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Just need to vent and get this off my chest. DH is tired of hearing me talk about daycare.
(If any of you have any suggestions on how to fix any of these problems please chime in)
My 3 year old daycare twins are using up every last bit of energy I have. I really like these children and their parents are very respectful of me and my family. I want to do all I can to make it work!
Anyway...
They scream- not just a scream when they are crying. They scream when they are happy. They scream when they dont want to share a toy. They scream at each other just because the other said something they dont like. They scream when they get excited... They are each on a warning right now and will be in time out the next time I hear a scream. I do not know how to handle the screaming. I have two 1 year olds as well who scream every time they scream. If I dont fix this I will have a house of screaming children and I do not think I can handle that!
They slam doors. Today we spent a ton of time in time out for door slamming, and after each time out I had to teach them again how to close a door properly. I did get some positive reinforcement today when one of them closed the door properly and was so proud they said, "Look I did it careful!"
They are potty training... kind of. Parents said they tell them at home sometimes but I am not getting that at all. I take them at breaks during the day and they will go, but then 5 minutes later they will go in the diaper or pull up again. Fortunately parents understand I cant take them every hour (told you they were good daycare parents), but I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to get them potty trained and I want to do it....yesterday.
One of them mouths everything. Is that normal for a 3 year old to put everything in their mouth? I mean, everything. Toys, books, pillow corners, their shirt, balls, outdoor shovels, dirt... It is so nasty- I will find a wet gummed up doll or slimy dinosaur, etc. I already have to carefully watch the babies- and I have a 3 year old to watch too.
They blame my dd for everything. "____ hit me." Is what they say ALL the time, even when she isn't even near them. This, as a mother, really bothers me, and I am constantly correcting them for that. DD just looks at me with a "what did I do" face.
aaaaaah! Now it is my turn to scream
I just needed to vent. Any ideas on how to get them to listen the first time I tell them something? At this rate, I will lose all the extra weight that I want to get rid of, that's a plus- but I am so mentally and physically exhausted!
Any tips to keep my sanity?
I really want to make this work
Just need to vent and get this off my chest. DH is tired of hearing me talk about daycare.
(If any of you have any suggestions on how to fix any of these problems please chime in)
My 3 year old daycare twins are using up every last bit of energy I have. I really like these children and their parents are very respectful of me and my family. I want to do all I can to make it work!
Anyway...
They scream- not just a scream when they are crying. They scream when they are happy. They scream when they dont want to share a toy. They scream at each other just because the other said something they dont like. They scream when they get excited... They are each on a warning right now and will be in time out the next time I hear a scream. I do not know how to handle the screaming. I have two 1 year olds as well who scream every time they scream. If I dont fix this I will have a house of screaming children and I do not think I can handle that!
They slam doors. Today we spent a ton of time in time out for door slamming, and after each time out I had to teach them again how to close a door properly. I did get some positive reinforcement today when one of them closed the door properly and was so proud they said, "Look I did it careful!"
They are potty training... kind of. Parents said they tell them at home sometimes but I am not getting that at all. I take them at breaks during the day and they will go, but then 5 minutes later they will go in the diaper or pull up again. Fortunately parents understand I cant take them every hour (told you they were good daycare parents), but I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to get them potty trained and I want to do it....yesterday.
One of them mouths everything. Is that normal for a 3 year old to put everything in their mouth? I mean, everything. Toys, books, pillow corners, their shirt, balls, outdoor shovels, dirt... It is so nasty- I will find a wet gummed up doll or slimy dinosaur, etc. I already have to carefully watch the babies- and I have a 3 year old to watch too.
They blame my dd for everything. "____ hit me." Is what they say ALL the time, even when she isn't even near them. This, as a mother, really bothers me, and I am constantly correcting them for that. DD just looks at me with a "what did I do" face.
aaaaaah! Now it is my turn to scream
I just needed to vent. Any ideas on how to get them to listen the first time I tell them something? At this rate, I will lose all the extra weight that I want to get rid of, that's a plus- but I am so mentally and physically exhausted!
Any tips to keep my sanity?
I really want to make this work
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