You know you work at a daycare when.....

[My3cents]

....without looking up you can hear a kid cry and know who it is and whether it's a hurt cry, he took my toy cry, I didn't nap and am whiny cry, etc. And if it's one of the cries that doesn't matter you can tune it out!

....a toddler can walk up to you and another adult, tell a story, and you understand what they were saying while the other adult heard nothing but gibberish.


....you can get a large group of children to fall asleep within 10 minutes, yet their parents say they fight sleep all the time at home.

all of these!!!

and one more

you can tell what they ate for supper the night before by the smell of the poop

[daycarediva]

You can change diapers in record time!

When the only kids you start to like are your own....j/k- well sometimes it's true depending on the day.
I do love babies and want to hold random babies when I'm out.

Sometimes, not even them! LOL!!


When you can name the ninja turtles by color
When you know the difference between DC and marvel comics because of an obsessed dcb
When you know which parent the child was with based solely on their attire or behavior
When discussing BM's with a group of adults doesn't phase you in the least
When you can spot a parent lie a MILE AWAY
When your (daycare)kids get NOTHING by you because you have seen/heard/done/said it ALL
When you have nicknames for each child in care and can have an entire conversation with your immediate family members about them in a public restaurant without saying a single name. (parents, too)

[BumbleBee]

You can have 3 kids crying while you make lunch & not stress about it at all.

4.5 month old was tired, 2.5 yo was told no, 1 yo was crying bc the other 2 were.

[melilley]

Sometimes, not even them! LOL!!



When your (daycare)kids get NOTHING by you because you have seen/heard/done/said it ALL

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I tell my 11 yo dd this all the time! She's a good kid, but sometimes tries to get away with things. Once we went to a restaurant and I told her if she was going to order an adult meal, she had to eat ALL of it. Well, her and her cousin were "going to the bathroom" when my cousin called them over. Turns out my cousin saw my dd with her hands in her pocket. She asked her where she was going and to take her hands out of her pocket...low and behold, there was her food. She was going to throw it away! We all (there were 4 adults) told the kids that we have been there, done that, and that there's nothing they can get away with...

[Unregistered]

...humming kids songs from circle time, even on the weekends when you're closed
...tell your family that they can't have that particular food item because it's for the DCKs
...shop on the weekends for what you think was strictly for your family, but always end up looking for or picking up something for the day care
...the DCK give their DCP a fit at pick-up time until you patiently get the DCK in order to leave like their DCP wasn't even there
...tell the DCP what their child likes, loves, dislikes, and hate (and they didn't even know it)

[melonieb]

I go to my nanas house and she has 8 grandchildren there, not including my five. meals are ran as if i was at home the entire time, same rules and consequences. my nana told me that my rules always carry over to her house.

[Bookworm]

...you cut up everyone's food for them in small toddler size pieces.

...you ask whomever your with if they need to potty.

...you feel the need to correct or discipline random misbehaving children at the park, mall, etc.

If there's one thing that I hate, it's kids running all willy-nilly in stores or restaurants and their parents pretending not to notice. I was in a restaurant once and a little boy kept climbing on the back of their booth. ( it wasn't connected to another booth). The parents gave half hearted pleas for him to get down before he falls. Guess what happened next. He fell and hit the floor. I burst out laughing (I know, not a good reaction). The parents gave me a look and began to leave.