Early Arriving Children

[Meyou]

I expect a clean diaper and dressed for the day. If the child is going right back to sleep mom and dad can dress them in comfy clothes. It might SEEM early to you but if a family drops off early every day to you then its the normal for these kids. Getting up an extra 10 minutes early to get dressed is a hassel for MOM not for them.

[Lucy]

I don't care how they are dressed, but that's the way they're going home! I had a young mom who kept bringing her 2.5 yr old in pajamas and would say, "his outfit is in the diaper bag". I would nod or say ok, but never change him out of the jammies. She got the hint after about 5 times. Let me add that this child arrived around 9:00 am!!! That's just plain lazy if you ask me.

[DBug]

Nope, no pj's here, even when my dc kids were showing up at 6am.

I've got to get everyone fed, diapered and dressed in outdoor clothes (snowsuits, etc. in winter, sunscreen & hats right now) so that we can get to the bus for 8:30, and we're rushing non-stop. There's no way I'd have time to get 5 kids dressed for the day, in addition to my own three kids.

I had one kid that would occasionally go back to sleep at 6 when she arrived, but she had to sleep on the Dora couch because there's no way I'm adding "getting out and putting away cots" to the list of morning chores. And really, if she can sleep in her clothes at naptime, she can sleep in her clothes at drop-off too.

[Live and Learn]

ALL of my kids undress themselves at naptime anyway, so I still have to dress the entire group every after noon.

::what the hec?::

Is this common with other dc providers?

I have never heard of this before!