Arriving During Naptime

[momma2girls]

In Iowa they still take naps in Kindergarten, so that is my rule here! They actually do not have to nap, but they have to lay quietly, and they always do fall asleep eventually

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We have a family who pays for their child to be at daycare full time, but she's actually only there maybe part time, because they don't bring her at all one day a week usually, and the other days we just never know. At least twice a week they drop her off in the middle of preschool (on the days she doesn't have preschool with her age group), interrupting everything. Somtimes it's not until 11:30 - 12:15 (RIGHT before lunch time). One time her dad dropped her off at 12:45 (right at nap time. I already had cots out and ready for them to lay down). He told me, "She slept in late today" (yeah, same excuse everyday). I told him everyone was just about to lay down for naps and I didn't know what she was going to do. He told me, "She can stay up and do puzzles or something". I was steaming, but managed to hold my tongue. Owner and I decided that she WOULD lay down whether she slept or not because otherwise she'd think she could stay up everytime. And how would we explain to the others why they had to nap, but she could stay up? She of course wasn't ready to nap, and finally got tired of just laying there. she started making too much noise and getting off her cot and all, so I told her to lay back down. She looked at me and said, "I don't have to lay down". Yep, I know who's daughter she is. It is so frustrating when parents seem to think they can do what they want, and bring their child whenever they want. It's in the policy not to drop off or pick-up at nap time. But that day he came in a whole 10-15 minutes before nap officially started, so technically it wasn't during nap time.
As for the mom being your boss? No way. You're providing a service, she chooses to use your service. She couldn't pick and choose policies and "not follow a schedule" at a grocery store. Same thing. Your daycare is a business just like a store is a business. Enforce YOUR rules. If she doesn't want to follow them, you can always find someone else who will.