Our Fault?

[MissAnn]

Parent arrives and points out every place their child has mosquito bites.

I'm thinking......and what are you trying to say?

So I say....I use deep woods off, you signed for me to use it.

So she says...oh, I'm just letting you know in case you see her scratching.


But what I know is......you were totally blaming Mosquitos bites on me! I know little one goes outside in the evenings too!

Why the need to blame daycare on everything? Your kid doesn't sleep at night because of naps! Your kid goes home hungry because he doesn't like my healthy food. Your kid goes home hungry because I let them play in sand and dirt outside. Your kid had a cold because I let the play outside in winter.

Why?

[Cradle2crayons]

Why?? Because they refuse to take responsibility for actually parenting their own child.

[momofboys]

Why?? Because they refuse to take responsibility for actually parenting their own child.

Yep, yep!

[daycare]

Don't feel alone I deal with this too.
I just don't let it bother me anymore.

I either ignore them when they complain or I say well it a good thing Joey is always so great for me.

You can always try to throw it back on them.

Sorry to hear that about the mosquito bites. Would you like me to call you to pick her up when we go outside each day?

[blandino]

This definitely happens to me too. I'm pretty sure if a mosquito bite happens on their watch - they would never make a big deal about it. It doesn't even mean you did anything bad - bugs live outside and your child was playing outside.

Usually I say "well we have to play outside each day, and mosquitos do live outside. We have sprayed the yard, but feel free to send big spray if you like".

[blandino]

Sorry to hear that about the mosquito bites. Would you like me to call you to pick her up when we go outside each day?

Brilliant ! Love it !

[MissAnn]

This definitely happens to me too. I'm pretty sure if a mosquito bite happens on their watch - they would never make a big deal about it. It doesn't even mean you did anything bad - bugs live outside and your child was playing outside.

Usually I say "well we have to play outside each day, and mosquitos do live outside. We have sprayed the yard, but feel free to send big spray if you like".

What do you spray the yard with? I hate all these chemicals but maybe it's just what I need to do.

[Springdaze]

Ive gotten that too and I hate it! not really that much you can do

[Unregistered]

My son is a mosquito magnet. I would tell the daycare where they were and give them calamine if needed so they didn't miss one. I mean he gets EATEN no matter what we put on him. He tastes good I guess! My point is, I never blamed the daycare, even when he'd get bitten there. I blame his tasty blood!

[Cradle2crayons]

My son is a mosquito magnet. I would tell the daycare where they were and give them calamine if needed so they didn't miss one. I mean he gets EATEN no matter what we put on him. He tastes good I guess! My point is, I never blamed the daycare, even when he'd get bitten there. I blame his tasty blood!

Deet 40% it works. Even on those skeeters that can carry off young children here in Mississippi. 25% don't even work down here.

[Evansmom]

I've definitely gotten blamed for things like this too. It's unfortunate and it makes me defensive and I don't like it.

One time a DCM called me after DCD picked up DCB and said he had tiny bites or bumps in his eyebrows. I was like ok... She asked 1000 questions like, did we have fleas (no!), was he outside (of course) but not one of the other kids had any bites or bumps at all. So she asked had I let him go anywhere the other children hasn't gone? I was thinking "lady, are you crazy?!" I termed them later bc it became so apparent they didn't trust me or my care in the least.
Of course the tiny bumps were gone by the next morning at drop off...

[Unregistered]

What?? I didn't even know mosquito bites were a big deal. I remember just dealing with them as a kid, no harm no foul. In fact even now, every year when I get my first bite, my reaction is "woo hoo, summer is here!" I mean what's next, skinned-knee freak outs??

[Play Care]

I got so tired of the comments about mosquito bites and ticks that I put something in my spring newsletter about what I will do to prevent it on my watch. This has cut down on the blame game.

That said, I do use spray with DEET and if it's too buggy out, we do stay inside. One of my neighbors children nearly died a few years ago from a mosquito borne illness.

[crazydaycarelady]

Oh we get blamed for EVERYTHING! If they say a bad word they learned it here, if they hit another kid they learned it here, if they won't go to bed easy then I let them sleep too long, if they act bad at pick-up they must be tired or hungry (my fault.)

I once had a kid that said "push it" a lot when he would push buttons, his dad heard him say it at pick-up one day and laughed because they thought he was saying "bulls&%t" and must have learned it here!

[Mom2Five+]

Wow good to know I'm not the only one who gets comments like this. I had a DCD ask me if I have heard his 2 year old say he was gay? I couldn't even believe what he was saying. I told him no I hadn't and that I think he must have been saying something else. Of course he comes in this morning and said "I want to play" Dad is like see he just said it. I had to translate to him what his own child was saying. Maybe you need to spend more time with him and work with him to pronounce words and stop dropping him off on weekends to whoever will take him.