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I have this dcb that is potty training along with my son. My policy is that the parents bring a bag of diapers/pull ups and wipes and refill as needed. I reminded her all last week that I need more pull ups. When she arrives on Monday she tells me "btw I didn't forget about the pull ups but diapers are just not in my budget this week". WHAT THE HELL!!!! Not in my budget!!! At first I didn't know how to take it. Now the more I think about it the more pissed off I get. Supplying her child with pull ups is not in MY budget either. What am I suppose to do? I can't have him with no diaper but I feel like she is taking advantage of me. I also don't want to enable her behavior by supplying the diapers. BTW she never even gave me wipes for her kid. So mad!!!
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I would just tell her he's no longer potty training, as it isn't going well right now. Then she needs to remove something else from her budget to supply diapers. -
Do NOT accept him into care until he has ALL the supplies he needs. I don't care what her budget is.....
I have been there done that with a parent who tried to use the same excuse. Sorry but I can't afford to clean my carpets so until the child has the necessary supplies he gets no care.
Stand your ground Hun! You can do it!
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OOOOOORRRRRRR.... LMBO!!!!! You could fill him up with drinks right before he has to leave, remove his diaper just before mom gets there, and say "buh-bye!" before she can ask you for a pullup for the ride home. Let her figure it out.Comment
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Yeah...that's just....yeah...
Some people
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I would have sent him back home with her. I bet she would have found it in her budget then.Comment
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Ditto for me!!!Do NOT accept him into care until he has ALL the supplies he needs. I don't care what her budget is.....
I have been there done that with a parent who tried to use the same excuse. Sorry but I can't afford to clean my carpets so until the child has the necessary supplies he gets no care.
Stand your ground Hun! You can do it!Comment
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this is why I supply them. I would rather have slightly higher rates than deal with parents forgetting or not budgeting properly. Plus I don't have to deal with crappy leaky diapers parents use just for daycare. Consider possibly raising her rates and covering them. It might make her rethink her budgetComment
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She has 2 choices:
She can $3 more per day / $15 more per week and you will supply them.
OR, she can find a new daycare.
I would have sent the DCK right back home. I don't have time or energy to beg and fight for supplies - if you don't bring what supplies I request, don't bother bringing your kid either.Comment
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Honestly though...is this worth terming, or possibly having them leave? I'd be mad, but I'd take the situation into my own hands. For $5 you can buy an inexpensive pack of diapers at Walmart or Target, and just absorb the cost for now, then send him home without a diaper until she either sends him with diapers, or sends him with waterproof skivvies while he's potty training.
I don't have carpet..so, I don't mind if they wet their pants. But, I do put on thick pants for a while until I think they are reliable. If I had carpet, I wouldn't be doing that though.Comment
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It would absolutely be worth terming for me....if a parent thinks they can simply pass off their problems to me without a thought or even an idea for some kind of solution then I wouldn't want to deal with that kind if parent.
From the sound of the OP's post it doesn't sound like the mom felt bad or acted as though it was her (the mom) issue at all and to me that is the kind of disrespect that would be worth terming for.Comment
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I agree!! Stand your ground!!Do NOT accept him into care until he has ALL the supplies he needs. I don't care what her budget is.....
I have been there done that with a parent who tried to use the same excuse. Sorry but I can't afford to clean my carpets so until the child has the necessary supplies he gets no care.
Stand your ground Hun! You can do it!Comment
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I would have asked her, "What is your solution for this problem then, because I need diapers?"
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She should have thought about diapers before she opened her legs.
I would absolutely NOT accept this child into care. As it was suggested before, I would NOT buy diapers or anything else that is the parents responsibility.
Give them an inch, they will take a yard.Comment
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Yes, of course it is. Who does this woman think she is dropping HER child off without the needed supplies and just shrugging it off like it doesn't matter? I have no idea how so many women on this board can let other adults treat them so rudely and disrespectfully. These children are ultimately the responsibility of their parents, not US.Comment
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