Wish Me Luck!

[momma2girls]

I was actually thinking about terming a DCF last week but they "fired" me first. happyface They were not happy that I changed my contract for 2012 saying that they would have to pay for "snow days" (all my clients are teachers and I am still here willing to watch their kids if there is a snow day for thier district) and also that they would have 3 "free" sick days and then would have to pay me half a day for every sick day after that. Before this, they only paid when their children were here. Snow days and sick days (theirs, not mine...they still don't have to pay if I am sick, on vacation or if there is a holiday) killed me financially last year. Then, the mother decided that DCB who is 2 1/2 is going to be potty training over break. She insisted he would come after break in underwear and I was to "put him on the potty" every 30 to 45 minutes. I had the audacity to say that every 30 to 45 minutes could not happen because I have other children to care for here, that we could "try" it with underwear and I would remind him to go after each transition, but that he would have to go back into diapers or pull ups if he had accidents. This caused a "lively" email exchange that resulted in the silent treatment from mom and dad calling to tell me the kids would not be there the following week; grandma was going to stay the week and watch them. The following weekend, dad called again to say they were "going in a different direction with childcare". I told him I was actually thinking about quitting because of the angry vibes I was getting from them. He seemed a little surprised. Anyways..I am sooooo happy not to have them. There was no way I was going to let any child pee all over my house because mom read that pull ups are bad and feels that "as HER childcare provider" I should help her with this. We never even got as far as me suggesting pull ups over the underwear...it was her way of the high way. I am currently working on a potty training policy for my other families that will not include me putting a child on the potty every 30 minutes nor will it include underwear before stayting dry for a period of time.

I placed this in my contract about 2 yrs. ago, and I am so glad I did.
I will assist with potty training, this needs to be started at home, and child making good progress and totally understnad the concept of it, before I will assist with it here.Pullups/diapers are required at all times, untill totally potty trained(this means goes on their own, without assistance and reminders from myself, and accident free for quite some time.
I think this is so great, I had to share it with you all!!!

[KBCsMommy]

I talked to dcm and things went surprisingly well. I told her dcb wasn't happy here, and he is too stressed. She agreed and said they knew he wasn't happy either. She even asked what I thought they should do with him.
I told her he would do really well with a nanny or a family friend they trusted and dcb was familiar with. So it went pretty well!!

I really hope we are all able to stay friendly. The lil guy is a doll when hes all by himself, I would take him back in a heartbeat when hes over his seperation issues!!

[KBCsMommy]

I was actually thinking about terming a DCF last week but they "fired" me first. happyface They were not happy that I changed my contract for 2012 saying that they would have to pay for "snow days" (all my clients are teachers and I am still here willing to watch their kids if there is a snow day for thier district) and also that they would have 3 "free" sick days and then would have to pay me half a day for every sick day after that. Before this, they only paid when their children were here. Snow days and sick days (theirs, not mine...they still don't have to pay if I am sick, on vacation or if there is a holiday) killed me financially last year. Then, the mother decided that DCB who is 2 1/2 is going to be potty training over break. She insisted he would come after break in underwear and I was to "put him on the potty" every 30 to 45 minutes. I had the audacity to say that every 30 to 45 minutes could not happen because I have other children to care for here, that we could "try" it with underwear and I would remind him to go after each transition, but that he would have to go back into diapers or pull ups if he had accidents. This caused a "lively" email exchange that resulted in the silent treatment from mom and dad calling to tell me the kids would not be there the following week; grandma was going to stay the week and watch them. The following weekend, dad called again to say they were "going in a different direction with childcare". I told him I was actually thinking about quitting because of the angry vibes I was getting from them. He seemed a little surprised. Anyways..I am sooooo happy not to have them. There was no way I was going to let any child pee all over my house because mom read that pull ups are bad and feels that "as HER childcare provider" I should help her with this. We never even got as far as me suggesting pull ups over the underwear...it was her way of the high way. I am currently working on a potty training policy for my other families that will not include me putting a child on the potty every 30 minutes nor will it include underwear before stayting dry for a period of time.

"Anticipation" Training is training for adults not for kids!!!!:confused:

[saved4always]

"Anticipation" Training is training for adults not for kids!!!!:confused:

I always call it "parent-training"....! The parent is trained to put the child on the potty to avoid accidents.