The Venting Thread

[Cat Herder]

Here we go.

We have 5 colleges nearby. All are closing their dorms until April 9th.

They know darn well many of those kids have nowhere to go. Many need their local jobs to eat and live, they can't leave.

It is bullspit, plain and simple. Tell me again about how they care about their student's well-being.

We will have kids who are doing their best sleeping in cars, tents and pavilions all over town. They won't be safe, some will just give up eventually.

[GirlMomma]

Is this for spring break? That’s so sad

[Cat Herder]

Yes. They close for all holidays and put the kids out, even if they have nowhere to go.

[Alwaysgreener]

Dcd texted this morning, that it was raining and he was going to wait for me to open the door. I text back, I am closed, it was in the newsletter. Because I had a feeling that they didn't read the newsletter again, I put a sign on the door and at check in, just for him earlier this week. My guess is he didn't read that either. (Oh and I invoiced them for minus one day for this week. But apparently they just thought there was a freebie.)

My camera took a picture of him coming up in the rain to read the sign on my door saying that I was closed. To bad I didn't date the paper then he could have read that it was posted all week..
Maybe next time I should have a copy for him to sign, although he may not read that either. Lol
Oh all the other parents acknowledged in one way or another that I was going to be closed.

[Alwaysgreener]

No he texted and when I didn't open the door like he wanted, he got out of the car, assuming to knock on the door and saw the sign. I responded to his text after that according to the time stamps.

[Alwaysgreener]

I am glad that I didn't take the sign down like I had attended. I don't want it up while I am gone.

[Momboss]

This is why I like texting and keep all the text threads for each parent. That way I can go back and show them that I did text the dates that I’m closed

[Momboss]

Why do parents not understand that a child peeing on the daycare floor everyday is disgusting and unsanitary???? If your child has an accident , they must be in a pullup until they can show they can hold it under any circumstance ( transition, outside, storytime, during a craft) and know to go to the bathroom. A child peeing on the floor takes away from the activities we planned for the day because now im spending time quarentining the area, cleaning the area, and waiting for the carpet to dry. It takes away space from the children because i have to gate off the wet area. It also cost money to shampoo the carpet. An accident once every few months in one thing, but every day is not okay!

[GirlMomma]

I recently changed my PT rules because I was so sick of 1) potty training kids that aren’t ready 2) cleaning up messes

My new policy states that it must be introduced and successful at home before I’ll introduce them to the daycare bathroom. Once they’ve been accident free for two weeks, then they can wear underwear. If they have an accident on day 9, the time starts over.

[Blackcat31]

Why do parents not understand that a child peeing on the daycare floor everyday is disgusting and unsanitary???


Oh they know. It’s just it’s your floor not theirs so it doesn’t matter to them.

Maybe make it their problem….if they are insistent their kid never pees on their floor…. Call for pick up every day after an accident or they can send child in Pull-ups. Their choice. lol!

[e.j.]

Why do parents not understand that a child peeing on the daycare floor everyday is disgusting and unsanitary????

Because it's not their floor that's getting peed on.

On a slightly humorous note, I was complaining about this very thing to my family once, saying DCP couldn't care less that her son is peeing on the playroom rug. My adult son jokingly said, "The next time it happens, tell her you're going to send your son over to their house to pee on her rug to see how she likes it!" There have been times when I've been tempted! lol

[Momboss]

Good one!
It also makes me question their cleaning habits lol.

[e.j.]

Makes me wonder, too! lol

[GirlMomma]

Today, I instruct DCK to go potty. I decide to let him go alone and see how he does without me standing there and reminding him of what to do. He forgets to lift the seat and urinates all over the front of the toilet, himself and the floor.

I don’t understand it. He has been potty training for an entire year. He can’t undress/redress himself without instruction either. He’s only told me one time he had to potty. DCP say it’s the same at home.

[GirlMomma]

Alwaysgreener I’m so exited for you and proud of him!! DH and I are going to try again with DD2.5 this weekend. She’s telling us when she goes now. I am hoping she picks it up this time.

This DCK has been at this for almost over one year. He started last March. I just don’t get it. I know every child is different… but a year? He stays dry and doesn’t usually have accidents. But he cannot get the concept of the process, KWIM??

[GirlMomma]

Alwaysgreener we tried with DD2.5 this weekend and she picked it up this time! 🙌🏽

[Alwaysgreener]

GirlMomma now that we're back home my son has regressed a little. He wet himself on the car ride home and went through a phase of insisting he put on a pull-up. I'm not 100% sure what happened last night but he soaked his bed with a pull up on and dh got up and changed his bedding.

[Cat Herder]

Everyone is ready to go outside. We want to go, now. But....

The new neighbor, aka "obnoxious rookie cop", is firing guns in his backyard.

I think I may break out the old boom box and play Barney CD's on repeat, loudly, all afternoon. Or, Caillou on the tablet & speaker, that will drive anyone mad.

[gumdrops]

I was off last week for spring break. I'm only 1 hr into my day and no one remembers how to act in my house! 13 mo comes in with a bottle, she hasn't had one here in 3 weeks, and she is non-stop crying following me around wanting to be picked up. 2 yo is back to hitting anyone who comes within arms reach. 3 yo came in with a snack (no outside food allowed) and forgot how to go potty by herself. Here's too a fun day 🙃

[gumdrops]

Today the 3yo unrolled a bunch of toilet paper and is now refusing to pull up her pants. Won't even try. She's going to be standing in the bathroom for a while. I can be stubborn too 😬

[Alwaysgreener]

Yesterday my own three-year-old almost four unrolled a whole roll of toilet paper and deposit it into the toilet and then trying to flush it

[Blackcat31]

It's snowing.... again. I am no longer talking to "April"

[Annalee]

It was 30's here Friday and that is blistering for us at this time of year. But should be warm till another blackberry/cottonwood/or some other kind of winter hits before June arrives. LOL

[Alwaysgreener]

This is why I hate caring for newborns. DCB falls asleep while in bouncer after his bottle, I move him. He wakes, I can't get him back to sleep, I move him back to bouncer. Get the kids ready to go out and DCB is asleep again. I move him to the crib again, dh is home so he stays inside with him in the quiet house. If dh wasn't home I would of had to cancel recess all together.

Note not allowed to sleep him in the bouncer but he needs to be reclined after a bottle because of his acid reflux. His parents possibly are sleeping him and reclined position.

[GirlMomma]

It’s not even lunch time and I’ve already cleaned up vomit and diarrhea

[Springvalley]

It's raining here in bama and it's suppose to all week kids inside+rain= misrable

[GirlMomma]

Why is the last spot so hard to fill?!

The family I was supposed to interview today canceled on me late last night. I don’t get it.

[Alwaysgreener]

I know right, I think it's because we get picker as we want them to fit in to our current group of kids.

[GirlMomma]

Alwaysgreener I thought about that. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise

[Sparkles]

I've got a dcg4 who acts up horribly for her mom. She has thrown things at her mom, yells at her, hits her. Dcg is so manipulative and thinks it's so funny. Last night, dcg slapped her mom across the face! Mom just laughed She laughs at everything bad she does. It blows my mind.

[e.j.]

Dcm won't be laughing in 10 years when dcg is a teenager and able to pack more of a wallop when she hits her mother. Some lessons are learned the hard way.

[GirlMomma]

Wow!!! 😳😳😳😳

[Springvalley]

Dcm won't be laughing in 10 years when dcg is a teenager and able to pack more of a wallop when she hits her mother. Some lessons are learned the hard way

Mom better get a grip on her behavior or its going to be more then her getting hit. She's going to end up in the principles office and possibly paddled, in iss or expelled

[GirlMomma]

Yesterday is out sick.

Today:
Me: How is DCK?
DCM: Good, he’ll be back today.
Me: Any vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours?
DCM: He spit up the night before last but has otherwise been fine.

What I want to say: YOUR CHILD IS DAMN NEAR TWO YEARS OLD AND ON SOLIDS. HE PUKED! IT WASN’T SPIT UP!!!!