You Know You're A Child Care Provider When...

[Brooksie]

...You spend most of the day trying to get someone to poop!! ::

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[wdmmom]

Washing something! Faces, hands, dishes, butts, etc! ::

[MissAnn]

While watching TV you notice all the naked electrical outlets on the screen and you almost get up to find an outlet cover.

[MissAnn]

Every day, at the end of the day......you ask the last kid, "Who's picking you up today?"

[MissAnn]

When the parent of your most trying kid texts to say he/she will not be coming today, you text back to say he/she will be missed while inwardly you have a party going on in your head.

You KNOW it's true!

[CedarCreek]

You're constantly worried that your house smells like poop.

You freak out every time you see a sale at the craft store.

You're broke.

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[Evansmom]

You find yourself texting "DCG just had a massive poop in the potty! Yay!!"
Not many jobs where you have the chance to do that!! ::

[littlemissmuffet]

Your three most used words in a day are "stop", "no" and "don't".

You know WHO pooped just by smell.

You mindlessly spell out bad words to other adults, even when there are no kids around.

You avoid going to grocery stores, resteraunts and other public places outside of work hours unless it's at night when you most kids will already be in bed.

[Holiday Park]

When my kids get off the school bus and enter the house automaticly quietly tiptoing past the nap room because they expect a baby to be sleeping when they get home.

When my 17 month old first wakes up and automaticly looks for his "friends" to play with in the play room , because all hes ever known since 3months of ahe is daycare babies/other kids. Or when he is bored when I'm closed because he has no one to play next to his own age. He usually does fine though and is good at playing by himself. But I noticed a difference in how I can get stuff done and he will keep himself busy much longer , when there are other Little ones playing beside him . Knowing he is used to being around other infants/toddlers gives me the confidence he will be ok at another pr iders home if i ever need to do drop in care to get my own things done on a me day.

[Holiday Park]

Your three most used words in a day are "stop", "no" and "don't".

You know WHO pooped just by smell.

You mindlessly spell out bad words to other adults, even when there are no kids around.

You avoid going to grocery stores, resteraunts and other public places outside of work hours unless it's at night when you most kids will already be in bed.

Lol haha so true about the poop &knowing whos it is.

[spud912]

You freak out every time you see a sale at the craft store.

You're broke.

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Yes!

You mindlessly spell out bad words to other adults, even when there are no kids around.

I do this too!!

• For those of you who keep the doors locked: you can tell who is at the front door by the "tone" of the knock.
• You seem to have grown eyes and ears everywhere because you can tell exactly what is going on by the sound of something or by the looks of the children's faces.
• You become accustomed to a certain level of background noise that other childless adults cannot tolerate. It's to the point where you can carry on a normal conversation with a circus in the background (without getting distracted).

[AmyLeigh]

You give strangers' kids "the look" when they act up in public. ::

It' s funnier when they stop.::::::

[Michelle]

You give strangers' kids "the look" when they act up in public. ::

It' s funnier when they stop.::::::

love this! and it is sooo true!
they don't know if we are some crazy lady and what we will do!
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[e.j.]

When the parent of your most trying kid texts to say he/she will not be coming today, you text back to say he/she will be missed while inwardly you have a party going on in your head.

You KNOW it's true!

Guilty!

[ABCDaycareMN]

You give strangers' kids "the look" when they act up in public. ::

It' s funnier when they stop.::::::

I have always done it. Even friends kids. All I have to do is give my stink eye and they stop what they are doing. I have done it so many times that the kids look at me when they are doing something they know they are not supposed to do but know they can get away with it with their parents.