Craigslist Ad Of The Day! ;)

[Starburst]

I agree about the grammar as well. All I've ever known are examples in spanish but now I have a couple of English examples too.
Here is my favorite example of all time of the importance of punctuation (in spanish)

Mi papá tiene 57 años = my dad is 57 years old
Mi papa tiene 57 anos = my potato has 57 [bleep]holes

:: I saw that one the other day on Facebook

[Starburst]

UPDATE!

hey all, guess what? this mom facebooked me and has had no other options come up for daycare, surprise surprise. she wants to renew our old convo about daycare but I politely reminded her of what I said before. I wouldnt be the right fit for her based on our previous conversations. She said she has tried so many places and talked to so many people....and is still looking.

anyway, just between all of us, even if she was willing to budge on her list, I am still not going to take her because I was not good enough for her a week ago so I already know that even if they started here, she would feel that I wasnt good enough.

ANOTHER UPDATE

I popped over to her Facebook page and now I think I will look at other prospective parents on Facebook too to weed out people! LOL She is married, has one kid, is a SAHM yet says several places that daycare provides her "me time". She told me her daughter only needed a little patting to go to sleep but on her FB she said her daughter just started sleeping thru the night (almost 2 years old), screams bloody murder when its time to go to bed or nap, wakes up horribly grouchy. she also said in several places that their family is a child-led family. sounds delightful LOL I am confused why she is so AP style with no sleep training and other things like that yet sends her kid to daycare when she is a SAHM? they dont cloth diaper, cosleep, or babywear but she is very big on posting about no cry it out with articles and snarky comments like "I dont care how other people parent but I do care that other parents are un-informed" so yeah, the crying thing is obviously a biggie. She also talks about how much TV they which (sounds like a lot of TV) yet wants a daycare that limits or does no TV at all. its seriously not adding up at all. so glad I dodged that bullet!

Wow, what a snob! Did she even think about what she said and how "well behaved" her child is? Hopefully you deleted (and blocked) her from Facebook.

[Lyss]

UPDATE!

hey all, guess what? this mom facebooked me and has had no other options come up for daycare, surprise surprise. she wants to renew our old convo about daycare but I politely reminded her of what I said before. I wouldnt be the right fit for her based on our previous conversations. She said she has tried so many places and talked to so many people....and is still looking.

anyway, just between all of us, even if she was willing to budge on her list, I am still not going to take her because I was not good enough for her a week ago so I already know that even if they started here, she would feel that I wasnt good enough.

ANOTHER UPDATE

I popped over to her Facebook page and now I think I will look at other prospective parents on Facebook too to weed out people! LOL She is married, has one kid, is a SAHM yet says several places that daycare provides her "me time". She told me her daughter only needed a little patting to go to sleep but on her FB she said her daughter just started sleeping thru the night (almost 2 years old), screams bloody murder when its time to go to bed or nap, wakes up horribly grouchy. she also said in several places that their family is a child-led family. sounds delightful LOL I am confused why she is so AP style with no sleep training and other things like that yet sends her kid to daycare when she is a SAHM? they dont cloth diaper, cosleep, or babywear but she is very big on posting about no cry it out with articles and snarky comments like "I dont care how other people parent but I do care that other parents are un-informed" so yeah, the crying thing is obviously a biggie. She also talks about how much TV they which (sounds like a lot of TV) yet wants a daycare that limits or does no TV at all. its seriously not adding up at all. so glad I dodged that bullet!

Totally dodged a bullet!

I always Facebook people that contact me! :::: I mainly started to check that it was a "real" person verses craigslist spammers but now I do it for everyone that contacts me! I even occasionally check in on current parents (I'm not friends with any of them)! I guess I'm a bit nosey! ::::

[LK5kids]

This parent needs to be a SAHM!!!

[Blackcat31]

She also talks about how much TV they which (sounds like a lot of TV) yet wants a daycare that limits or does no TV at all. its seriously not adding up at all. so glad I dodged that bullet!

Parents don't want their child to watch TV at daycare because they want to be able to turn it on at home and have the kid be engrossed then so the parent doesn't have to deal....

Cheer, I'd be half tempted to be 100% honest with this mom and tell her she is crazy....you might be doing her a HUGE favor.

[cheerfuldom]

Parents don't want their child to watch TV at daycare because they want to be able to turn it on at home and have the kid be engrossed then so the parent doesn't have to deal....

Cheer, I'd be half tempted to be 100% honest with this mom and tell her she is crazy....you might be doing her a HUGE favor.

oh I know WHY she was asking for no TV but it was just annoying to see her so hypocritical. She was all superior with me about what she demanded for her child yet is obviously okay with all those things at home (like TV).

[Leigh]

Parents don't want their child to watch TV at daycare because they want to be able to turn it on at home and have the kid be engrossed then so the parent doesn't have to deal....

Cheer, I'd be half tempted to be 100% honest with this mom and tell her she is crazy....you might be doing her a HUGE favor.

Oh, ain't THAT the truth. I have a DCM who tells her kids at drop off: Maybe you'll go to the park today. Umm, that just GUARANTEES that I am not taking your kids there. She hates the park. It's much easier for her to have me take 12 kids to the park than for her to take just her 2.

This mom told me on first day drop off, please don't let them watch TV all day-it gets them wound up. They tell me ALL the time about how much TV they watch at home, they know every character on every show. She tells me to make sure they don't nap too much here. She told me absolutely NO sugary treats (I don't give them anyway), but the kids show up with chocolate all over their faces all the time from the cookies she feeds them for breakfast.

They're REALLY good parents when their kids are at daycare, and then when the kids get home, they're lazy. I know that you don't always FEEL like a trip to the park or the zoo or like going for a walk after a long day at work, but it's what GOOD parents do.

[cheerfuldom]

Oh, ain't THAT the truth. I have a DCM who tells her kids at drop off: Maybe you'll go to the park today. Umm, that just GUARANTEES that I am not taking your kids there. She hates the park. It's much easier for her to have me take 12 kids to the park than for her to take just her 2.

This mom told me on first day drop off, please don't let them watch TV all day-it gets them wound up. They tell me ALL the time about how much TV they watch at home, they know every character on every show. She tells me to make sure they don't nap too much here. She told me absolutely NO sugary treats (I don't give them anyway), but the kids show up with chocolate all over their faces all the time from the cookies she feeds them for breakfast.

They're REALLY good parents when their kids are at daycare, and then when the kids get home, they're lazy. I know that you don't always FEEL like a trip to the park or the zoo or like going for a walk after a long day at work, but it's what GOOD parents do.

They're REALLY good parents when their kids are at daycare,

thats hilarious. everyone is supermom when you arent actually mothering! LOL you know what to do and you expect everyone else to do it but there is always an excuse why you cant do it yourself.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

UPDATE!

hey all, guess what? this mom facebooked me and has had no other options come up for daycare, surprise surprise. she wants to renew our old convo about daycare but I politely reminded her of what I said before. I wouldnt be the right fit for her based on our previous conversations. She said she has tried so many places and talked to so many people....and is still looking.

anyway, just between all of us, even if she was willing to budge on her list, I am still not going to take her because I was not good enough for her a week ago so I already know that even if they started here, she would feel that I wasnt good enough.

ANOTHER UPDATE

I popped over to her Facebook page and now I think I will look at other prospective parents on Facebook too to weed out people! LOL She is married, has one kid, is a SAHM yet says several places that daycare provides her "me time". She told me her daughter only needed a little patting to go to sleep but on her FB she said her daughter just started sleeping thru the night (almost 2 years old), screams bloody murder when its time to go to bed or nap, wakes up horribly grouchy. she also said in several places that their family is a child-led family. sounds delightful LOL I am confused why she is so AP style with no sleep training and other things like that yet sends her kid to daycare when she is a SAHM? they dont cloth diaper, cosleep, or babywear but she is very big on posting about no cry it out with articles and snarky comments like "I dont care how other people parent but I do care that other parents are un-informed" so yeah, the crying thing is obviously a biggie. She also talks about how much TV they which (sounds like a lot of TV) yet wants a daycare that limits or does no TV at all. its seriously not adding up at all. so glad I dodged that bullet!

Crying and tantruming because you don't want to go to sleep at the age of 2 (or almost 2) is not crying it out. It's called being a brat.

... says the hippie (cloth diapering/co-sleeping/babywearing/etc.), AP parent.

[blandino]

Crying and tantruming because you don't want to go to sleep at the age of 2 (or almost 2) is not crying it out. It's called being a brat.

... says the hippie (cloth diapering/co-sleeping/babywearing/etc.), AP parent.

Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!

At age 2 crying is a completely different ball game. I have a 16 month old whose parents rock her to sleep every night and have recently tried to stop rocking her before she is fully asleep. And mom was astonished that she cried for 1-2 minutes only. She was expecting much longer. I had to tell her that typically people attempt sleep training much younger and also aren't rocking the baby 90% to sleep. Regardless of what you think about sleep training - it was very cute/funny.

[UNREGD]

They're REALLY good parents when their kids are at daycare,

thats hilarious. everyone is supermom when you arent actually mothering! LOL you know what to do and you expect everyone else to do it but there is always an excuse why you cant do it yourself.

That's awesome! LOL

Just something I noted from being a mom (And former provider):

Tuesday, I was really not feeling well. I PROMISED my kids they would *not* miss their VBS outing. Tues Morning I wake up with migraine, nauseous and everything hurting. In spite of this, I rolled out of bed, showered, brushed teeth and got a piece of toast. I managed to go downstairs and actually keep my toast down and wake the kids up. I found their shirts that they needed and woke them up and got them ready to go (fed and everything). I really did NOT want to even go. I told the kids "Wow, I really feel sick today. I'm just not feeling up to really wanting to go to your VBS but I promised you so I will keep my promise" My kids at the END of the day gave me a hug and one of them said "Thanks mom for taking us even though you were sick. You didn't have to keep your promise if you were sick, but we're glad you did"

I said to them "I don't break my promises if I can help it and that's why I made sure you were able to go"

Got more hugs and kisses.

I guess my only point to the story is that being a parent sometimes means DOING STUFF you don't want to do. I don't understand why a parent would expect so much from a dcp when they are not doing things that way at home? What a mixed message to send to the kids and probably a lot of why kids are so naughty these days!