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(Yes, I'm yelling it!)
Dcm sent me a text last Saturday, I was outside at the park with my kids and didn't answer it. Then she called, left a message to return her call as soon as possible. I do so.
"Does dcb have a sweatshirt at your house for when it warms up?"
"I don't know, I am not at home. We can check Monday."
"Will you please check as soon as you get home and let me know?"
"No. You can check Monday. He will need a coat anyway, since it's supposed to be cold."
WTF! That was soooo urgent it needs to be dealt with NOW? (Yes, I'm swearing now, too.)
Wednesday of last week I get a phone call from dcm around 8pm asking if dcb bumped his head and where and when he did so since I didn't send home a boo-boo report.
1. Dcb is VERY VERY fair. White hair, white eyelashes, see through skin. Every single time he rubs against something it's red instantly.
2. He is NOT a whiner. He is a BRUISER. Falls, jumps, rolls around, flings himself down, runs without looking, etc. He DOES NOT CRY.
I tell dcm both of those things. She sends me a text/pic. It's VERY LIGHTLY red. Dcd is so concerned he thinks it is an allergic reaction and gives him Benadryl. I say "That looks like it just happened. There is no way it would have been red from 4 hours ago." Dcm drops it.
I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND DCD Thursday at drop off AND pick up about after hours being MY TIME and to PLEASE not call or text me unless it's an emergency.
Fast forward to last night. She calls right around 8. Dcb has a MASSIVE BRUISE ON HIS HIP! It's HUGE! He says it really hurts! CALL ME BACK ASAP!
*sigh*
I call her back. It's SO massive, what happened, no report, did he bump it? blah blah. I say NOTHING HAPPENED. Changed him at 3:30 for 4pm pickup and saw NOTHING. Ask her to send me a picture.
It's dime sized and YELLOW. I remind her of dcd telling me he fell at grandmas. I remind about MY TIME since she literally interrupted me doing homework for this urgent matter.
I am over the helicopter parenting. They DO NOT let this child play normally, they follow him EVERYWHERE and step in EVERY TIME he MAY be hurt. He is 3.5 and isn't allowed to walk down the 4 stairs off my front porch alone! It's covered in my handbook that occasional bumps and bruises are a normal part of early childhood.
Was it ECS that was doing every single bruise documentation? I am going that route with this family this evening. Along with a copy of that section of my handbook. Child is first drop off, so I am going to strip him, document and have Mom sign, then do the reverse before pickup. So over this.
Dcm sent me a text last Saturday, I was outside at the park with my kids and didn't answer it. Then she called, left a message to return her call as soon as possible. I do so.
"Does dcb have a sweatshirt at your house for when it warms up?"
"I don't know, I am not at home. We can check Monday."
"Will you please check as soon as you get home and let me know?"
"No. You can check Monday. He will need a coat anyway, since it's supposed to be cold."
WTF! That was soooo urgent it needs to be dealt with NOW? (Yes, I'm swearing now, too.)
Wednesday of last week I get a phone call from dcm around 8pm asking if dcb bumped his head and where and when he did so since I didn't send home a boo-boo report.
1. Dcb is VERY VERY fair. White hair, white eyelashes, see through skin. Every single time he rubs against something it's red instantly.
2. He is NOT a whiner. He is a BRUISER. Falls, jumps, rolls around, flings himself down, runs without looking, etc. He DOES NOT CRY.
I tell dcm both of those things. She sends me a text/pic. It's VERY LIGHTLY red. Dcd is so concerned he thinks it is an allergic reaction and gives him Benadryl. I say "That looks like it just happened. There is no way it would have been red from 4 hours ago." Dcm drops it.
I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND DCD Thursday at drop off AND pick up about after hours being MY TIME and to PLEASE not call or text me unless it's an emergency.
Fast forward to last night. She calls right around 8. Dcb has a MASSIVE BRUISE ON HIS HIP! It's HUGE! He says it really hurts! CALL ME BACK ASAP!
*sigh*
I call her back. It's SO massive, what happened, no report, did he bump it? blah blah. I say NOTHING HAPPENED. Changed him at 3:30 for 4pm pickup and saw NOTHING. Ask her to send me a picture.
It's dime sized and YELLOW. I remind her of dcd telling me he fell at grandmas. I remind about MY TIME since she literally interrupted me doing homework for this urgent matter.
I am over the helicopter parenting. They DO NOT let this child play normally, they follow him EVERYWHERE and step in EVERY TIME he MAY be hurt. He is 3.5 and isn't allowed to walk down the 4 stairs off my front porch alone! It's covered in my handbook that occasional bumps and bruises are a normal part of early childhood.
Was it ECS that was doing every single bruise documentation? I am going that route with this family this evening. Along with a copy of that section of my handbook. Child is first drop off, so I am going to strip him, document and have Mom sign, then do the reverse before pickup. So over this.
That is really annoying. I used to have parents do that. Once I stopped texting, and only answered emails, all the nonsense calls stopped. Do these parents really think this kind of communication is going to continue in elementary school?! No way would that fly, they need a dose of reality!
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I had a dcm like this. Every night. One night I didn't answer. She called 23 times. When I did finally return her call she needed me to bring over the diaper cream her husband left here at pick up. I asked her to have her hubby come get it. Well, of course he couldn't he was bowling. Thank goodness I termed them.
What in the world?!
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