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I have 2 dck's that arrive at 6:30am and another at 7:15. Do you let them play as they normally would that early or do you require a "quiet" time for a bit? Normally I have "quiet" time which is easy when there is just a baby and one 4 yr old but now that the one comes at 7:15 it's a little harder. I have them sit and wach tv until about 8 OR they can color at the table which that has even been getting too loud so I am debating on not allowing that even until about 7:45ish. If they have quiet time watching tv how much talking do you allow them? It seems every time I say you can talk quietly it gets way too loud, same when I said or you can sit at the table and color or do a puzzle it gets way too loud. Just curious what others do.
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I have kids starting around 6:45 up until 7:30. I allow them to play just as I would any other time. My own family is all up by 6:30, so it isn't bothersome, and I don't have any little babies that need to sleep. Just curious, so please do not be offended or think I am judging your practices - why do you require that they be quiet? Are your kids sleeping at that time? -
I have been wondering this today too. Today a new boy started who gets here at 6:30...a full hour and fifteen minutes earlier than anyone has ever gotten here for me before! My DD usually sleeps until 8 but was up at 6:45 today because he woke her up. I'm thinking I'm going to keep him downstairs until closer to 8 but have been wondering how to teach a 2.5 yo to be quiet!Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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My daycare opens at 7:30am with kids arriving up intil 8am everyone comes in and watches tv till 8am then we have breakfest at 8am it gives me time to get food ready and time for everyone to get here.Comment
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At my house and daycare I have a quiet time in the am til everyone arrives- inc. my baby when she gets up in the am.Comment
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we are not "quiet", but we dont do really loud games or dance time that early,.. I run the sweeper every morning at 7 so that signals normal goofy play. Mine start arriving after 4Comment
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I think my dc kids are my husband's and kid's alarm clock :
:. Dc kids start arriving around 6:30 (sometimes earlier). My own family doesn't get up til 7:15, but I don't actively try to keep the dc kids quiet. Generally they're at the table eating breakfast, so that keeps them relatively quiet (normal conversation-level noise), but once they go to the playroom to play, they do start to get loud. I don't have a problem with it, since it's so close to everyone else waking up anyway.
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I had it made with my dcg who is 3. She comes in at 7:15 and lays down and watches cartoons until my kids get up at 8 or 7:45. Once a week I have a 2 1/2 year old. Forget it on that day! She comes in at 6:15 ready to, in her own words, "dump" toys.
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Personally, if there aren't people in your house sleeping, then I wouldn't do quiet time in the morning. Sounds like it's not worth the battle.
If there are sleeping people then I'd try to come up with some special activities for that time, whether it's a cartoon or puzzles or new library books or something (which it sounds like you're doing). But even then, if it's not working and just stressing you (and the kids) out, it doesn't sound worth it.Comment
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I never did "quiet time" it was more they just did quieter activities, coloring, puzzles, computer, books ect, which has always worked UNTIL this week, the new boy gets here and he's REALLY loud, he can't seem to sit still, do things quietly so because he's being so incredibly loud I said we needed to sit and watch cartoons for 20 min until my family gets up, and yes my son gets up at 7:45 for school but the rest of my family sleeps later which isn't a big deal for them when the kids play because their rooms are further away from the daycare room but my sons room is right down the entry way so ALL the noise travels thru into there. I would never make the kids play "quiet" until everyone got up but 7:45 isn't too long. Plus all parents know this in the interview when they sign on for 6:30 until 7:30 that it is "quiet play" until
7:45ish.Comment
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If my kids are still sleeping I allow TV time in the morning as I prepare breakfast for the DCK's. IF my kids are up then I let them do whatever they want and be as loud as they want in the mornings.Comment
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During the summer I had a few kids that came early, and I didn't want them waking up my own kids (who wanted to sleep in, heck, it was summer), so I had them play quietly or watch a moving downstairs until breakfast at 7:30, and if my kids were still not up, we went back downstairs. Then babies have morning nap around 8:30, so still some more quiet. Mornings are fairly low key here until about 10 AM. But I am lucky to have a downstairs that is pretty shut off noise wise so the kids can still play and not have to be whispering the entire time.Comment
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same here....i have 3 that show between 620a-640a ..my own family is still sleeping , well some, so its quiet time / tv time here. no loud toys . my house is small so any noise is heard by others.Comment
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I had a REALLY HARD TIME, with my previous daycare children, they came in a 7 in the morning and were sooooo loud, it got the to point that my children were in their rooms, practically crying cuz they were woken with all the screaming and yelling. We dont have doors here in my house, so my two kids could hear everything.
So the new rule was that they needed to come in and sit and color or watch tv.
that didn't last at all, they continued yelling and screaming and actually the father was the most guilty of it all. he is the one that came in and got his children all wound up, he would wrestle with them or throw them over his shoulder and make them laugh till they couldnt stop...yes...it's cute......in the afternoon, not at 7 am, when my two are sleeping.!
so lay down the law, I didn't and I regreted every minute.
it's amazing how much some parents can walk all over you, the second that they know they canComment
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