Venting Thread

[Daycaremomma01]

Ahhh!
I just wanna tell DCM “this is my contract, take it or leave it!”

Back story: I provide daycare for family. (Yes, I know, first mistake - when they term(and I know they will sooner than later) I won’t take on any more family, period.
After some issues with one family (three kids, my biggest income) and posting here, I decided to make a contract. Let parents know last week that it would be coming home Monday (sent with parents at drop off this Monday morning).
This particular dcm texted asking if we could talk about it at pick up, she had some questions, wanted to make sure she understood what a couple things meant.
Literally questioned everything -“what do you mean by ‘my house rules apply at drop off and pick up?” “so I can’t give Tylenol and then bring to you?” “So if I’m late, you’re charging me more?” “One drop/pick up? So I can’t drop the baby off and hubby bring the boys later?” “So these days you can’t keep them? What if I don’t have time to take off?”(all major holidays and one week for a previously planned vaca before she asked me to keep her kids) “well dcb1 has a sensitive gag reflex, if he throws up because if that do I have to pick up?” “DCKs have allergies, I can’t call in every time one has a runny nose or gets sick...”
And then this morning She had the nerve to ask for a family or a sibling discount (when I’m beating anyone arounds Prices by $5-15/child/day, if not more!) because there will be weeks in the summer where she will be paying me $300/week for 3 kids!

I just wanna yell at her!
Thanks for letting me vent. Shew.

[boy_mom]

Ahhh!
I just wanna tell DCM “this is my contract, take it or leave it!”

Back story: I provide daycare for family. (Yes, I know, first mistake - when they term(and I know they will sooner than later) I won’t take on any more family, period.
After some issues with one family (three kids, my biggest income) and posting here, I decided to make a contract. Let parents know last week that it would be coming home Monday (sent with parents at drop off this Monday morning).
This particular dcm texted asking if we could talk about it at pick up, she had some questions, wanted to make sure she understood what a couple things meant.
Literally questioned everything -“what do you mean by ‘my house rules apply at drop off and pick up?” “so I can’t give Tylenol and then bring to you?” “So if I’m late, you’re charging me more?” “One drop/pick up? So I can’t drop the baby off and hubby bring the boys later?” “So these days you can’t keep them? What if I don’t have time to take off?”(all major holidays and one week for a previously planned vaca before she asked me to keep her kids) “well dcb1 has a sensitive gag reflex, if he throws up because if that do I have to pick up?” “DCKs have allergies, I can’t call in every time one has a runny nose or gets sick...”
And then this morning She had the nerve to ask for a family or a sibling discount (when I’m beating anyone arounds Prices by $5-15/child/day, if not more!) because there will be weeks in the summer where she will be paying me $300/week for 3 kids!

I just wanna yell at her!
Thanks for letting me vent. Shew.

This is definitely a preview of how she is going to be as a client, so be prepared to enforce EVERY. SINGLE. RULE. each day with her.

Honestly she sounds awful, if you can let her go, I would use this opportunity to tell her you may no longer be a good fit for her family!

[BumbleBee]

Friggin parent. 1:30pm, smack in the middle of nap time. *Bang bang bang* HAPPY MAY DAY! As her kid clangs his noise maker.

Me: "thanks. It's nap time." Take flowers and shut the door on them.

[Firefly]

Friggin parent. 1:30pm, smack in the middle of nap time. *Bang bang bang* HAPPY MAY DAY! As her kid clangs his noise maker.

Me: "thanks. It's nap time." Take flowers and shut the door on them.

Are you serious? Wow

[BumbleBee]

Are you serious? Wow

Dead serious. It's cool that they celebrate this holiday and all but c'mon, it's nap time. Her kid has been here for 2.5 years. Nap time hasn't changed. And she'd be the first to complain if someone woke up her kid.

Should I have responded the way I did? No. Do I feel bad about it? Also no.

[Hunni Bee]

It is NOT necessary to pack 8 food items, two drinks and a treat in a preschooler's lunch. Especially if you left all of the items in their original packaging, which your child can't open by themselves. It is also not a good idea to pack soft berries in plastic bags. Also, mac and cheese doesn't do well at the park. Also, yogurt in a lunchbox with no ice pack on a 90° degree day can and WILL explode. Also, Reese's PEANUT BUTTER Cups are in fact a nut product.

Grrr.

[Mom2Two]

Friggin parent. 1:30pm, smack in the middle of nap time. *Bang bang bang* HAPPY MAY DAY! As her kid clangs his noise maker.

Me: "thanks. It's nap time." Take flowers and shut the door on them.

Is she a passive aggressive type? I keep wondering if she's trying to be a problem on purpose.

[Mom2Two]

Ahhh!
I just wanna tell DCM “this is my contract, take it or leave it!”

Back story: I provide daycare for family. (Yes, I know, first mistake - when they term(and I know they will sooner than later) I won’t take on any more family, period.
After some issues with one family (three kids, my biggest income) and posting here, I decided to make a contract. Let parents know last week that it would be coming home Monday (sent with parents at drop off this Monday morning).
This particular dcm texted asking if we could talk about it at pick up, she had some questions, wanted to make sure she understood what a couple things meant.
Literally questioned everything -“what do you mean by ‘my house rules apply at drop off and pick up?” “so I can’t give Tylenol and then bring to you?” “So if I’m late, you’re charging me more?” “One drop/pick up? So I can’t drop the baby off and hubby bring the boys later?” “So these days you can’t keep them? What if I don’t have time to take off?”(all major holidays and one week for a previously planned vaca before she asked me to keep her kids) “well dcb1 has a sensitive gag reflex, if he throws up because if that do I have to pick up?” “DCKs have allergies, I can’t call in every time one has a runny nose or gets sick...”
And then this morning She had the nerve to ask for a family or a sibling discount (when I’m beating anyone arounds Prices by $5-15/child/day, if not more!) because there will be weeks in the summer where she will be paying me $300/week for 3 kids!

I just wanna yell at her!
Thanks for letting me vent. Shew.

Are you allowed to take another family and still be unlicensed? If you could take on another family soon, it would be softened when they quit. And also, the first family might be a bit more manageable when they see that the same rules apply to everyone.

[Daycaremomma01]

Are you allowed to take another family and still be unlicensed? If you could take on another family soon, it would be softened when they quit. And also, the first family might be a bit more manageable when they see that the same rules apply to everyone.

With the kids I have currently, I can take on one more child, unrelated.

[CountryRoads]

Dcg gets downstairs, dcm takes off her shoes and says "we need to take off your shoes, you have mud all over them from playing in the field yesterday." This is AFTER walking all through our upstairs to get downstairs.

Upon further investigation, it is mud mixed with POOP. Outside they went

[Flowerchild]

I had a great day yesterday. But today was assessment again and my kids are misbehavung. All because one won't behave and isn't usually here until afterschool. She's been a mess this week as well. My boss wrote me up this week and I can't get kids yo listen so it's been a struggle. I'm ready to go home. My boss played happiness police and I feel under watch this week. Everything I do is going yo be wrong. At least I feel like I'm being treated luke everything I did during assement was bad or wrong. And I'm always nervous around my coworkers now. It's been a struggle lately at work for us all but I feel like I got punished for being over this place. Treated badly for some reason. I'm really in a bad mood right now. Sorry boss 😞

[BumbleBee]

I really love it when I catch allergies from coughing, sneezing, snotting children.

[CountryRoads]

I really love it when I catch allergies from coughing, sneezing, snotting children.

I had my first allergy excuse this morning.

"She has a bad cough, but no fever. It must be allergies."

I don't know for sure that it's not allergies, but she has been coughing non stop during nap. She has not slept at all and neither has my own child. Is the day almost over?!

[BumbleBee]

I had my first allergy excuse this morning.

"She has a bad cough, but no fever. It must be allergies."

I don't know for sure that it's not allergies, but she has been coughing non stop during nap. She has not slept at all and neither has my own child. Is the day almost over?!

Turns out it was strep throat. Lovely.

[MamaG2903]

Why are my worst daycare kids the children of TEACHERS?! You literally spend all day dealing with other people's children and YOUR child is completely out of control and undisciplined. It boggles the mind!

Also, June can't come fast enough so I can give notice to a teacher who has the most horribly behaved child I've ever had the displeasure of knowing. If I even make it to June after this week.