't like flies in the house any more than I do!). ::

[Ac114]

STOP LEAVING MY DOOR OPEN WHILE YOU TALK TO YOUR CHILD AND ASK HOW THEIR DAY WAS!!!! You’ve only let in about a bajillion flies. Thank you!

[Hippygal]

WTF was I thinking!?!

Hello all! I opened my family childcare in CA just 4 short months ago. I’m caring for age 0-12, but so far have only 3 kiddos on various days, between the age of 5-7 months. I also have my own 2 year old daughter. I can’t help but thinking WTF was I thinking!?! Seriously, who on earth could care for 3 infants and a toddler at the same time alone?!? I am so ready to give up! The first 2 kids were great(one is 5 months, the other is 7 months)... they’re each here 2 days/week, one day over-lapping, and very mild tempered. If they’re crying it’s because they need their basic needs met.... BUT THE 3rd infant is 7 months old, here 5 days, and CONSTANTLY NEEDS TO BE HELD. If I put her down, she army crawls while whimpering to wherever I am. It is affecting everyone else here, including myself and my daughter. I honestly don’t think I was cut out for this line of work. I love kids, I’m great with them... but being STUCK at home ALL day with crying babies that aren’t my own?!? No thanks!!! If I were getting calls for children 3+ & my House was filled with messy toddlers, I think it would be more tolerable.... but infants- i just don’t think I was built to care for more than one infant at a time!!!! Any words of advice on how to stay sane while running an at home daycare would be fabulous!!!! Going batty here!

[homeishere]

Why did I not close for my birthday? Definitely regretting it now. 😭

[Josiegirl]

Parents that come in and disrupt the routine and the group really pi$$ me off. If they want to coddle their child/ren and whisk away their whimpers and tears about staying, do it outside. Don't come into the house while I'm trying to prepare breakfast for hungry kids who are excited because 2 more just walked in and their mommy is evidently here to do ring around the rosey with everybody or read stories(twins picked out Oh The Places You'll Go, do you have any idea how long that book is????). Your kids have been here 3 years!!! They're milking you for all the attention they can get! Do it on your time, not mine.


Then dcm drops off dcb at noon, already asleep and sees everyone else already laying down, tells me she can take him out and put him into crib, then shows me how to work a white noise machine; he starts crying when she puts him down and shushes him...So 10 minutes later he's sleeping but all the others are wide awake.

Parents.......I've parented 4 of my own and partnered with 100 other parents for years in raising others. Yes, they're your child/ren but it's my business, my group, my routine, and I'm no newbie at this.

[Jupadia]

Where have all my plastic spoons gone.. ..

Lots of knives (dont use them accept my own kid and for playdough)
Some forks
Just enough spoons
(Some may be in my kids lost and found at school)

[Ac114]

I don’t take enough time off. Being a new provider and needing to get people enrolled, I didn’t think to take very many days off to be there for the families. Well it’s not working for me. I know we just had Memorial Day off but I already need another day off. More like a week off! 🤣

[Country Kids]

When you ask parents to make sure to bring a water bottle that I can keep here since weather is turning hot and also make sure to apply sunscreen to child before dropping off in the mornings.

5 children here-1 brought a water bottle (mom didn't have child last night-dad's night and she made sure to stop off on the way to work and drop one off). 3 have sunscreen on.

I can't worry about it................

[Ac114]

Tired of people responding to my ad asking about me and my rates but when i email back...they dont respond. My rates are the lowest in the area and centers are $400/week. If my rates are the problem..then good luck! But I think its rude for them to not reply back.

I feel ya! At least reply with something even if you aren’t interested.

[Blackcat31]

I don't remember the username of the member whose nephew this was (missing child) but I found an update. It is all heartbreaking.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emily-g...arent-suicide/

That is really sad on many levels

[Cat Herder]

I don't remember the username of the member whose nephew this was (missing child) but I found an update. It is all heartbreaking.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emily-glass-lucas-hernandez-case-woman-who-led-private-investigator-to-stepsons-remains-dead-in-apparent-suicide/