Sock Vent

[dave4him]

(Please refrain from commenting unless its supportive of the actual vent at hand. i am not judging or being rude simply venting in a place where even those who call out the vents, vent themselves from time to time.)

With that said i had a DCM drop her kid off today and say, "there is a sock situation. He didnt come home with the socks on yesterday that i sent him with. That cant happen again, i cant keep going out and buying socks."
Um okay im pretty sure they are around here somewhere though i cannot find them. But seriously he did go home with socks either way. The problem is that his shoes are way to small for his feet, how expensive are socks anyway, i have had this boy since May and as far as i know he has never gone home without socks, you never have any late fees, and you save 100$ a month on childcare for using my daycare in the first place.... but of course im not going to say any of that, ill probably just give her a extra pair of our socks we have here. Cause we actually have a lot.

[Michelle]

totally going through the same thing, I tell them that Jr. probably stashed them somewhere and Jr. will be helping me find them tomorrow.
Somedays I just take all their shoes and socks, place them in their cubbies in the morning so I don't have to deal with them.

[itlw8]

that sock monster struck again.. sorry we lose socks every day it seems. Now do you really need to take your socks off at nap and if you do why do you throw it in the air.

heck they show up the next week in the wierdest places. Sorry you got the fret about socks mom

[dave4him]

Seriously she acts like im a child or something, with her 'that cant happen again.' i almost want to say okay, go pay 25 more a week for your kid and get a whole lot more flack about bringing diapers and wipes... im so easy

[youretooloud]

I hate socks so much!

In my perfect world, they would all wear crocs every day. Because looking for socks and shoes at the end of the day is a pain in the neck.

What I DO, do that helps a little, but not completely. Is, I have a plastic bin. WHen the kids get here, they can take their shoes and socks off, (socks go inside shoes) and they stay in the bin all day unless we need them. The bin stays on my kitchen counter, so the toddlers can't just rifle through it.

But, since it's cold there, maybe you could buy a bunch of inexpensive matching socks to put on the kids when they get there, and pull them off at 4:00 to put their own socks back on them.

I find socks in weird places all the time.... even years later.

BTW, jackets drive me nuts too.... it's cold in the morning, so they'll come over in a sweatshirt, then it's hot in the afternoon, so nobody remembers it on the way out, so in March, I have a box of random sweaters and jackets that I try to pawn off on the parents. "Is this hers?" "I've never seen that". I donate a lot of sweaters in the spring.

[sharlan]

I take shoes and socks off and put them in their cubbies where they stay until it's time to get ready for home.

I have a 3 yo who's ALWAYS taking her socks off and losing them. I'll be buying her a cheap pair of slippers this weekend.

[EchoMom]

I have the same problem. Today I sent a kid home with his shoes on, but only one foot had a sock on it. Surprise when they get home! The kids DO stash them in places!

[Happy Hearts]

check the under/between the couch cushions.... I find them there all the time!

Sorry you had to go through that, Dave. People **** sometimes...

[SilverSabre25]

Sorry she had to be such a jerk about it! That stinks.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one with problems finding socks at the end of the day! I felt really bad about that for awhile but have the lost sock issue mostly solved right now.

I even lost a dcg's shoes once...sent her home with an outgrown pair of DD's. Found the shoes over the weekend...under DD's bed:confused::confused: dcg is not allowed *in* DD's room and everyone was mystified about how they got there.

[juliebug]

i feel for you sorry they were so crappy! about it! we loose socks all the time too! half the time i don't know what to do but find them and give them back the next day! maybe just have them take socks off as soon as they come in!

[dave4him]

I should start charging her late fees and other stuff too but she is my only other client other then my niece. She said hes ready to potty train too.... AHHHHHHHHH

[DCMom]

I hate socks.

Not sure how old your dcb is, but my response to lost socks is (smiling sweetly) "Well if Johnny *looking directly at Johnny* had put them in his shoes/in the basket/on the counter (whatever your solution is) when he took them off like he is asked EVERY SINGLE DAY we would know where they are"

I hate when parents are condescending like that, I would simply suggest to mom that she keep a pair of slippers at your house to change dcb into when she arrives (socks go in the cubby) That way socks are her responsibility.

I have one dcm (who I love so much!) brought a 10 pack of socks last week. All white. She said don't worry about socks this winter, at least if she looses one, she will always have a pair!

Don't you wish all parents could think that way.

Hang in there!

[AfterSchoolMom]

I found about five socks behind my TV cabinet last year...and I had all SA's! It doesn't go away when they get older!

[Nellie]

Seriously she acts like im a child or something, with her 'that cant happen again.' i almost want to say okay, go pay 25 more a week for your kid and get a whole lot more flack about bringing diapers and wipes... im so easy

I would be crabby too if someone treated me like a child. I hate socks. A few of the kids are getting better about putting there socks with there shoes when they take them off. I have 2 year olds now that when they deside to take there socks off they go put them with there shoes in cubbies. It is the real little ones that I have a problem with. They just seem to fall off of there feet. I send them home in some of ours, but most never bring them back. Then the next time I can't find there socks I put on the last pair that I couldn't find before pick up. I know I've appologized about not being able to find socks and most parents could careless. Most feel I have better things to do than search for missing socks. My time spent doing trival things takes away from the group. Not that I don't look or try to find them, but really sometimes they could be anywhere. If he is 3 I'd start teaching him to put his socks away if he is the one pulling them off.

[Nellie]

I hate socks.

Not sure how old your dcb is, but my response to lost socks is (smiling sweetly) "Well if Johnny *looking directly at Johnny* had put them in his shoes/in the basket/on the counter (whatever your solution is) when he took them off like he is asked EVERY SINGLE DAY we would know where they are"

I hate when parents are condescending like that, I would simply suggest to mom that she keep a pair of slippers at your house to change dcb into when she arrives (socks go in the cubby) That way socks are her responsibility.

I have one dcm (who I love so much!) brought a 10 pack of socks last week. All white. She said don't worry about socks this winter, at least if she looses one, she will always have a pair!

Don't you wish all parents could think that way.

Hang in there!

Good advice and what a sweet DCM. I have some families that make sure to send everything there kid needs with out asking and other that you have to hound to get the bare essentals.