Mmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnneeeee

[Blackcat31]

The plus side of being an infant/toddler daycare....no one can talk yet!!!!

My thoughts exactly. My oldest is 18 months. He just grunts. ::

:: :: that's funny!!
Great positive thinking!

[MissAnn]

Uh huh
Huh uh
Uh huh!!!!!!
Huh uh!!!!!!!

[abryann]

I have a 2.5 year old with a LOT of anxiety whenever his mom and dad aren't around him. When he first started coming here, he would say "Mama Dada day" over and over, at least 15 to 20 times an HOUR. I figured out that he was telling himself that he'd see Mama and Dada at the end of the day; saying that to himself repeatedly was his security blanket. I would just reassure him that yes, Mama or Dada would be here at the end of the day for him, and he would feel better for a few minutes. Boy, hearing that repeated for 10 hours a day got old, though.

[MissAnn]

I have a 2.5 year old with a LOT of anxiety whenever his mom and dad aren't around him. When he first started coming here, he would say "Mama Dada day" over and over, at least 15 to 20 times an HOUR. I figured out that he was telling himself that he'd see Mama and Dada at the end of the day; saying that to himself repeatedly was his security blanket. I would just reassure him that yes, Mama or Dada would be here at the end of the day for him, and he would feel better for a few minutes. Boy, hearing that repeated for 10 hours a day got old, though.

I have a 3 year old DCB who repeats everything 3 times. I figure it's because he's the youngest of 3 kids and it takes that long to be heard. Drives me crazy though.

[Pestle]

Penis burger.

::

I use real names, too, but my sibling pair is from a family that apparently doesn't. The girl told me conversationally, "I gots a neenee. All girls got neenees. Mary got a neenee, and Jane got a neenee. Brother got a hot dog."

Silence, then: "Miss Pestle, you got a hot dog."

I said nothing . . .

[Alwaysgreener]

Owwwwwieee

SA dcb taught my dd "what the"

[DaveA]

I think y'all jinxed me- DCG got off the bus from pre-k, walked in, and started whining before she got her backpack off "I was playing with that!" at another DCK. Yeah you were playing with it. YESTERDAY!!!!!

[Hunni Bee]

It was an accident.

I forgot.

I didn't see him/her/it.

I only did it a little bit.

To everything. Every day. Every time.

You having a constant excuse doesn't stop me from needing to disciplne you, buddy.

[Pestle]

"HE DID IT!"

I just saw you--

"HE DID IT!"

He's on the other side of the--

"HE DID IT!"

Nothing happened. Nobody did anything. It's all fine.

"HE DID IT!"

[Rockgirl]

::

I use real names, too, but my sibling pair is from a family that apparently doesn't. The girl told me conversationally, "I gots a neenee. All girls got neenees. Mary got a neenee, and Jane got a neenee. Brother got a hot dog."

Silence, then: "Miss Pestle, you got a hot dog."

I said nothing . . .

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That is the funniest thing I've read today!

[MissAnn]

Baby talk! Especially baby talk when we are singing a song! And super especially when the baby talk is coming out of mom/dad's mouth! I so want to tell parents to use their "big" voice!

[Febby]

"Leave me alone." and "Shut up." whenever a certain child is told to do something/not do something. Same child almost always complies with directions, too.

"Johnny, go put your jacket on, please."
"Shut up!"

"Johnny, flush the toilet when you're done."
"Leave me alone!"

The "not sharing" thing also drives me nuts. I swear 75% of the kids who enter my class think that sharing=everyone giving them whatever they want. They get better as the year goes on, but man, that always gets me in August.