Grrrr!

[CraftyMom]

A quick vent! Dcg 2 usually comes at 8:30. mom texts this morning, says she will spend the morning with grandma then come before nap, and what time is nap. I said we start getting ready at 12 (getting mats out, reading a story,etc)and they start falling asleep by 12:30. No drop offs during nap. Mom says ok, gma will have her there by 11 or 11:30 and she will have eaten lunch. I'm not thrilled about this since we will be still be outside at 11 and I just had a bad feeling over all. Well gma shows up at 11:45 (late), sees the kids eating and says oh they're eating, dcg is sleeping, darn. 2 things annoy me right away, she was supposed to have already eaten and she has been sleeping for a half hour already! I gave gma a look so she knew I wasn't happy and tells me mom said nap was at 12 so an early nap would be fine. I said no, an early nap means she'll be up early and wake the others. Nap is at 12:30, we start getting ready at 12. At this point the playroom is full of toys as we haven't cleaned up yet, just that kind of day. I have to clear a spot for her mat and now gma is shushing the kids so dcg can sleep! I am clearly annoyed as gma leaves. We still had to clean up around dcg so naturally she wakes up and I'm pretty sure that's it for her nap today, and it isn't even nap time yet and she is WIDE awake! GRRRR! I will not allow this again, I should have said no and followed my gut, when will I learn?

[taylorw1210]

I hate when parents mess up our schedule! I have all my kiddos on such a good schedule and one small wrench thrown in really does mess it all up and they don't seem to get it! I have not officially put out a policy about no late drop offs but I do make it known to all of my DCP's that I do not allow drop offs after a certain point because of this.

[Unregistered]

Similar issue for me!!

I'm dealing with a similar issue today as well. On Wednesday DCM asked if her son could come today to play (she's off and apparently he gets bored when it's just them. Whatever). I said I was full until my daughter and my oldest DCB leave for kindergarten, and he could come in the afternoon. She suggested 1, and I said that was too late as it was naptime and too disruptive at the door. I said 12:30. Guess who still isn't here at 1:19?? I have two small loud dogs that are now cooped up in my room with the tv blaring so they don't hear the door, and there's a note on the door to call and not knock.

Will you speak to the mom at pickup about why this won't be happening again?

[CraftyMom]

It's a bid disruption in our schedule! It's now 1:25 and she is still awake. I texted mom and said "well this didn't work out too well..."

If she doesn't nap she will be grouchy at home later, but that's the price for interrupting her routine I guess. At least she isn't keeping the others awake like I thought

[Blackcat31]

I'm dealing with a similar issue today as well. On Wednesday DCM asked if her son could come today to play (she's off and apparently he gets bored when it's just them. Whatever). I said I was full until my daughter and my oldest DCB leave for kindergarten, and he could come in the afternoon. She suggested 1, and I said that was too late as it was naptime and too disruptive at the door. I said 12:30. Guess who still isn't here at 1:19?? I have two small loud dogs that are now cooped up in my room with the tv blaring so they don't hear the door, and there's a note on the door to call and not knock.

Will you speak to the mom at pickup about why this won't be happening again?

Next time put a note on the door stating they did not arrive before nap time as required so you will now not be available for drop offs until after 3:00 (or whenever nap time ends).

It's a bid disruption in our schedule! It's now 1:25 and she is still awake. I texted mom and said "well this didn't work out too well..."

If she doesn't nap she will be grouchy at home later, but that's the price for interrupting her routine I guess. At least she isn't keeping the others awake like I thought

Next time some one has that situation just tell them that the child MUST be ready for nap and if they are not due to whatever happened in the a.m. with grandma, then the child will be required to be picked up immediately as you cannot allow one child's schedule change affect the others. It's a simple courtesy that ALL parents are required to respect.

[Unregistered]

Next time put a note on the door stating they did not arrive before nap time as required so you will now not be available for drop offs until after 3:00 (or whenever nap time ends).



Next time some one has that situation just tell them that the child MUST be ready for nap and if they are not due to whatever happened in the a.m. with grandma, then the child will be required to be picked up immediately as you cannot allow one child's schedule change affect the others. It's a simple courtesy that ALL parents are required to respect.

I left a note on the door asking her to call me and not ring the bell. I just got off the phone with her (1.5 hours after I expected him), and she said "I thought I told you that it wasn't worth it for me to drop him off just for the afternoon". Um, I'm fairly sure I wouldn't forget and ENTIRE conversation with you. Especially since you are the ONLY family I have scheduling issues with.