Have You Ever Slept In?

[My Lil' Monkeys]

I'm sure this has been brought up before... but I feel really horrible as I for the first time slept in a on a daycare parent They come at 6:15 and I jumped out of bed and answered the door at 6:18... dcg said Dad had knocked many times, but they were still standing out there... she also said he called but my phone, but it never rang and there is no voice mail (she doesn't always tell the truth). I feel so bad and I apologized many times to dad. Not like it matters but it was a long night with my own son and then the alarm didn't go off (which I checked before I went to bed...ugh)... it's going to be a day

Have you ever slept in on a parent?

[laundrymom]

Yes, don't stress. They are late all the time. More than 3 minutes too.

[My Lil' Monkeys]

Yes, don't stress. They are late all the time. More than 3 minutes too.

You know, you say that and Dad was late last week by 45 mins without a phone call...yeah now I don't feel so horrible.... Thank You!

[Cat Herder]

"Show me a perfect person and I will show you a liar"....

I am sure you have had/will have to wait on them at some point and they will get over it, too.

Depending on how long he waited and if he was made to be late for work; maybe you could give them the equivalent of your late fee in a discount as an apology?

To me, turn about is fair play, so I try to do it whenever I can.....

[My Lil' Monkeys]

"Show me a perfect person and I will show you a liar"....

I am sure you have had/will have to wait on them at some point and they will get over it, too.

Depending on how long he waited and if he was made to be late for work; maybe you could give them the equivalent of your late fee in a discount as an apology?

To me, turn about is fair play, so I try to do it whenever I can.....

"Show me a perfect person and I will show you a liar".... <Love This!

Yeah, he was my first arrival last week and I woke up at 6am and he was suppose to drop off at 6:15 and he didn't show until after 7 am without a phone call! So, I think him waiting 3 mins isn't so bad. I could give him a $3 discount (as I charge $1 per min late)

[DCMomOf3]

I did once. the dad just laughed.

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

I have done this a handful of times on my first arrival who comes at 5:30am. I feel so aweful when I do this but it happens when I'm up with the kids if they are sick during the night, or if I'm stuffy with a cold and sleeping so hard. They are sure to knock REAL loud so the whole house wakes up @@.

I do feel aweful, but hey, it happens. If you only have done it once, you should be proud! LOL...I have done it too many times. Makes me feel lazy, but really I know I'm not as when it has happened it was because I got little sleep or sick with a cold.

[marniewon]

I've done this once so far in my year and a half of daycare. This truly surprises me as I'm such a night owl and not a morning person at all, so I really was afraid it might happen a bit more. As it was, I heard her car drive up and jumped out of bed and got dressed, quick teeth brush, ran brush through my hair and met her at the door! I was laughing when I got to the door since I'm sure I was a sight, but mom just laughed when I told her I overslept and woke up when she pulled in the drive.

Try not to stress about it. It happens. I'm sure it's happened to them too. I've gotten to the point with my one family (who should be here at 8am but have been coming at 8:45!) where I'm not at all concerned about not being at the door at exactly 8am. Knowing how late they always are with no call or text, if they have to wait for me, oh well.

[Zoe]

I've done this once too. It was bad. I was absolutely mortified! My husband, in his 3:30am wake-up call stupor, accidentally turned off my alarm. My cell phone was downstairs (I always have it plugged up in my room, but apparently forgot), we don't have a house phone, and our doorbell was broken. Too many things put together. I was OUT! My SA and his mom were knocking on my door and calling my phone for 20 minutes, which is how long he's here in the morning before the bus comes. DCM was able to get him on the bus. I woke up at 8:30 (20 minutes after he left and she went to work) and was swearing up a storm that it happened.

I called dcm and apologized profusely (she is one of the good ones). She wasn't even mad, which was weird. She was just concerned that something had happened to me. I didn't charge her for the day since I didn't take care of him that morning.

Needless to say, my hubby was in a lot of trouble, and fixed the doorbell that evening when he got home. Hasn't happened since. Made me wonder how the heck I slept through all that! I'm not a heavy sleeper!!!

So don't feel too bad. 3 minutes is a heck of a lot better than 20 minutes!

[Unregistered]

I have almost done it a few times. Woke up with 20 or so minutes until the first ones arrive. I dream about sleeping in 1x or 2x a month though. I hate that! My first comes at 6:30 so oversleeping for me is easy. I would feel so terrible!!!!

[Cat Herder]

"Show me a perfect person and I will show you a liar".... <Love This!

Yeah, he was my first arrival last week and I woke up at 6am and he was suppose to drop off at 6:15 and he didn't show until after 7 am without a phone call! So, I think him waiting 3 mins isn't so bad. I could give him a $3 discount (as I charge $1 per min late)

Once he gets his $3 he will actually feel how trivial an amount it is and get a slight glipse of why it does not make up for late pickups for you, either....

Of course it ony sinks in if it actually effected him.

[Former Teacher]

I am sorry but respectfully disagree with the providers that say "it happens".

Maybe I am from old school but I would never DREAM of waking up late to go to work. I always, no matter what I do (work, dr. appointment, meeting etc.) if it scheduled at a certain time and someone requires me to be at a certain time, I am always at my appointment or whatever at least 10 mins prior. But that's just me. That is how I was brought up. Sure I would love to sleep in a few mins if I could. However if I am being paid from such a start time then its only common courtesy that I am ready. As for that parent that arrived 45 mins late: yes that's rudeness because it sounds like you got up just for him. However that goes back to my original opinion: you are being paid regardless for the day.

I remember once at my former center. I started at 6:30 but I left the house at 6:05. It was only a 10 min drive but again I like to be at places early. Anyway I go to my car only for my neighbor to tell me I had a flat tire. I called my dad as my husband was at work and wouldn't be home until after 7 a.m. I waited. And waited. And waited. Finally at 6:25/6:30 I called back again and my mother answered. She said he was getting out of the shower. what?!? Couldn't he wait?!? She said my dad thought it was my sister who called (he was half asleep : and thought that since she started her work at 8:00 he had time.

Anyway I finally got to work at 6:40. I had 2 parents waiting for me. Of course I apologized profusely. The one mother laughed it off. She said she just got there. The other mom was very concerned. She thought something happened. She kept on asking..are you alright? Is everything ok?

When my former boss called to check on the center (I was Assistant Director as well) etc..I mentioned that on my time card there I had clocked in at 6:50. Without hearing an explanation, she ranted and raved about the 2 parents. She wanted to know immediately what they had to say. Blah blah. I was actually upset because she didn't even give me a chance to tell her what happened. When I told her that the one parent was concerned about my well being: that's when my former boss said..well I guess I should ask if you are alright. It was the ONLY time in the 18 years that I was at that place that I had ever been late.

Now before I hear the rants and rants from fellow providers: There is a differance between waking up and a flat tire. Or waking up late and an accident on the road. etc... You can't control those kinds of things. You CAN control sleeping.

[jen]

I am not so sure you can "control" it! I mean, you couldn't control the flat tire and she couldn't control alarm clock failure!

Had you asked her yesterday she would probably have said, "I wouldn't dream of oversleeping" as well. She had a late night with her son and then her alarm didn't go off. Had either one of those things NOT happened, she probably wouldn't have overslept.

As the others all said...it happens!

[Zoe]

formerteacher, if you have a way to set an internal alarm clock, I'd LOVE to hear about it! I don't think anyone on the forum said that they intentionally slept in, hit the snooze button, etc. Accidents happen. No bad intentions!

I am always on time for things, early even. I wake up with plenty of time to get ready in the morning, make the kids' breakfast, and be there to greet the parents. I take my job seriously, and I was very upset when I slept in due to the alarm being turned off!

I forgot to add earlier that I have 2 dogs that bark at the door, regardless of where they are in the house. They were in the room with me, and they didn't even wake up either! I had the feeling that my dcp wasn't knocking very loud! I asked her about that when I called to apologize, and she said she didn't want to disturb anyone... ::::

[cillybean83]

when I only have my one dcg i answer the door in my jams...her mom drops her off in her jams, and half the time mom is in her jams too (she is a dr and changes into scrubs at the hospital)...my dogs would never let me sleep in, they hear a car door in my driveway and the whole house knows someone is here