The Venting Thread

[GirlMomma]

Another one - a virus came through here this week that’s causing tummy aches, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. Half of my kiddos got it so far. Parents are pushing my illness policy because I’m closed Friday… and they pay for the week. Nothing new, but it’s annoying because it’s coming from parents that are normally decent about keeping their child home. 🙄

DCM: DCK only complained of a tummy ache yesterday. No vomiting. Can he return today?
Me: Any loose BM?
DCM: Yes, but not since yesterday afternoon.
Me: Okay, I’ll see you Monday since it hasn’t been 24 hours.

[Springvalley]

GirlMomma luckily for us we haven't had a stomach bug come through our center yet not even covid either so that's a blessing

[GirlMomma]

That’s good! It’s been going around the schools here.

[Sahm121]

Another one - a virus came through here this week that’s causing tummy aches, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. Half of my kiddos got it so far. Parents are pushing my illness policy because I’m closed Friday… and they pay for the week. Nothing new, but it’s annoying because it’s coming from parents that are normally decent about keeping their child home. 🙄

DCM: DCK only complained of a tummy ache yesterday. No vomiting. Can he return today?
Me: Any loose BM?
DCM: Yes, but not since yesterday afternoon.
Me: Okay, I’ll see you Monday since it hasn’t been 24 hours.

We have the same one going around. I’m closed tomorrow. I only have 6 families and 3 are teachers and this is our spring break so they’re not working yet kids are here the whole day. They’re upset I’m excluding for symptoms when I’m closed tomorrow. I just want to scream that just because they don’t want to spend time with their kids. Doesn’t mean I don’t want time with mine! And to make matters worse, I now have cold symptoms and the worst chills ever. Urghhh

[GirlMomma]

I can’t stand families like that. That’s exactly why I went to contracted hours.

[Cat Herder]

"Awww snap"...

I am going to lose my mind with these constant google chrome crashes. I have updated, restarted and cleared cache so many times, now. Ugh. Edge was behaving even worse.

And I don't know which organization is "managing" my private computer, but they need to be fired. I don't know by who, though. Grr....

I bought a new laptop and tablet, but I don't like them. I am a typer. Those wonky tink tink keys that are too shallow and close together just don't work for me.

That is all. Everything else is good, so I guess I'll just get back to work, now.

[GirlMomma]

My internet in general has been wonky… it’s very odd

[Springvalley]

I love my tablet I even love the fact that I can print from it via wifi

[Alwaysgreener]

I agree, I'd rather type on a computer than tap on my phone or tablet.

[Alwaysgreener]

Ask dcp for diapers for the toddler. They send a huge package of size 4, the next day the kid is wearing a size 5. Ask the same dcp for diapers for the younger child, they send a package of size 2, the next day he comes in size 3. Really?

DCD message can dcm drop kids off at 815 vs 700 with dcd dropping off.
Me: yes (I get to sleep in, only 30 minutes)

Dcm texted the next day, that she is going to be 10 minutes later. (my other families were not going to arrive until 830)
DCM arrives and drops off the kids, leaving the infant in the car seat. She looks like she is going to leave and I let her know that the car seat can not stay. She is shocked and says we only have one car seat.

Me: Well maybe you can drop it off at his car.

She quickly removes the baby and hands him off to me, grabs the seat, and rushes out the door because now she is going to be late. oops.

[Alwaysgreener]

Just got a new computer in November, it took me awhile to get new software purchased and loaded on it. Then the mouse pad started sticking and causing mishaps. So I had to transfer all my files back onto the old computer so I could send the new one in to be repaired.
In the process of moving files, mouse started acting up and a big file folder got deleted instead of transferred. I mean completely deleted so I had to run a recovery program that I paid $50 to recover that file folder.

They said it was going to take 3 weeks and I sent it out just before spring break. My sister was watching my house while we were gone. I didn't tell her that coming until the day I got the notification that they were at my door. Luckily she was available and she signed for it.

We got back last Saturday and we have been over busy since then so I haven't had a chance to go through the recovery folder to find all the missing files.

oh and my tooth hurts.

[Alwaysgreener]

The baby is not napping and the kids are fighting.

[Sahm121]

Dcb 13 months has been a challenge since he started and has had more stars on the calendar than any other kid I’ve ever worked with. Dcb is a wonderful child if he’s not hungry or tired, but parents think saying NO is cruel, so dcb has zero rules at home. Any time I bring up anything, dcm gives excuse after excuse. Yesterday, she says ‘oh it’s because he’s overtired’ and I replied ‘no shit!’ Before I could stop myself 😂😂😂.

today a text nice and early saying ‘oh I think it’s because dcb is used to being held and served his bottle at home and can you do that at daycare’., ummmm no! This kid hasn’t had a bottle at daycare since he started throwing it at 10 months so I switched him to a sippy and he did great. And when the heck do they think I have the time to hold a giant 13 month old to give him a bottle? 🤦🏻♀️. today he shows up with 3 pacifiers, 2 small lovies /blankets and mom said I don’t want to keep sending expensive milk if you won’t hold him and give it to him. I Grabbed the supplies, smiled and said ‘okay’.
but dear Lord give me patience. I don’t have room in the fridge for the half empty cartons she kept bringing anyway.
this kid has no interest in lovies, but they want him to have one because he is obsessed with the pacifier (like seriously has damaged teeth and cannot be without one without losing his mind at home. At daycare 2 hours without it is max). And they think having THREE lovies will be a Great replacement

[GirlMomma]

I wouldn’t accept opened cartons - require new unopened containers. I always did when I had a child on Almond Milk

[Sahm121]

@GirlMomma/ I wasn’t. I kept giving them Back and I guess that’s why she was mad. And I couldn’t help it, it was such a dumb comment 🤦🏻♀️

[GirlMomma]

Sahm121 LOL

I would term… like BC said below. We’ve all been there. Instead of losing income, you could interview families now and give this family a one or two week notice.

Parenting styles need to be in line with DC and it doesn’t sound like they have a clue.

[Blackcat31]

Dcb 13 months has been a challenge since he started and has had more stars on the calendar than any other kid I’ve ever worked with. Dcb is a wonderful child if he’s not hungry or tired, but parents think saying NO is cruel, so dcb has zero rules at home. Any time I bring up anything, dcm gives excuse after excuse. Yesterday, she says ‘oh it’s because he’s overtired’ and I replied ‘no shit!’ Before I could stop myself 😂😂😂.

today a text nice and early saying ‘oh I think it’s because dcb is used to being held and served his bottle at home and can you do that at daycare’., ummmm no! This kid hasn’t had a bottle at daycare since he started throwing it at 10 months so I switched him to a sippy and he did great. And when the heck do they think I have the time to hold a giant 13 month old to give him a bottle? 🤦🏻♀️. today he shows up with 3 pacifiers, 2 small lovies /blankets and mom said I don’t want to keep sending expensive milk if you won’t hold him and give it to him. I Grabbed the supplies, smiled and said ‘okay’.
but dear Lord give me patience. I don’t have room in the fridge for the half empty cartons she kept bringing anyway.
this kid has no interest in lovies, but they want him to have one because he is obsessed with the pacifier (like seriously has damaged teeth and cannot be without one without losing his mind at home. At daycare 2 hours without it is max). And they think having THREE lovies will be a Great replacement

Why do you keep him?
I mean, I know; I really do…..but seriously…..why?

[Sahm121]

Why do you keep him?
I mean, I know; I really do…..but seriously…..why?

because when he’s on a routine he’s a great kid. More than that is because it’s a same sec family who faced so much discrimination finding daycare and it makes me feel bad that I know they’ll struggle to find a new place. Now more so because the child is being trained for nanny care by the parents 🤦🏻♀️

[fivestarday]

I was hoping to really enjoy my dcks as I approach closing this summer and saying goodbye. But instead, they are even more challenging than they've ever been. I swear I have not changed. I am just as sweet and happy towards them as I was before choosing to close. But it doesn't seem to matter!

I've got one dcg15months who has started crying all day long for mom. Dcg waits at the door and slaps the door crying out Momma! If I tell her "No" about something or redirect her, she will fall to the ground and start yelling/crying. Then I've got a dcb16months who has a pacifier in his mouth all day long, or else he will cry. If I wasn't closing, I would make a point to wean him from the pacifier. But since I am done come summertime, I just let it roll. Every time his dad or mom get him out of the car, I see him emerge with a pacifier in his mouth. Is this really bad for his teeth? For his speech? I thought it was supposed to be.

DH is helpful to me. But he also complains about how messy our home is, how I don't make him bfast or lunch. He complains at me for not managing my time better because I am also taking an online class. I say back to him, what time am I supposed to be managing? I don't have any time! LOL I wake up with the dd10months. I care for all these kids all day and then my own all other times. It's my job. But I'm stretched too thin.

[Cat Herder]

Out town hall did a local poll and 92 people have moved into our little town from California since 2021. 37 from New York. 18 from Michigan. 20-ish from a mix of others, so far. That is just from the ones who responded.

More are coming, they say. It would be cool if so many were not trying to make it like the towns they left.

We don't want more section 8 apartment buildings, we are already at 80% free lunch for kids in the schools. We don't want mixed-income apartment buildings or subdivisions, there is already enough conflict and division among families and property lines. We don't want more chain restaurants, they are killing the local mom and pops. We don't want pickleball, whatever the heck that is. We don't want more HOA's. We don't want weird sculptures the kids can't touch and golf carts blocking traffic in the center of the town square. We loathe the 3 new big-box liquor stores across from schools and the biggest daycare center, we were a dry town until last year. Don't even get me started on the 8, yes, 8, CBD pop-ups.

We love the dog and skate parks, thank you!!! We love the community garden in the old river flood field. And we will be keeping our livestock and vegetable gardens in our subdivisions.

[PB&J]

THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING HERE. All the transplants talk about is how “we” need the amenities, services, stores, ambience of their old towns: the ones they left because of taxes, corruption, and a bankrupt state government!!

[Blackcat31]

Why move from some place you didn't like to make the new place just like the old place? I will never understand that logic.
In my state the northern half might as well be a different country due to population as well as landscape but because the southern part has more "votes", they speak for the rest of the state.... that in itself is aggravating. In my neck of the woods the water is still clear and clean as are the greenscapes and forests and I'd really like it if it stayed that way.

[Eleamo84]

Some weekend people came into one community back home and changed things, making it more expensive for those who actually live there. Some are looking for housing elsewhere and these are people who have inherited the homes they live in. Weekend people, leave things alone. Meddlers!

[GirlMomma]

I finally decided on a family to fill my last spot. The woman asks “So do you ask that the contract is signed?”



Stay positive, GirlMomma, stay positive.

[Sahm121]

I finally decided on a family to fill my last spot. The woman asks “So do you ask that the contract is signed?”



Stay positive, GirlMomma, stay positive.

reply - ‘why would you ask that?’

OR have fun with it and reply ‘oh you don’t HAVE to, but then I need you to prepay three months in advance’

or be nice ‘oh, im sorry, I thought you were familiar with the process. Yes, a contract needs to be signed in order to be valid. Otherwise, what’s to stop me from taking your money and refusing service?’

[GirlMomma]

hahaha thank you!

[GirlMomma]

*Before Nap* I get a text.

DCP: Let me know when Susie is up. I think I’ll come get her early.

*After Nap*
Me: Susie is awake now and will be ready to go in 30 mins.

DCP: Okay. I’m a little tied up. If DCP gets off soon then we’ll come get her at normal time or a tad bit early.

How sad!? This child is usually here until closing time. DCP are notorious for going shopping, going to the gym, hair/nail appointments, or whatever selfish “self care” thing they can think of before coming to get their child. This drives me insane.