Rolling My Eyes...Day Off REMINDERS??

[2ndFamilyDC]

[QUOTE=caligirl;166326
.so why not put it in their calendars???? [/QUOTE]



Very good question, I wonder that all the time.
The whole reason we tell them way ahead of time is so
they can make alternate arrangements, which they
obviously don't.

[daycare]

I am annoying with all of the reminders.

I send out a weekly email of what we will be doing each week on Sunday. I will put reminders in this email as well. I will send it every week.

Then the week of the closing, I will send home a reminder again via, email, text, and notes on the door, chalk board and wipe board

I also have a sign in sign out log book that the parents must use daily. I black out the dates that I will be closed with a yellow marker and write the words closed in black in. This really gets their attention

I also put reminders on invoices that go out on the 5th of every month...My parents pay monthly....

Lastly, I have it on my website.

Also, I give a verbal reminder at the start of the week..

****s that I have go to through all of these measure to remind the parents, but this is what I have to do to get it done with out complaints

[caligirl]

****s that I have go to through all of these measure to remind the parents, but this is what I have to do to get it done with out complaints

Don't you often wonder how they get ANYTHING done?? Do they remember THEIR days off?? Do they remember to pay bills on time? Do they remember when their appointments are?? I haven't had to be reminded of anything since I was a kid

[Texasjeepgirl]

I LOVE THE BORROWED KAYAK STORY.. HILARIOUS....
I have had the same issue with parents ... especially when it's a split up family... dad's day to have them on the day I have scheduled to be closed... always a big surprised look on his face .. 'You're CLOSED TOMORROW?'

The awesome thing about my current daycare is: We live inside our furniture building.. and the side that my daycare entrance is on.. we have a 6 ft chain link fence around the lot.. with razor wire at the top... and a double wide gate that I lock with a chain every night... so.. if it is a day that I am CLOSED... I just don't go out and unlock the gate.. (duh).. It doesn't stop them from dialing the phone .. or sending a text message on my cell.. 'ARE YOU OPEN TODAY?'
BUT...it does stop them from pulling in the gate and pounding on the door... ::

https://www.tammyschildcare.com

www.texasjeepgirl.shutterfly.com

[mommiesherie]

I have the same family that shows up every holiday,never remembers.
I do the same thing-handbook,newsleter,post on bulletin board,one week before send out a reminder,post on door.Tell her the day before!
She actually just started getting it this year.It was always a running joke between my husband and I.
He'd look out the window and say"so and so is outside standing at the door,you want me to let her in?"
He even says it on the weekends for fun,the joke never gets old to us.ha-ha
I'm betting she will be here the day after Thanksgiving too.Some people will never get it together!

Haha that's great. I won't be here day after thanksgiving I will be shopping. Lol. So will do them any good to show up! I never close for specific hollidays but my parents are good about it when I do need to. Especially since I only charge for days they are here

[caligirl]

I'm closed for all the major holidays (and some not so major)... I've never had a problem with them remembering holidays......it's the 'non-holiday's that they forget

[Unregistered]

I laughed so hard...then....

....it happened to me! I couldn't control the laughter yesterday when I read this post about the kayak. Then, this a.m., momma walks in with her little and asks for the schedule next week. HUH? I gave you my schedule a year ago for the year, with quarterly reminders and post it on the first of the month on a big huge board inside my door. I am closed all of next week for my annual vacation (like always, every year...nothing has changed). ????what the heck?

[Unregistered]

You all are good!

My daycare provider, who my daughter loves, does NOT give a yearly or monthly calendar. She takes all state holidays off, then random days off every once in a while with sometimes less than 3 days notice. We've been planning all year for my sister to drive 6 hours to watch our daughter for the week between Christmas and New Years, and now suddenly she's taking the Friday before that week off, and only Tuesday and Wednesday the following week.

You all are doing it the right way. Good. Work.

[Kaddidle Care]

It's the Cell phone, Texting era. Nobody knows how to plan ahead any more. Their brains are numb.

Also.. they tend to forget what they don't WANT to know.

[mismatchedsocks]

I dont get how they dont know with all the reminders!? when they get their first notice of a day that their daycare wont be open, dont you think they would think, hmmm where should i take sally when her daycare is closed?? ok if you dont think that on first reminder, then definetly the second reminder. Come on people.

I close the day after thanksgiving, always have. Some times I go shopping early, sometimes not. Last year, we were here, sleeping 6am, I unplugged the doorbell, which I do on days off. but we heard a pounding. I ran to door, thinking something was wrong. Mom kissed her two kids and tried to push them in the door. I said "wait, what? I am closed today" she said i have to go shopping, i do it every year and you are open why not this year? I said in all the years i have been open i have never had kids the day after. She said well what can i pay you to take them. I said i should charge you for waking me up, but i wont, see you monday. i mean come on!

[Unregistered]

I once had a grandfather show up to pich up his two grandchildren. I was closed, due to both of my own boys being violently ill. The children were not there, and yet at 3:00, I heard my front door open and he came walking right in. My policy is to always ring the bell before entering. I was standing in vomit covered pajamas holding my vomit covered baby. He said hello and proceeded to walk into my basement, where the classroom is located. I stood there FLABBERGASTED! The kids weren't even there!!!!!

[caring4kidsinSD]

I once had a grandfather show up to pich up his two grandchildren. I was closed, due to both of my own boys being violently ill. The children were not there, and yet at 3:00, I heard my front door open and he came walking right in. My policy is to always ring the bell before entering. I was standing in vomit covered pajamas holding my vomit covered baby. He said hello and proceeded to walk into my basement, where the classroom is located. I stood there FLABBERGASTED! The kids weren't even there!!!!!

That's why I LOCK the front door on weekends and after hours. I have neighbor kids who come to daycare and tend to just 'come over' to see me just because.

[Springdaze]

Ive never had that happen, but I wonder if they do it hoping you will feel bad and watch them anyway! I send something home and put a note on the door.

[bgmeyers]

I just don't do it anymore. I give one notice of a closure and all holidays are in my handbook. I refuse to hold the hands of an adult. If they try to come on a day that I'm closed, they don't even get in the front door. I will either keep it locked or I'm gone. Too bad.

I believe in natural consequnces and if we coddle these adults, how will they ever get it?