Tweet
I just remembered another one- Do you want me to start her on bottle nipples before I bring her to daycare? What? You think that would be an automatic thought!! I said- aw, yeah!
-
-
I have one that caught me off guard and actually left me speechless for a minute:
(keep in mind this is for a 6 week old) What kind of arts & crafts will you have my baby participate on a daily basis?Comment
-
Yes, but it was a voluntary recall and based on some evidence that levels of belladonna (the active ingredient) were inconsistent. NOT because they are in any way dangerous. They are perfectly safe and are coming back early this year. And to be fair, they weren't even recalled by the FDA--they were recalled by the company that manufactures them.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
-
at a center i used to work at there was a mom that did not want her baby to have tummy time at all because she didn't want her to crawl only walk this was a 3 month old baby! this mothers stayed for 2 years and was problems always!Comment
-
:
: This was actually my first out loud laughter today. I've seen King of Queens a few times and just thought your comment was funny. Thanks!
I totally understand where you are coming from. I am sorry she termed over this, but we can't have a child starve, especially a young child. Maybe you need to add something to your policy about infants who will not take a bottle that another bottle may be tried to help sooth the baby. SO sad, but thanks for sharing!Comment
-
the mom of an 8 month old sent me a text LATE one night saying the girl had a cold off and on and now she was "wheezy"..."should i take her to the ER?!" i was like umm, does she have a fever?! well, noooo. then um noooo. emergency rooms are for EMERGENCIES! of course, the insurance was covered by the state so what does it matter
i should've told her yes. they would've made her wait for HOURS just for being so silly, i'm sure. i told her to use a vaporizer or get the bathroom steamy and take her in there for a warm bath - who woulda thunk?Comment
-
During an interview one time, I was talking to a family who had a baby boy about the same age as another one I had in care at the time (they were around 7 mos old). Mom kept asking the same questions (rotating them) in different ways. It got to the point where dad was answering her questions because I had answered them so many times!! It was funny because even dad was starting to roll his eyes!!
But the really funny part was....I had explained how I had a fenced in yard in the back. We live on a somewhat busy city street. Mom asked what I did to entertain the kids in the front yard to make sure they had fun but kept them safe (ummm...did you not hear me talking at length about the fenced in backyard??). I SO wanted to say, oh yeah, we play this really cool game in the front yard, we throw a toy across the road and the kids have to get over there, get the toy and get back without getting smucked by a car!! And since your kid isn't even crawling yet, guess he better brush up on his scooting skills!!
Of course, I would never do/think/try/suggest/ whatever keeps the trolls away....any of the above, but I felt totally insulted that she had to even ask a question like that, especially after I made a total point of talking up our fenced in back yard!! We don't even use the front yard, except to get in the strollers/wagon to go for a walk!Comment
-
I had one at interview time, first they came from a distance (like 45min. away) so they had 2 girls that were 2 and 4. well all my kids were outside playing on the trampoline along with other kids, well it was time to go home for the girls and they didn't want to go home, even thou I told mom before hand that kids really enjoy playing here (I for warn all parents now) well because it took them a half hour of trying to get them to go home, mom handed me my handbook and said "sorry but were not going to bring them here because they don't want to go home" (saw the kids in the summer--yrs later and omg I'm so glad they didn't come here)Comment
-
This isn't funny like anyone elses, but made me give the crooked eyebrows to the woman. This is when I first opened up my home to daycare.
So this family phones me, she talked to me for like 20 minutes on the phone, and we scheduled an interview for the following week.
She comes here with her husband, 1 of the 2 children only (which concerns me, because who knows what that child is like if I don't meet him/her!).
She tours my house, my backyard, she asks questions, I ask mine.
As they are standing outside on the front steps to leave, she asks me
"Sooo, how much space do you have for them to play? Do you find kids are crawling all over each other?" because my house is pretty small.
I curled my eyebrows in a "huh?" look, and said "well, kids generally tend to sit on top of each other regardless of how much space there is. And we spend most of our time outside anyways"
She emailed me the next day and asked if she could come bring a deposit. I said sorry, someone placed one already. ****s, I sat empty for a month and a half, BUT the interview is not just for them to size me up, it's just as much for me to size them up. I had that feeling this woman was going to be difficult to deal with. She also told me a 10000000000 times on the phone call and during the interview that even if her kids are here for an hour or 2 most days, she wants a full time spot, because it's a tax deduction for her and her husband. I was excited originally thinking I'm getting full time pay for casual care, but flags went up.Comment
-
I've told this story around here a few times already, but it totally fits this thread.
Lady called me in early December 2010 (like, the 3rd or 4th maybe) and asked how far in advance I know if I'll have spaces. I told her that I really don't have any right now and don't anticipate having space any time soon. She asked me about November 2011. I told her that I can't plan that far in advance and asked how old of a child we were talking--4 months old.
I told her that I especially can't predict if I'll have space for an infant in a year and if she would like to call me back over the summer, I'd be glad to talk to her then. She continued to press the issue, wanting an interview NOW. I continued to dissuade an interview explaining that a year was WAY too far in advance for me to plan and I would be happy to discuss it when the time got closer.
When I FINALLY got her off the phone I did the math and figured out that she was just barely pregnant--six weeks, if that! Talk about overzealous first-time mama! SHE doesn't even know where she'll be/what she'll be doing in a year! Not to be cynical, but there's no guarantee that she'll have a baby or that it would be ready/able to be in a daycare at 4 months.
I'm so glad that I got her off the phone and will most certainly NOT have space available next November because I definitely would NOT want this woman as a daycare parent--WAY too nit-picky and detail-oriented for my tastes. She probably would have wanted me to photograph every dirty diaper...Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
-
Literally just finished reading this thread and got a call from a state subsidy single mom. In 45 years of care can't say as I've been ask these questions before.
1) I am approved fro 75 hours of care at my child's other daycare and she doesn't use them. Do you provide care to use up the hours? If they are for school or work hours
2) Do you provide over night care? Yes, but can only bill the state if you are working. You would have to pay for personal time.
3) How much do you charge for 24 hour care? For two or three days? !!??!!
4) Do you provide transportation? No, I have other children here to care for and don't have a vehicle large enough to cart them all.
5) If they are gone will you transport my daughter? Uh, no.. I don't have a car. Sorry, I can't help you.
6) Do you know someone that can?I see little people.Comment
:
Comment