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Last week I posted about a new family I had to let go. The kids were not adjusting at all, and I had made *major* changes to my program to at least try to get them acclimated. However it didn't seem to work and other kids were starting to behave the same way (crying, testing, etc.)
Because we are friends with the family outside of dc, I gave them a two week notice - I have bent over backwards to try to get them names of people who would be willing to nanny for them, etc.
But they are here today and I was "done" by 9:00. It's not so much the crying from the little ones - which is heartbreaking but I can at least put in perspective. It's the naughtiness from the older kid that is driving me NUTS. I do understand that her anixety manifests as testing, but I am DONE. Her "testing" gets the little ones even more upset, if that's possible.
But the kicker is that none of them nap. Fine, but the only way I can get them somewhat quiet is to use the tv (and I've tried everything else before this). I say "somewhat" in the fact that the oldest goes out of her way to try to be noisey. When I turn off the tv, or move her away from the room, she cries and whines. Oh, she's 4
And if I hear one more time "why do we have to have quiet time?" "Why do we have to be quiet?" or "I don't like quiet time!" BLAH!
I told them Oct 5 is my last day, but I am hoping they find someone before then because I am DONE. Phew!
Because we are friends with the family outside of dc, I gave them a two week notice - I have bent over backwards to try to get them names of people who would be willing to nanny for them, etc.
But they are here today and I was "done" by 9:00. It's not so much the crying from the little ones - which is heartbreaking but I can at least put in perspective. It's the naughtiness from the older kid that is driving me NUTS. I do understand that her anixety manifests as testing, but I am DONE. Her "testing" gets the little ones even more upset, if that's possible.
But the kicker is that none of them nap. Fine, but the only way I can get them somewhat quiet is to use the tv (and I've tried everything else before this). I say "somewhat" in the fact that the oldest goes out of her way to try to be noisey. When I turn off the tv, or move her away from the room, she cries and whines. Oh, she's 4
And if I hear one more time "why do we have to have quiet time?" "Why do we have to be quiet?" or "I don't like quiet time!" BLAH!I told them Oct 5 is my last day, but I am hoping they find someone before then because I am DONE. Phew!
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