Thinking I Am Going to Have a No Babies Rule

[momma2girls]

I sold all of my baby stuff to prevent myself from ever giving in and taking a baby again, . Swing- gone, jumperoo- gone, exercauser- gone, walker- gone. I saved 1 carry along swing and a few bibs for an emergency (good thing since my sister is unexpectedly pg). I much prefer the 12 mos+. The screaming babies make me want to scream, .

I am with you!!! There is such a great need for infant and newborn care where I live. I have a huge waiting list for this all the time!!!

[broncomom1973]

Yeah, there is a huge need for infant care here, but I want none of it, . I have an opening and I am holding out for a 2+ year old girl. At this point, I will only take a girl (I want my 3 year old daughter to have another girl to play with instead of the rowdy boys I take care of). So, no infants, and no boys. I guess you could say I am being picky!!

[melskids]

I'd give anything to be able to send my own school ager to another daycare eeek!

i second that!!!!!

[tenderhearts]

My almost 9 mo old dcb started that whole thing of the second you put him down he starts crying, it is tough. I finally kind of read up on it a bit and it says it's very common from about 8 mo for about 2-4 mo (all kids are different) but it's an anxiety issue, they now realize that when something diasappears it may not come back, they say to just reassure them it's ok and continue with whatever you need to, YES that is hard. Thank goodness my almost 5 yr old LOVES the babies and he will sit there and make the 9 mo old laugh and it usually stops the crying so I'll say hey Justin can you go over and make Dylan laugh. Works most of the time.

[Blackcat31]

I sold all of my baby stuff to prevent myself from ever giving in and taking a baby again, . Swing- gone, jumperoo- gone, exercauser- gone, walker- gone. I saved 1 carry along swing and a few bibs for an emergency (good thing since my sister is unexpectedly pg). I much prefer the 12 mos+. The screaming babies make me want to scream, .

Me too! I got rid of everything! I only take kids age 18 mos and older. Babies are waaaay too much work. they dictate the day and if they aren't happy, no one is! I have a friend who does child care too and she loves the babies and I love the 2-5 yr olds. She takes them til 2 yrs then sends them to me whenever possible and I give her all the babies. I used to feel bad being a child care provider and not really enjoying the babies, but I decided to be honest with myself and now I enjoy my job 110% more with no babies. There are several provider's in my area that do the same and do not accept anyone under 2. They are full all the time, so it works I guess. To each his own.

[momma2girls]

It wouldn't be so bad, if all of the babies you receive, are the good ones- ha!! I think having colicy, seperation anxiety and stranger anxiety ones really ruin the whole baby thing, and there is so much stress with a baby that cries all day long- ughh!!!!