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No, you aren't the only one. Daycare is getting to be harder and harder for me. I do wonder though if I'm able to go out and work somewhere else after being my own boss for soooooo long.
The job I really want to do I found out depending on ins. and taxes only pays about 700.00 a month after all deductions! That scares me because its really not alot of money after all. I would be able to be home when my kids leave for school though/come home from school/school breaks.
The last two weekends have been stressfilled for me and that is wearing on me also. I really feel like I'm having to work 7 days a week and I only have children 5 days a week. This weekend I gave up going out of town with my family because I needed to get caught up on all the housework/3 hours of paperwork/and just basic things. I still didn't get everything done. Yesterday, was running errand day, getting grocery shopping done, etc. Tomorrow will be another day of work and I have the day off.
I do clean on my lunch time only if everyone is sleeping though. The last two weeks it hasn't worked out so guess what no cleaning! I told my hubby that I'm getting really tired of sitting in my daycare room for 11 1/2 hours a day! Then I have all the evening cleaning to do and paperwork.
The group I have is a hard group. Once we get one behavior stopped it seems something else starts. It seems to change constantly and we have very, very few days/weeks where everything seems to be running smoothly. I think since Sept. I have only had about 5 weeks of good behavior from these kids! I know by the time everyone leaves I usually just want to go to bed and let my husband deal with our own family.
I think one of the hardest things for me is being home and not having my own children at home with me anymore. Even when they are here, I'm having to deal with the dck's so alot of times they just hole up in their rooms and try not to bother me. If they do need something they usually will here, not know, the dck's are here, needing something, trying to sleep, etc. Even when they are sick I can't take care of them because of the kids.
I'm really putting this in God's hands and seeing where he leads me. Its more behavior of the kids more than anything else that is making it extremely hard on me. I've tried alot of the things people have suggested but it doesn't make a differnce for some reason. The second hardest part would be I always seem to be having to do something for the daycare, not my family. When I clean, I feel its for the daycare, not my family. I would keep it clean for my family but I seem to always be having to be cleaning for daycare standards. My kids can't just be kids because of the childcare. No extra friends over becasue they will be in the count and put me over. No you can't have something different for lunch, you are on the food program. The list could go on and on.
I do know that my kids that are in high school/college remember how they always had to follow the rules and everything was down to the nitty gritty for everything. Very sad and I always thought I made it fun for them.
The job I really want to do I found out depending on ins. and taxes only pays about 700.00 a month after all deductions! That scares me because its really not alot of money after all. I would be able to be home when my kids leave for school though/come home from school/school breaks.
The last two weekends have been stressfilled for me and that is wearing on me also. I really feel like I'm having to work 7 days a week and I only have children 5 days a week. This weekend I gave up going out of town with my family because I needed to get caught up on all the housework/3 hours of paperwork/and just basic things. I still didn't get everything done. Yesterday, was running errand day, getting grocery shopping done, etc. Tomorrow will be another day of work and I have the day off.
I do clean on my lunch time only if everyone is sleeping though. The last two weeks it hasn't worked out so guess what no cleaning! I told my hubby that I'm getting really tired of sitting in my daycare room for 11 1/2 hours a day! Then I have all the evening cleaning to do and paperwork.
The group I have is a hard group. Once we get one behavior stopped it seems something else starts. It seems to change constantly and we have very, very few days/weeks where everything seems to be running smoothly. I think since Sept. I have only had about 5 weeks of good behavior from these kids! I know by the time everyone leaves I usually just want to go to bed and let my husband deal with our own family.
I think one of the hardest things for me is being home and not having my own children at home with me anymore. Even when they are here, I'm having to deal with the dck's so alot of times they just hole up in their rooms and try not to bother me. If they do need something they usually will here, not know, the dck's are here, needing something, trying to sleep, etc. Even when they are sick I can't take care of them because of the kids.
I'm really putting this in God's hands and seeing where he leads me. Its more behavior of the kids more than anything else that is making it extremely hard on me. I've tried alot of the things people have suggested but it doesn't make a differnce for some reason. The second hardest part would be I always seem to be having to do something for the daycare, not my family. When I clean, I feel its for the daycare, not my family. I would keep it clean for my family but I seem to always be having to be cleaning for daycare standards. My kids can't just be kids because of the childcare. No extra friends over becasue they will be in the count and put me over. No you can't have something different for lunch, you are on the food program. The list could go on and on.
I do know that my kids that are in high school/college remember how they always had to follow the rules and everything was down to the nitty gritty for everything. Very sad and I always thought I made it fun for them.
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