DCM was on time, came in and I said the daycare is this way, she headed for my livingroom
First red flag
We went into my first room and she put the little one down (my 2 other dcg's were in the other room, and said "wow your rooms are so clean and organized" you must really stay on top of things. I told her that my dck's keep the rooms this way. That I teach them from day one. The little girl goes to the FP house and she jumps up and says "you think that there might be something in there she could get caught in her throat?" Second red flag! (sure mom I am so stupid as to have tiny things a child could swallow). So little girl has everything...I mean everything going in her mouth
We go to my second room and little girl is playing and again everything going in the mouth. Mom asks me "why do you want paid on Friday's? Third red flag!! Because this is my policy. I had to explain 3 times to her that she pays on Fridays for the following week. I still don't think she got it!!
Little girl grabs my 22 mts Dcg around the neck and was chocking her, Mom sat there. I quickly took the little girl off my dcg and put her in my lap and then the little girl reached up and kissed me on the mouth. about 3 seconds later the mom said "since I am in the health care field, I don't want any of the other kids kissing my little girl in the mouth and I want to stress that you wash hands and wash hand and more washing hands!
She now she was on my BAD side (and that don't happen very often with me) First of all, NONE of my other dck's kissed her little girl, the little girl kissed me!! And second the little girl just had 50 or more toys in her mouth and put germs all over them and that is ok that the other dck's play with them!! I understand the no kissing on the mouth, but the little girl caught me off guard and just kissed me. But why not say "I would perfer that YOU don't kiss my daughter on the mouth" Don't act all high and mighty and tell me not to let the other kids kiss her in the mouth.
She also told me that the other provider is wonderful and she loves her. The little girl has been with other provider since she was 4 mts old. She is upset because provider took 2 more children and she feels provider can not handle. She said one was 4mts and one was 2. This was my last red flag!!
I walked her to the door and she said, I will talk to my husband tonight and I am pretty sure we will start her on Monday. I told her to call me because I had another interview at 7pm tonight!! (which I don't)
This mom would of been a deep thorn in my side!!

We went into my first room and she put the little one down (my 2 other dcg's were in the other room, and said "wow your rooms are so clean and organized" you must really stay on top of things. I told her that my dck's keep the rooms this way. That I teach them from day one. The little girl goes to the FP house and she jumps up and says "you think that there might be something in there she could get caught in her throat?" Second red flag! (sure mom I am so stupid as to have tiny things a child could swallow). So little girl has everything...I mean everything going in her mouth

We go to my second room and little girl is playing and again everything going in the mouth. Mom asks me "why do you want paid on Friday's? Third red flag!! Because this is my policy. I had to explain 3 times to her that she pays on Fridays for the following week. I still don't think she got it!!
Little girl grabs my 22 mts Dcg around the neck and was chocking her, Mom sat there. I quickly took the little girl off my dcg and put her in my lap and then the little girl reached up and kissed me on the mouth. about 3 seconds later the mom said "since I am in the health care field, I don't want any of the other kids kissing my little girl in the mouth and I want to stress that you wash hands and wash hand and more washing hands!

She now she was on my BAD side (and that don't happen very often with me) First of all, NONE of my other dck's kissed her little girl, the little girl kissed me!! And second the little girl just had 50 or more toys in her mouth and put germs all over them and that is ok that the other dck's play with them!! I understand the no kissing on the mouth, but the little girl caught me off guard and just kissed me. But why not say "I would perfer that YOU don't kiss my daughter on the mouth" Don't act all high and mighty and tell me not to let the other kids kiss her in the mouth.

She also told me that the other provider is wonderful and she loves her. The little girl has been with other provider since she was 4 mts old. She is upset because provider took 2 more children and she feels provider can not handle. She said one was 4mts and one was 2. This was my last red flag!!
I walked her to the door and she said, I will talk to my husband tonight and I am pretty sure we will start her on Monday. I told her to call me because I had another interview at 7pm tonight!! (which I don't)
This mom would of been a deep thorn in my side!!
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