Your "Age Group"

[thetoddlerwhisper]

sprouting from a conversation we had at our center today...what is your age group? not what you have but the group you just click with? i personally love 2s. im most at home with them and the least stressed most of the time. while 3s drive me bonkers and infants tend to overwhelm me.

[coolconfidentme]

1 to 2 year olds..., they learn so much during that time. I love it! lovethis

[Cat Herder]

Same as yours..... except for the infants

[butterfly]

1 to 2 year olds..., they learn so much during that time. I love it! lovethis

- the age where they haven't learned to talk back yet.

[thetoddlerwhisper]

- the age where they haven't learned to talk back yet.

thats why i like my 2s when they start talking back its time to move to the 3s room

[Luna]

1 to 3. It breaks my heart when my sweet, funny two year olds turn into bossy, demanding, defiant three year olds .

[melilley]

Infant to just before 3.

[coolconfidentme]

I prefer parents over 30. The 20-something feel they know more about childcare than I do, . I want to say, "Pleeez...., I have kids older than you!" (giggle, snicker, snort)

[Happily_wed]

Newborn to three. Once they hit three I find that they get the attitude and the smart mouth. Not all of them of course and maybe it's because I have had mostly girls . Out of four girls I have one that was still as sweet here once she hit three as ever. Now at home.....that was another story!

[thetoddlerwhisper]

I prefer parents over 30. The 20-something feel they know more about childcare than I do, . I want to say, "Pleeez...., I have kids older than you!" (giggle, snicker, snort)

i prefer parents with more than 1 child. otherwise they treat me like i dont know snot. 8yrs in childcare is alot longer than your yr and a half of being a parent

[cheerfuldom]

I do not like caring for infants. I am not the kind of person to rock babies and coo over them all day, I didn't even do that for my own kids. I like crawling age through 3 years old. After that, it depends on the 4 year old but a lot of 4 year olds are needing more activity and structure than I can provide and some of them don't nap anymore. I do not like screamers (who does?!) or kids that don't know how to play on their own. I would rather open the back door and turn them loose to get dirty, than deal with a kid that stands by the backdoor and doesn't play with anything.

[thetoddlerwhisper]

I do not like caring for infants. I am not the kind of person to rock babies and coo over them all day, I didn't even do that for my own kids. I like crawling age through 3 years old. After that, it depends on the 4 year old but a lot of 4 year olds are needing more activity and structure than I can provide and some of them don't nap anymore. I do not like screamers (who does?!) or kids that don't know how to play on their own. I would rather open the back door and turn them loose to get dirty, than deal with a kid that stands by the backdoor and doesn't play with anything.

thats part of my thing with infants theyre cute a little when theyre newborns but then i dont have time to sit and coddle all day.

[KidGrind]

3 and under. I love, love, love babies.

[jenboo]

I love up to 12 months, but when we are talking about a group of them, Ill pick the 4 yr olds.

[Happily_wed]

I do not like caring for infants. I am not the kind of person to rock babies and coo over them all day, I didn't even do that for my own kids. I like crawling age through 3 years old. After that, it depends on the 4 year old but a lot of 4 year olds are needing more activity and structure than I can provide and some of them don't nap anymore. I do not like screamers (who does?!) or kids that don't know how to play on their own. I would rather open the back door and turn them loose to get dirty, than deal with a kid that stands by the backdoor and doesn't play with anything.

I don't coddle the babies. I hold them while feeding and after changing and pick them up and play with them at times throughout the day but I don't sit and hold them all day. I think they need to lay and watch and listen and kick and explore their hands etc.