What Don't You Like About Owning A DC?

[blandino]

I thought of another...

A few months ago, I was with a friend and she said "I have to go grocery shopping tonight, because I wasn't able to do my grocery shopping on my lunch break today".

I was so jealous. I would love to be able to run my errands on a lunch break and free up some of my evening time.

[Blackcat31]

I am starting to feel like the kid on the playground that just doesn't fit in...you know the last one picked for anything...

Most the things you all listed as to why you don't like daycare are the some the things I like most about it.

• isolation (I am loving my solidarity as I age...socializing gets old fast and so fake sometimes)
  
• paperwork (My mom always said I should have been an insurance salesman as I LOVE paperwork, documentation and filling out forms.)
  
• interviewing (Shhh......that is one of my favorite parts of this job... )
  
• feeling stuck or not having my home as my home during work (# 1 reason I have my own house for daycare)
  
• not being able to take days/time off or schedule appts (I feel like that is one of the perks of running a daycare...I schedule time off when I want it, not when someone else gives it to me.)
  
• long hours (I personally like being busy. I feel useful. I feel as though I am contributing to society as a child care provider)
  
• someone said sleep deprivation (again, I am the weird one...I HATE sleeping. If I could get away with not ever doing it, I would. )

This has been an interesting thread though... I think I will start one about why we LOVE what we do.

[Heidi]

The only thing that I hate about working in my home is that my DH, bless his heart because I love him and I don't think he means to do things that bother me on purpose, has his own ideas of how a daycare should be run and he still sometimes forgets that his home is a business during the day and that he can't come home after work to crack a beer and take off his shirt to have "a cold one" in the backyard while the kids are playing or take a nap on the couch in the living room which is our main play space and the room that the parents walk into when they first come in .

Is there any way to make him some sort of "man cave"? My dh has the whole family room that the dc kids only go in to nap. So, it only gets in the way when he has a rare weekday off and it's too cruddy to fish.

As for taking his shirt off, believe me, nobody wants to see that. My dh, who I find rather sexy despite these facts, is not only about 30 lbs overweight (all in front), but is also "the missing link"...

[Michelle]

I can't set my phone, computer, or drink down for a second without a baby going for it

yea... that's a big one!
You should see me on the weekend.
Friends will come in and I will point at the coffee table all excited..
Look look! I get to leave my phone on the table.

They're like..."yea, we will be making that call now"
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[Michelle]

The only thing that I hate about working in my home is that my DH, bless his heart because I love him and I don't think he means to do things that bother me on purpose, has his own ideas of how a daycare should be run and he still sometimes forgets that his home is a business during the day and that he can't come home after work to crack a beer and take off his shirt to have "a cold one" in the backyard while the kids are playing or take a nap on the couch in the living room which is our main play space and the room that the parents walk into when they first come in .

Marina.. I am going through the same thing but my dh loves to run around barefoot... and he's my assistant!!!!
It's a daily struggle

[Heidi]

Marina.. I am going through the same thing but my dh loves to run around barefoot... and he's my assistant!!!!
It's a daily struggle

wait...I walk around barefoot....:confused:

So do all my dck's...

[Michelle]

wait...I walk around barefoot....:confused:

So do all my dck's...

We run our daycare like a school and for me I feel it's unprofessional.
I am also very weird about feet. I get really nice pedis but I am self conscious about my feet.
The kids run around barefoot but we don't.....except at the pool.
I think it's awesome that other people run around barefoot but this is just how I feel and how I want to run my program.