Operated As A Group Home Yesterday......

[crazydaycarelady]

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It was such a crazy day!

I am licensed as a group home but I am rarely full. I usually have maybe 8-9 kids and I have my assistant here for just a few hours. Well, yesterday with teachers going back to school but kids not starting yet I had the full 12 kids plus my assistant.

It was mayhem and I was wiped out at the end of they day. Not only that but they ate so much! I plowed through a whole loaf of bread and a whole package of cheese making grilled cheese for lunch! Snack they went through a whole bunch of bananas, half gallon of milk and then nearly a whole package of cookies (2 each.)

Kudos to you that do it everyday....it was too much for me! LOL

[DaisyMamma]

It sounds crazy! But if you did it every day you would get used to it.

[Crazy8]

what a difference a few extra kids make, huh??? Sometimes I hate that our state limit is 5 kids, then I have all 5 for a few days and think I'd never be able to handle more than 5, LOL!!

[daycarediva]

hahaha! I feel your pain! I am not a group daycare, but I am at capacity/close to (7-8 depending on the day) plus my 4 kids are all home, it has been one CRAZY summer! ::

[Blackcat31]

It sounds crazy! But if you did it every day you would get used to it.

This is soooo true! I have a full boat of 12 kids (and no assistant!)

You develop a good routine and some consistency and it all becomes easy peasy in no time!

[Fruitloops1]

This is soooo true! I have a full boat of 12 kids (and no assistant!)

You develop a good routine and some consistency and it all becomes easy peasy in no time!

12 ALL ON YOUR LONESOME?!!! What are your age ranges? I have a 2 yearold DCG and a 15month DCG and its tough. I wish I had a few more 2 year olds along with the mix. I think a few more a little bit older will even out some.

[Blackcat31]

12 ALL ON YOUR LONESOME?!!! What are your age ranges? I have a 2 yearold DCG and a 15month DCG and its tough. I wish I had a few more 2 year olds along with the mix. I think a few more a little bit older will even out some.

DCB age 2 months
DCB age 13 months
DCB age 2
DCB age 2
DCB age 2 (siblings with 2 month old)
DCG age 2
DCB age 2
DCB age 3 (siblings with DCG age 2)
DCG age 4 (siblings with 13 month old)
DCG age 4
DCG age 5 (school age but didn't go)
DCB age 5 (school age but didn't go)

Yes, I actually have 12 kids all day, every day by myself

Yes, 5 of them are 2 year olds! LOL!! Three of them turned 2 over the summer and the other two will be 3 in the next 4 months.

I am also pretty heavy with boys right now too. That seems to go in phases. A couple of years a go, I had mostly girls but this year, I have 8 boys and only 4 girls so it should be very interesting to say the least....

A good number of my kiddos started with me as infants/toddlers. Some started out as part-time or drop-in and made their way to full timers as the spaces were available.

My DH does come in at about 11:00 and helps out with lunch. Then when I get everyone laying down for nap, he and I have lunch together. Then he heads back home as he works from home.