Venting Thread

[Play Care]

Back in June I reached out to new teacher mom and asked if she'd like summer drop in care. Was told they could not afford care in the summer AT ALL.
Fine.

Last night I get an email begging for care for today and tomorrow.

I am on VACATION this week as my regular, FT clients are away. In addition I am closed every Friday in July and August as my regular, FT clients are off on Friday. I offer teachers special pricing, but with that I am not going to knock myself out during breaks and vacations (for which they do not pay) It always amuses me that they are getting this significant discount and then are surprised when I don't rush to accommodate them (and all this is spelled out in the handbook)

Anyway my first thought "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine."
And I'm hoping this isn't a sign of things to come.

[Ariana]

Does anyone else just really hate parents!! LOL The stuff I read on here, the things I have experienced I just think that people who leave their kids in care are the worst...give or take a few (who I have yet to meet!!).

I really hate feeling this way but I can't seem to find decent kids to care for and when I do interviews I can smell trouble a mile away. It is really sad that I just can't seem to make my home daycare work the way I want it to. I have interviewed with 4 different families and started 2 different kids since January and I have yet to find parents who care about their kids and kids who are "normal". I just had a visit with a family I am starting in September and the mom now informs me the girl is hitting. UGH. It's a new behavior apparently and she only hits mom. yeah right. So many parents just lie and lie and lie and lie.

I just want a couple of normal kids with normal parents! is that too much to ask? :confused:

[MsLisa]

Last 2 days of camp and these kids have had enough of each other. EVERY ONE of them were fighting this morning over the simplest stupidest things. Like wanting whatever toy someone else has, even though that toy has been sitting unplayed with for months. Now mysteriously everyone wants it. Simple game of Guess Who? Nope. They fought and blamed each other for cheating. The Wii got taken away cause they wouldn't play fair. They simply could not get on the bus fast enough for me.
I'm so burnt out and can not wait for my week vacation this coming week.

(This exactly happened on the last 2 days of school too...where everyone is just "done" and all hell breaks lose before we all part ways.)

[childcaremom]

Dcd is very overprotective of dcg. She just started a few months ago and had a super hard time adjusting.

The last month she is all smiles when she sees me and genuinely enjoys her day.

Today dcd dropped off, she reached out for me, and he was upset by this. I told him "Happy to come and happy to go home with you. That's how we want her."

Seriously. She is happy to come to daycare and you can go to work knowing that she is enjoying yourself. After listening to tons of crying during the adjustment period and not thinking it was going to work, I love this girlie like my own and am so glad I stuck it out! Let's enjoy the progress. Sheesh.

[littletots]

Childcare mom - glad to hear it will be smooth sailing now!

[Annalee]

Dcd is very overprotective of dcg. She just started a few months ago and had a super hard time adjusting.

The last month she is all smiles when she sees me and genuinely enjoys her day.

Today dcd dropped off, she reached out for me, and he was upset by this. I told him "Happy to come and happy to go home with you. That's how we want her."

Seriously. She is happy to come to daycare and you can go to work knowing that she is enjoying yourself. After listening to tons of crying during the adjustment period and not thinking it was going to work, I love this girlie like my own and am so glad I stuck it out! Let's enjoy the progress. Sheesh.

I have a new family with a 3 yr old and 8 mos old that are like this...after the third day, the children bounced in daycare with a smile..mom couldn't handle that...so she started the "I miss you" speech on the way to daycare each morning and now the 3 yr old is in tears when he gets here...I expressed how this is making the morning transition hard for xxxx...to which she replied "I know you think I am weird with my child-rearing"....uh, yeah you are weird! BTW, NO I didn't say that but I think my eyes did::

[Febby]

I didn't sleep well last night which, of course, meant that in the afternoon when my class combined with the other three year old class, I got the new, not-very-good-yet pre-k aide. The other three year old class spends their days running around not listening to their teacher (except at nap, which is, interestingly enough, the only time I'll struggle with that group) so naturally they try to come into my room and trash it. It's to the point where come in the room, line up on the wall, and wait for me to tell them which table station to go to. I can't even trust these kids to just come in the room and sit down at a table. I have to individually direct each one of them. Which is what I'm going to start doing when I'm in their room at the beginning of lunch, too.

[readingiskey]

prayers to you <3

[Play Care]

When I first bought the magnetic tot locks, I purchased two different brands to try out. I bought the one because it said it was easy to install, the other because it looked more durable.
Of course the "easy to install" ones broke almost immediately so today I am replacing them with the other locks. But I misplaced the directions. And DH's tool box is a disaster will drill bits everywhere. So I'm trying to YouTube a how to video but still need to figure out if the drill bit is the correct size - because it was just loosely floating in the tool box.

I will have two 16 months olds in a few weeks so this has to happen today.

[Play Care]

And I kept being prompted to upgrade the laptop to Windows 10, and of course my laptop is acting up in the middle of the update

[Baby Beluga]

When I first bought the magnetic tot locks, I purchased two different brands to try out. I bought the one because it said it was easy to install, the other because it looked more durable.
Of course the "easy to install" ones broke almost immediately so today I am replacing them with the other locks. But I misplaced the directions. And DH's tool box is a disaster will drill bits everywhere. So I'm trying to YouTube a how to video but still need to figure out if the drill bit is the correct size - because it was just loosely floating in the tool box.

I will have two 16 months olds in a few weeks so this has to happen today.

Most drill bits have the size etched in on the bottom. It's usually in ittby bitty writing

[Play Care]

Most drill bits have the size etched in on the bottom. It's usually in ittby bitty writing

Thanks! Not handy at all here::

I finally did figure it out, but after a very embarrassing trip to the hardware store::

[littletots]

My pet peeves dcp sitting child on kitchen counter when they sign log, dcp putting child shoes on kitchen counter or table, dcp carrying child old enough to walk like almost 5. Smh

[Play Care]

Not dc related but I live near a very historic, famous thoroughbred race track. The winner of the Triple Crown of horse racing will be here today to race in Saturdays big race (they are calling his flight here #airhorse1 ). The buzz is ridiculous. But my vent is I have to bring dd over there to see the orthodontist and I know traffic will be a nightmare.

[Second Home]

Dcm was told that she needed to arrange bus transportation to school , I even told her who to call . The bus shows up at the end of the school day and the bus driver tells me she is not authorized to let her off at my house as her home address is the only authorized drop off .

Today dcm shows up with notes for the bus driver and the teacher giving permission to have me as the after school drop off . Dcg probably does not have school today since she went yesterday and they have a staggered start for K ( only a few kids each day for the first week then the whole class on Monday) . So I put dcg on the bus like I was told to . I really hope dcm does not think that I will go and get dcg from school if she is not supposed to be there .

This should not be my responsibility I told dcm over and over the process for school .