I have a dcb 19 months old who arrives at 5:50am mon-fri, another 2 kids siblings ages 3 & 5 that arrive at 6am mon-fri. Another set of siblings ages 5 and 6 arrive anywhere between 5:45am-10am (mom works retail and the five year old is not in kinder yet) anyhow the 2 that have a varied schedule only come early on the morning about 3 times a month. 2 weeks ago when they arrived I had them lay on my mats so the other kids, who are here every morning, lay on the couch. I have a large sectional couch and the 4 kids can lay there easily. The other children arrived and laid in their normal spots (they all go back to sleep and wake up at 7).
Fast forward to this week. I get a text the dcgs will be here 2 days early this week. On Tuesday when they arrived, the oldest dcg looks at her mom ands says "ask her" so mom tells me "oh they want to know if they can lay on the couch instead of the mats?" I told her I have kids that will arrive here any minute and that is their usual spots. If I change their spots I will not have happy kids and they are here everyday. She looks at her kids and says she said no sorry girls. So I start feeling guilty and place the boy on my other little couch in the play room which is directly behind the larger couch. During nap time I have more kids and they are on mats, cots, and both couches and I didn't think the mat thing in the AM would be an issue.
Was I being unfair by asking them to lay on the mats? Also, this morning, they asked their mom to ask me if they can sleep on the same couch they did yesterday which I was going to anyways. ( it really bugs me that they tell their mom to ask me) but if I am unfair I would like to know. I'm ready to hear the truth
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Fast forward to this week. I get a text the dcgs will be here 2 days early this week. On Tuesday when they arrived, the oldest dcg looks at her mom ands says "ask her" so mom tells me "oh they want to know if they can lay on the couch instead of the mats?" I told her I have kids that will arrive here any minute and that is their usual spots. If I change their spots I will not have happy kids and they are here everyday. She looks at her kids and says she said no sorry girls. So I start feeling guilty and place the boy on my other little couch in the play room which is directly behind the larger couch. During nap time I have more kids and they are on mats, cots, and both couches and I didn't think the mat thing in the AM would be an issue.
Was I being unfair by asking them to lay on the mats? Also, this morning, they asked their mom to ask me if they can sleep on the same couch they did yesterday which I was going to anyways. ( it really bugs me that they tell their mom to ask me) but if I am unfair I would like to know. I'm ready to hear the truth

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