What Is The Oddest Request From A Parent?

[Bookworm]

DCB got a mosquito bite one day on the playground. DCD asked if we would hire someone to sit inside with DCB because D B has never gotten a mosquito bite before and they don't know how he will react to them. When ask why DCB never gets bitten, he said that they never take him out to play. He can only play in the house. When he was told that we weren't going to do that, he then asked if we could cover the entire playground with mosquito netting.

[e.j.]

Oh my!

Yeah, it was bad enough as it was but what she didn't realize is that my brother's ex-wife had just pulled something similar on my brother. I was not amused and I wanted no part of it. She didn't stay long at my day care after that!

Crazydaycarelady's post about shoving the kid's rectum back in (OMG!!) reminded me of my dc baby who was constipated. Her mother told me I needed to take a Qtip and basically help pry out any poop that couldn't make it's way out on it's own. Uh....no!

[sahm1225]

I had a DCD tell me that his 10 month old little boy could NOT play with the play kitchen. Here is the conversation:

DCD - Little Boy is NOt allowed to play with the play kitchen.
Me - why? He loves playing and pretending to cook!
DCD - It's not that Im homophobic, but my father in law is, you know.
Me - You mean germaphobic? I clean it twice a day with the clorox solution, so it is very clean.
DCD - No. You know, against gays. I dont want to risk making him gay
Me - ???????????????

I think that is the one time in my life where I have been completely speechless! My mouth was open and I couldnt think of anything to say, I just stared at him. LOL!
they didn't last very long (in fact the next day they dropped off 2 hours after their regular drop off time and when I called them at their regular pick up time asking why they hadn't picked up, they informed me that they were allowed to have him at daycare for up to 9 hours according to the contract, so they will be picking him up at 7pm instead of 5pm. That was their last day!)

[dave4him]

Today one of the kids was dropped off not feeling to well and her momma left some poweraid rather than pedi light, she asked me if i thought that would work okay.... the one year old didnt like it

[momma2girls]

I could seriously write a novel on stupid requests and questions. You think you have heard it all and something new comes up!!!! !!!

[Loveyoustinkyface]

I was told by DCD that I was not changing his daughter's diaper often enough. He informed me that she should go through 7-8 diapers per day, not the 3-4 diapers. That means I would be changing her diaper almost every hour, even during naps! ha

One baby was dropped off after a week vacation in New York with his parents. She said to give him lots of water today, she thought he was dehydrated from the plane ride. Low and behold, she never packed any breastmilk OR bottles! I was not able to reach her by phone either! She finally called back hours later and informed that baby had thrown up on the plane last night and didn't seem to feel well, that's why she wanted him to have lots of water! gggrrrrrr!!!!

[momma2girls]

I was told by DCD that I was not changing his daughter's diaper often enough. He informed me that she should go through 7-8 diapers per day, not the 3-4 diapers. That means I would be changing her diaper almost every hour, even during naps! ha

One baby was dropped off after a week vacation in New York with his parents. She said to give him lots of water today, she thought he was dehydrated from the plane ride. Low and behold, she never packed any breastmilk OR bottles! I was not able to reach her by phone either! She finally called back hours later and informed that baby had thrown up on the plane last night and didn't seem to feel well, that's why she wanted him to have lots of water! gggrrrrrr!!!!

I would have told her, she needs to come and pick up the child immediately.

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

I love reading these!!
I will say though- if one of my parents asked me to cook a turkey, I probably would! But, I am like that.
I haven't really had strange requests I guess. At least none come to mind.

I have watched a baby girl over night so her parents could go and get married!

[Loveyoustinkyface]

I also had a soon-to-be-divorced DCM call me and ask if DCD packed an envelope in DCS backpack, I look and there is an envelope hidden in the bottom of the backpack. She sighs (on the telephone) and asks me to please open the envelope and tell her what's in it. So I open the envelope and a check for $100,000 was in it!!! All the DCM wanted to know was the date written on the check. I was flabbergasted to say the least. I think DCM did this for the "WOW" factor cause I know I gasped when I saw the check......

Maybe I should have asked for a raise at that time!

[Unregistered]

I had a parent who didn't want me to allow her kids to wear shoes! He was already walking and we did go outside every day! She also would refuse to provide a jacket and warm clothes, and when I gave her son a jacket and warm clothes from my kids closet, she requested I not give them to him!

I had a parent who didn't want their child to play with dolls because he is a boy and he would not grow up to be a "sissy" (their words!)

I had a lady request me do to after school care for 2 kids for $12 because her child got at my house at 2:40 instead of 2:30 and she "rounded" the time up to 3pm. Um, no lady. I go by the HOUR not by the half-hour and I'm not giving you 20 free minutes a day for 5 days per week for TWO kids!

I had a parent request I don't use a carseat, but a booster for a 1yo.

I had a parent say that because their child was only with me 2 days a week, I should only get paid $10 per week because the child was 8 years old. Yeah, my teen won't work for that!

I had a parent want me to watch her 2 cats and a dog(and she wanted to bring them to my house!) and her kids. She went to my neighbor who also did child care and the neighbor took the cats and the dog, no extra pay; the dog caused a lot of trouble for my friend and she finally quit!

I had a parent who wanted me to watch 5 kids but only was willing to pay for one of them because the others were older!

I had a parent who wanted me to "foster" her children permanently as in keep them 3-4 days at a time! When I asked her if she was military, she said "NO" I said I only do FCP's for parents in the military and legally I cannot keep civilian children more than a certain # of hours per week. She yelled at me. I told her no WAY was I going to sign her up. The person that DID end up signing her? GOT SCREWED and ended up being the child's temp-mother because when she called DCS, the bio-mom had no family. DCS didn't pay up and neither did the bio-mother. I don't know what's happened to the child now.

I had a parent who told me she was raped at gun-point and my payment was the only thing stolen from her vehicle (he apparently kidnapped from a taco bell drive thru --though she mentioned someone both in front and in back of her, and no way to get out to the right because of landscaping and the left, obviously was the building) at gun point, forced her to drive up the mountains where I live, left her with her keys, wallet, phone and the car, stole my cash hidden in the glove box, and ran away by foot!) It came out she was a big fat liar and got into big HUGE trouble with the cops! Never did get all of my money.

I had a parent who quit on me and called me unreliable because I took THREE days off (WITH A 2 MONTH NOTICE BTW!) in the 2 years she was there. She then proceeded to call a fellow-provider (she didn't realize I knew) and told her that I took too much time off. My friend happened to know exactly how many days I had NOT taken off in 2 years, and told this lady that if she was going to complain that I took 3 days off, she wouldn't like her because she always took a 2-week vacation! I got my notice, and they tried to stiff me; I fired them that day and said that since they breached the contract, I would not be taking the kids!

I had a parent who I fired from my care after 3 years because they kept flaking out on payments in the last few months. They moved away about a month later. The new provider then called me and told me all kinds of crazy things that were going on! I was shocked of some of the things I was told, to say the least!

I had a parent whom I interviewed and thought I hit it off with. She said she was starting, and then suddenly, the morning she was to start, she texted me saying that she was afraid that her baby would be "injured" by the older kids because "what if" they misbehave?? Seriously? I found out a week or so later that she used the lady down the street who was about $10 less per month---told the lady I was "TOO EXPENSIVE" WHAT??! Then she stiffed that lady and found someone else. She is what we used to call a "daycare hopper"

After 10 years I closed down. I got tired of all the crazy people after my full-term long-term people moved. I had 5 steady kids for YEARS and they all fit well together, the parents all got along, everyone was happy. But they were (except 1) military families, and eventually got stationed on other bases. The one that wasn't military got a teaching job in another city. So I lost all 5 kids in one year. It was so hard to start over as it was, and all I got was nutso people after that. SORRY SO LONG! I dealt with a lot, but I think it's area-specific.