Craziest Thing That's Happened

[countrymom]

besides the crazy mom from yesterday.

I had a mom call me and ask my prices and when I told her (which is 30 dollars a day) she told me I was too expensive because then she couldn't afford her cigarrettes.

the crazy family who came for an interview (oh wait that day I had 2 wierd interviews) one family had 2 girls, they had so much fun at my house during the interview that they didn't want to go home, so mom said that "because they don't want to go home we can't choose your daycare" I'm glad I didn't get them because a few years later I saw them and they are awful girls.

that same day I had a family come in, look around and were ready to sign when they asked "if dcb and there son can be together when they eat" I kindly tell them that I have no such boy by this name and then they realized that they were at the wrong daycare. Which was wierd because I'm the only daycare out here.

[crazydaycarelady]

I had a constipated dcb that kept pushing until he pushed his rectum OUTSIDE of his body. Dcm brought me some rubber gloves and ointment and real casual like told me to just shove his rectum back into his body should it flop out.

Um......that'll cost extra!

no j/k I was not up for performing medical procedures here at the dc!

Well, believe it or not this same dcm asked me to look through dcboys poopy diapers because he had swallowed a penny AT HOME and they wanted to make sure it came out. Did I mention that he swallowed it at home???

Wouldn't a normal person just ask me to save them? This family (who I no longer have) mentions occasionaly that they might have a 3rd child and I just think "good luck with dc!"

[My3cents]

Well, believe it or not this same dcm asked me to look through dcboys poopy diapers because he had swallowed a penny AT HOME and they wanted to make sure it came out. Did I mention that he swallowed it at home???

Wouldn't a normal person just ask me to save them? This family (who I no longer have) mentions occasionaly that they might have a 3rd child and I just think "good luck with dc!"

My reply would have been I will save them and you can get out the mashed potato grinder and look for it at home. I don't do that- sorry:confused:

bumping this thread up for giggles today! Keep them coming

[daycarediva]

I had a great interview, sweet little 2 yo girl who played wonderfully with my ds, with toys. Mom seemed like such an awesome match here. Until she asked me to set up a laptop with Skype on my desk and leave it there ALL DAY so she could talk to dcg. She said that is what they did at the last daycare. It was easier for her to intervene when the provider was being unfair to dcg and to reassure dcg that she was always there. She was CLUELESS as to why the provider termed her. (even showed me a generic note!)

It was SO CREEPY!

[Holiday Park]

The worst I had was a 4 year old that told me a certain race of people were "bad" He said " ---- kids are bad and ---- kids are good " I had to correct him and tell him not to talk about skin color or anything like that .

This same kid's dad was the one who was constantly a no show/no communication, late/non payer . When I finally decided to be brave enough to tell him Im sorry but I can't keep him anymore (because of the bad communication& constant late payments ) it just so happens HE withdrew him , and you know why ? Because he originally went to day care center he owed 500 too and finally got done paying it off, so the boy was going back to the center. Hmmmm I wonder why?! He ddnt pay them either but I was the ****er who put up with the same behavior so he could save up to put him back else where.

[Hunni Bee]

This is probably not the craziest, but one of many....

The place I used to work at transported the children to and from the center and home.

They had a few different vans, and one was a plain white 15-passenger. One of the drivers went to pick up a little boy early one morning, and the mother's bf came out looking like this :confused: and said "The van already came and got J--." The driver then looked like :confused: and said "Well, I haven't been out this way yet. You didn't put him on our van."

Turns out, the "dcd" had put the little guy on some random daycare van that was in the neighborhood picking up other kids!! I will never understand how he didn't recognize the driver, and the driver didn't recognize the child, and they did not pick up children at that address, but somehow the van ended up driving away with the child. He was basically a missing person for several hours, because the "dad" had no idea which daycare the van belonged to, and the child was mostly nonverbal. Eventually the staff at the other center figured out he wasn't supposed to be there and took him back home.

I just remember praying that it was a daycare and not some creep in a white van all day that day. The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me...

[nanglgrl]

Mine happened a few years ago and man was it crazy. I had the family for about 6 months. Single mom went to school and worked so I had her 2 girls age 3 and 4 a lot (this was a while back when I did 1st/2nd shift). The girls were just rude, rude, rude. When they wanted me to get them something I would never get a please or thank you, it was always give me ___, or I want___. It didn't take them too long to realize if they talked to me like that they would not get a response or the item they wanted. They pushed smaller children down, broke toys....these little gals had no manners, were rude and just plain didn't act civilized. After a few months with me they turned into angels at daycare but when mom came to pick up or drop off it looked like they were filming a remake of The Exorcist in my living room.
It was easy to see why they acted the way they did, mom would constantly give in, was inconsistent and if by rare chance she decided to try and do something about the behavior she wouldn't follow through. I dropped hints about parenting techniques, intervened on mom's behalf to show her it worked and how to do it and so on but nothing helped. One night they were so loud at pick up they woke up my children who had school the next day. They were yelling because the 3 year old didn't want to wear her shoes to walk to the car, she wanted to wear her big sisters. Big sister was throwing a fit because she didn't want to give up her shoes and little sister was screaming because she wanted them. Mom decided the best way to handle the situation would be to give the 3 year old her way and make the 4 year old walk barefoot. It was Spring so it wasn't to cold and the barefoot child would have been fine but to me it was the lesson behind it and I just couldn't keep it in any longer.
I told mom that it was no wonder why her children behaved how they did and that what she just did showed the 3 year old that she was the boss and mom would do whatever she wanted even at the expense of her sister. I said it in the nicest way possible of course but really there was no nice way. Mom didn't hear a word I said and left with the satisfied 3 year old and the barefoot and upset 4 year old. A while later I got a text asking if the 3 year old had her pullup changed that day. The child had been with me for 12 hours, I responded back of course she had and asked if her pull up was full. They were sleeping when mom arrived so I thought maybe she had wet a lot in her sleep. Mom replied no but she didn't think the pull up had been changed (I'll leave alone the fact that the 3 year old was no where near potty trained but wearing a pull up). I text her and asked if the pull up wasn't wet why would she think it hadn't been changed and this ladies, is when the crazy started.
Mom text me and says that the 3 year old came home in a pink Disney Princess pull up with hearts on it. She then said the ones she sent to my house were pink Disney Princess pullups with stars on them and the ones at home had hearts so she must still be wearing the same pull up she came in since it had hearts on it. She then asked me to send a picture of the old pullups to prove she had been changed so I went to my garbage (luckily one was right on top) and I took a picture of it and sent it to her. She then said I could have just put it there so I had enough and told her she needed to find new childcare, immediately. She said she was coming over to get their things. It was almost 1:00 am by then, I was already up past my bedtime and there was no way she was coming to my house. She then kept calling me and leaving messages saying she was calling the police because I wouldn't give her their things. The "things" consisted of a few pullups and the free diaper bag they give you at the hospital. I went and got the bag intending to put it on my porch so she could come get it just to be done with this family and noticed that the Disney Princess pullups inside had 3 different designs. Some had hearts, some had stars and some had a swirl on them. I understand that most likely she was just mad that I finally told her she was not parenting her children or maybe she was mad that they actually listened to me. Who knows. A few months later when we went to buy my newly potty trained daughter pullups for night time I bought some pink Disney Princess ones and guess what, they package had 3 different designs inside. ::

[cheerfuldom]

Mine happened a few years ago and man was it crazy. I had the family for about 6 months. Single mom went to school and worked so I had her 2 girls age 3 and 4 a lot (this was a while back when I did 1st/2nd shift). The girls were just rude, rude, rude. When they wanted me to get them something I would never get a please or thank you, it was always give me ___, or I want___. It didn't take them too long to realize if they talked to me like that they would not get a response or the item they wanted. They pushed smaller children down, broke toys....these little gals had no manners, were rude and just plain didn't act civilized. After a few months with me they turned into angels at daycare but when mom came to pick up or drop off it looked like they were filming a remake of The Exorcist in my living room.
It was easy to see why they acted the way they did, mom would constantly give in, was inconsistent and if by rare chance she decided to try and do something about the behavior she wouldn't follow through. I dropped hints about parenting techniques, intervened on mom's behalf to show her it worked and how to do it and so on but nothing helped. One night they were so loud at pick up they woke up my children who had school the next day. They were yelling because the 3 year old didn't want to wear her shoes to walk to the car, she wanted to wear her big sisters. Big sister was throwing a fit because she didn't want to give up her shoes and little sister was screaming because she wanted them. Mom decided the best way to handle the situation would be to give the 3 year old her way and make the 4 year old walk barefoot. It was Spring so it wasn't to cold and the barefoot child would have been fine but to me it was the lesson behind it and I just couldn't keep it in any longer.
I told mom that it was no wonder why her children behaved how they did and that what she just did showed the 3 year old that she was the boss and mom would do whatever she wanted even at the expense of her sister. I said it in the nicest way possible of course but really there was no nice way. Mom didn't hear a word I said and left with the satisfied 3 year old and the barefoot and upset 4 year old. A while later I got a text asking if the 3 year old had her pullup changed that day. The child had been with me for 12 hours, I responded back of course she had and asked if her pull up was full. They were sleeping when mom arrived so I thought maybe she had wet a lot in her sleep. Mom replied no but she didn't think the pull up had been changed (I'll leave alone the fact that the 3 year old was no where near potty trained but wearing a pull up). I text her and asked if the pull up wasn't wet why would she think it hadn't been changed and this ladies, is when the crazy started.
Mom text me and says that the 3 year old came home in a pink Disney Princess pull up with hearts on it. She then said the ones she sent to my house were pink Disney Princess pullups with stars on them and the ones at home had hearts so she must still be wearing the same pull up she came in since it had hearts on it. She then asked me to send a picture of the old pullups to prove she had been changed so I went to my garbage (luckily one was right on top) and I took a picture of it and sent it to her. She then said I could have just put it there so I had enough and told her she needed to find new childcare, immediately. She said she was coming over to get their things. It was almost 1:00 am by then, I was already up past my bedtime and there was no way she was coming to my house. She then kept calling me and leaving messages saying she was calling the police because I wouldn't give her their things. The "things" consisted of a few pullups and the free diaper bag they give you at the hospital. I went and got the bag intending to put it on my porch so she could come get it just to be done with this family and noticed that the Disney Princess pullups inside had 3 different designs. Some had hearts, some had stars and some had a swirl on them. I understand that most likely she was just mad that I finally told her she was not parenting her children or maybe she was mad that they actually listened to me. Who knows. A few months later when we went to buy my newly potty trained daughter pullups for night time I bought some pink Disney Princess ones and guess what, they package had 3 different designs inside. ::

oh you bet she was upset. parents will find the most ridiculous thing to accuse you of so they feel in the right to leave.

[Play Care]

Mine is not nearly as bad as some of yours!

A woman called me looking for child care. My hours are 7:30-4:45. She FREAKED out on me because I wasn't open until after 5:00 as she didn't get out of work until 5:00 and who did I think I was closing that early....
I was flabbergasted. Being the boss of my own business has it's perks. It means I can set my hours. They either work for you, or they don't. If they don't, you find a child care that does.
I can't imagine flipping out on someone because they get say, paid vacations or 401K's or HEALTH INSURANCE as a perk of their job...

[MissAnn]

A lady called for daycare and we set up an appointment. She never came. Over and over she would call, set and appointment and never call to cancel. I was going to school at the time so my time was precious! She was wasting it! One day she called during childcare hours and said she was on my street and wanted to come visit. I told her no, I did not think this would be a good fit. She screamed at me....WHY?????? I said.....you need someone you can rely on for childcare. In the same token, I need someone I can rely on. So far you have not shown me that you are one I can rely on. She screamed and screamed and screamed something about me wrecking her life and that I had no idea how hard her life was. Mid scream I just said....have a nice day and hung up.

[countrymom]

oh I forgot about the gma who called me and reamed me out because I have a pool. My pool has been inspected by the city and I have a fence around it too, so there is no way a child can get in, even my own can't and they are older. Its all lock and key and alarms.
she said that her son died because he drowned in her pool and blah blah blah. So I said to her, "well, my pool isn't attatched to my house, its all protected and I don't allow my children to go outside by themselves" and then I said "if you would have watched your child carefully then he wouldn't have drown" and I hung up. Yes it was mean, but don't call me and tell me about my pool when you have no idea what saftey percautions I have take.

we use to have a blue walmart pool, lots of people have them. I had a daycare mom call the city and complain (she was crazy) city came out and found nothing wrong. She left daycare a few months later after she lost her 3 child to cas, because she was emotionally unstable and couldn't not handle her child (the dads all have custody of the children)

[nanglgrl]

I once took on a child that came from a friends daycare when she was closing. The family seemed nice enough and the 4 year old was we'll behaved and sweet. On the first day mom asked how she ate and I said fine and then showed her a picture I took of them eating because I had made the fruit into a flower...mom says "you didn't feed her?" When I asked what she meant I found out that they still spoon fed the perfectly healthy and normal four year old. No wonder she had a problem with utensils! I nipped that in the bud and told mom that even if it was messy she needed to feed herself. They certainly weren't going to spoon feed her in kindergarten the next year.
The mom always wanted to hang out at my house during drop off and pick up and wanted to do after hours things with me. I called my friend who told me that she let mom do that and hung out with her after hours because she didn't know what else to do. I had to set some rules with mom about drop off and pick up and told her I didn't do after hours activities with clients. I could tell she wasn't happy with that. The next few weeks were full of stupid request that I refused to give in to. One day mom drops her child off with snow pants and says it is such a nice day to play outside. School had been canceled due to ice but it warmed up in the afternoon and since my regular babies weren't there we decided to go across the street and play on this huge mound of snow. When mom picked up her child she asked how the day was and I said "she had fun playing in the snow", the next day CPS was at my door. Mom had called and said I let the children play across the street, alone in freezing temperatures. It was easy to clear up, I had photos of them playing, one parent picked up her school ager while we were over there and my neighbor had seen me standing on the mound of snow. The photos had the time stamp on them and so it was easy to look up the previous days temps and see they were well within range of playing outside. I ended up sending the mom copies of the photos, the temperature and statements from witnesses after CPS was done because I didn't want her to spread rumors. She contacted me and said she was sorry, she thought they were alone because I said "she had fun playing in the snow" instead of "we had fun playing in the snow".I asked if she had asked her daughter (remember she was 4) and she said no. She then asked if her daughter could come back. It was really hard to control my laughter.