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I never used to do it, but had one mom ask when she started bringing her 6 mo old, and then again when she had a 2nd baby. I am willing to do it for babies up to about 14 months because it's good to know whether they pooped that day, how many bottles they had, how long they napped, and whether they were fussy. That's important info for the parents to know. So I did it for this family, then I would notice that they weren't looking at it. I know this because I would purposely put it at a particular angle in the diaper bag, or "dog-ear" one corner, fold it in half, and have that corner be at the top-right one day, bottom-left next day, etc. It kept coming back in EXACTLY the same position. Also, sometimes I know they'd leave the diaper bag in the car overnight because the wipes would be half frozen from being in the cold car. That tells me they didn't even look at my daily sheet. So.... I tapered off filling it out and eventually stopped. She never said one word. That being said, I WILL fill one out for future infants if the parent is interested. But if they don't read it, forget it.
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I started to do a monthly menu when I had one parent always ask everything what we had to eat that day. SOmetimes it was hard to even remember-
!!! It is called age(I think) !! So I was getting quite annoyed with the whole thing, I am busy at pickups, I tell them all, the major things, and that is all from now on. It has worked wonderfully, by having a menu up on the door every month!! I don't always go meal by meal, every day, but most days I do. It's if I run out of something, or have leftovers.
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I do not make daily sheets out any longer!! It was way too time consuming, I would forget, etc. trying to remember everything at the last min. was not fun!!! I stopped it when I moved- so much better now. I tell the parents who want to know when their child pooped, or if they were fussy, didn't sleep good, etc. otherwise it's the same thing day after day!!
I had a parent leave, because she asked way too many questions at every pickup!! Her baby was 6 months old, always the same routine day after day. The baby was only here for 4 hrs. a day. "where did he sleep?" She was mad that he wasn't right out by me every second, that I placed him in a pack and play in my bedroom, I explained to her, there is no way the baby could beout here sleeping in the swing, etc. with the other daycare children, and actually get sleep!!! Hello?????? She quit when I said enough with the monitonous(spelling?) questions day after day!!Comment
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I did them daily for years, in great detail, some even with diagrams of exactly every bump and scrape and how they occurred ::.
I no longer do them since I re-stained my decks and had to remove the lattice around my front porch..... How is this relevant?
I found at least 80 decomposing daily forms, coloring sheets, art projects, etc. shoved through the decking. The following week I put little mesages like, text "good morning" by 11 am for a $10 discount or attributing why they did not finish their lunch to alien abduction as a joke ....Guess what?
Yep, not even one bite
This is just my experience, yours may be different. The worst part was that not one parent even asked why I stopped......
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This is just too good!!! I felt that way as well- and why was I even doing this???I did them daily for years, in great detail, some even with diagrams of exactly every bump and scrape and how they occurred ::.
I no longer do them since I re-stained my decks and had to remove the lattice around my front porch..... How is this relevant?
I found at least 80 decomposing daily forms, coloring sheets, art projects, etc. shoved through the decking. The following week I put little mesages like, text "good morning" by 11 am for a $10 discount or attributing why they did not finish their lunch to alien abduction as a joke ....Guess what?
Yep, not even one bite This is just my experience, yours may be different. The worst part was that not one parent even asked why I stopped......Comment
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LOL! I know.... now, it was in good fun, and I don't believe they are horrible parents or uninterested in their chidren. They just take my word and really do not worry. The kids are happy, thriving and run through the front door at drop-off, some even cry when they are being picked up....that means more to parents than anything I can write on paper....
I wanted to mention that as when I re-read my post, it I felt people may take it the wrong way.
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