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Parents that call Friday afternoon and want childcare for three kids by Monday morning.
Uh, NO!
Uh, NO!
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Was on vacation and had a dcm parent text me several times about things that were not an emergency.
I eventually stopped responding, then find out she complained to another dcm that I wasn't writing back
I was on vacation. Leave me alone!Comment
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They don't get it until we make it cost them something. :hug:
Maybe if you start charging $1 per text and $1 per minute for phone calls after hours she would get the message?
I tell mine that there is no such thing as an after hours daycare emergency, only family emergencies. That I turn off my business phone at closing time and only have it on during open hours. I do allow emails and will check them Sunday evenings in case it is something that will effect Monday morning.- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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I always tell them exactly that...then they get a bit embarrassed or at the very least, stop texting...
I text reply
"AUTO REPLY: ABC Child Care is currently closed. I am spending quality time with my family. Anything business related will be addressed during business hours when child care re-opens. Thank you for respecting my valued privacy."
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Bad storm. Power's been out at our center since 10:30, sent out a text asking people who can to please come pick up their kids but we are staying open through nap time without power... we had already ordered pizza for lunch (Pizza Friday) so we ate pizza in the dark, luckily we only had 8 ids here today total anyway- but then one of my daycare moms texts me and asks me not to put her baby down for his second nap and to keep him awake until 3 when she picks up because they're driving to the lake and she wants him to sleep then. First of all, I'd prefer your child not even be here right now... plus I know she's working from home right now, you want me to entertain your 11 month old for 3 hours in the dark by himself during and after his normal nap time??? We have no sleep music/sound machines right now, no bottle warmer, and he ****S at playing on his own. Let alone in the dark. He's also a high pitched screamer. I love the kid. But I am NOT skipping his nap. Especially with no power.
(Using the hotspot from my iPhone to type this, FYI, I needed to vent)Comment
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Pull-ups
Happy Monday not!
Dcm comes in saying her kid has a dentist appointment in the afternoon and will be picking up at nap time and will bring her back after her appointment. Ummm what? No! One drop off and pick up per day. Pick up at nap time not cool! Do people not have common sense anymore??Comment
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Potty training fail
I'm so sorry. I feel ya. I am struggling with this same thing. DCM is following the book called "oh crap" which is a method to have several days at home without any pants on at all and give them a crash course in potty training. The idea is they feel it running down their legs and are better about to comprehend what's going on. I allowed the DCG to come back after she was finding success at home with this method and not having accidents. So she came back wearing a long dress & no underwear. She had so many accidents last week I almost lost my mind! I see now that it was my mistake to let her come back until she successfully wore underwear at home and still didn't have any accidents before she came to play with friends and had the added distractions. Plus at home her mom is asking her a thousand times a day if she needs to go and just putting her on the potty on her own accord. Here she has to go potty at each of our transition times but then several times pooped ON MY FLOOR! 5 minutes after she had just peed in the potty.
What would you do? Also this same dcg is a terrible nuisance to others, hits others often, and doesn't nap well. About to let her go.Comment
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Tell dcm that she's got to come in either underwear or pullup because of sanitary reasons!!!! If DHR came to our center and found out about what was happening, we would be written up immediately!!!Comment
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It makes me wonder what some parents would think if they witnessed another child cop a squat right next to their child while they played in daycare. As a parent, I’d be appalled and would question the cleanliness of where my child was attending daycare.
Somehow it’s perfectly acceptable if their own child is doing it in a daycare setting though. 🤷*♀️Comment
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This is such a pet peeve of mine. Not that they bring their children when they're not working, but the excuses they give me.
"I'm off today, but I need to clean so I'm bringing them."
"I'm not working, but I have to get some stuff done around the house."
"I have to run errands, so dck will be here."
I had a dck here for 10 hours yesterday. 10 HOURS. Because dcp had to run an errand which dck could've easily came along with.
It's like they are helpless when they have their kids. I wonder how myself - and several other parents - manage to get our stuff done with kids around!
Or maybe they don't want to spend time with them.
I'll never understand some parents.Comment
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I think maybe the parents that give excuses to the provider are trying to make themselves feel less guilty for not wanting their children on a day off.
I do understand that parents need some time to themselves as it's a need for everyone to have down time. It's tough being a parent that works 40-50 hours per week, care for children and juggle everything else in life. So, I get it.
On the other hand, kids grow up so fast and parents will miss out on that time they could have spent with their children. The kids want so much to be with their parents when they're young. The sad truth is soon those little kids enter the teen years and beyond and don't want to spend time with their parents anymore. I feel bad for the kids when the parents don't want to spend time with them or leave them for 10 hours on days off.Comment
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