The Parent That Calls Every Day

[laundrymom]

Start letting the machine pick up. Wait longer and longer to call back. Or, just tell her, " I know it's hard to be away from her all day, but it feels like you don't trust me to keep her safe. I promise to call if she acts the least bit off and I ccan send you a text or call you thru the day if you want. But when the phone rings it wakes the babies.

[morgan24]

I've only had them call a couple of days the first week. I would be annoyed too. I don't have time to spend on the phone if there's nothing to talk about.

[lil angels]

I have never had a parent call for that long that I can think off. That is enough to drive you batty. Maybe sometimes when she calls you could be oops changing diapers or something.

[SilverSabre25]

How often do your dcps call you during the day "just to check up" on their child?

I pretty much expect parents who are new to daycare to call me at least once a day for the first couple of days, just to check up on things and make sure everything's all right. I don't really *like* it, exactly, but I expect it. I've never had a parent call past the first week unless there was something specific they were calling about--like a schedule change or something.

But the mom of my newest dcg (the 8 mo whose parents are, um, characters, anyway) calls me every single day, between 11:30 and 1:30, and this is the end of her fifth week in care. I'm starting to get really irked with it...partly because of mom's tone when she calls and the questions she asks. She always sounds so shocked and incredulous when I say that dcg is doing fine. She always then asks, "Really, she's ok? Like, she's active and everything?" and then after I answer that, she usually asks if dcg's congestion seems any better. Dcg had a cold three weeks ago that was completely gone two weeks ago...and she's NOT congested so wth?

Is this more common than I realize, and I've just never had a parent before who needs to call every single day to check up on their child, or is this unusual that they are still doing this over a month into care?