I have two babies in care full time. (8mths and 12mths) The 8mth old is my granddaughter. I also have a full time three year old and three kiddos that only come in the afternoon. The most I ever have in care is 6. I have had up to 9 children in care and not been this overwhelmed. Wait...come to think of it, yes I was, and that's why I cut back.
So...it was a really stressful week and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably going to have to let my 12 mth old go. I hate, hate, hate, to do it but I felt so overwhelmed today that I felt like going into my room, closing the door and crying. I didn't, but I did think that I've got to figure something out cause I'm losing my mind.
The 12mth dcg is usually such a good baby but the last few weeks I would swear that she was deathly sick. She cries constantly when she is awake and it just breaks my heart. Dcm took her to the doc and they advised it was just a cold. Oh...and teething
No fever, no throwing up, just super fussy. This has been going on for two weeks. My granddaughter is super high maintenance as of late. My granddaughter will not nap unless in a quiet setting and just can't fight it any longer, and then she only naps 30 mins -tops. Today one baby was sick and the other tired and I couldn't do a thing with either one to make them happy. Anywhere I would be in the room, both babies would crawl up to me and hang on my legs crying..wanting picked up.
Plus, my other dcb's are just climbing the walls pretty much left to supervised free play while I go back and forth between the babies. Not the kind of provider I want to be.
So...I came to the conclusion that I really have to let my 12mth dcg go. I'm just sad that I feel that I can't hang in there because my baby is my main chunk of income and her dcp are so great... but I really feel that I've reached my limit with the way things are going


The 12mth dcg is usually such a good baby but the last few weeks I would swear that she was deathly sick. She cries constantly when she is awake and it just breaks my heart. Dcm took her to the doc and they advised it was just a cold. Oh...and teething

Plus, my other dcb's are just climbing the walls pretty much left to supervised free play while I go back and forth between the babies. Not the kind of provider I want to be.


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