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Originally posted by GirlMomma
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It doesnt have buttons on the bottom!?
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If I have to tell this new DCM one more time that she can NOT bring her 3 yr old DD's milk cup in the house again, I am going to pull my hair out.
Most my DCP's "get it" after being told but this one just keeps doing it and I keep handing it back. This morning she told her DD to go put it in my fridge.
I'm starting to think I might have my first term over a milk cup..... well it would really be over lack of respect for my policies but ya know.
Last week we got a set of new animals for block play. They all have this weird velvet "fur" on them. Well they used to. 3 yr old DCK sat quietly playing and peeled all the velvet off every animal so they are now all naked.
When I told the parent, they just kind of brushed it off like no big deal. I made sure to let them know I was very unhappy and that child is now banned from playing with them. I will re-order another set and after a few weeks of banishment, child will be allowed to play with the "naked" set while the others play with the new set.
2 yr old in my toddler room has been singing the ABC's all day every day this week. I wish they'd go beyond L and complete the song or just stop singing all together since it's the child who's voice makes me cringe. I'm trying to see the bright side and be grateful it's the ABC's because prior to this week the ONLY song she would sing was Baby Shark and well... that song is seriously not allowed here. EVER.
Friday can not come soon enough!
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I have to laugh reading some of these. DCP can be terrible with clothes. I had one who insisted on putting her daughter in these like boots that tie. But she would knot those boots up so tight, I couldn’t take them out!! I told her she had to stop doing that. 🤣 Then she had this monster outfit costume that had to be taken entirely off to change her. But she continually insisted she wear it. 🙄
Then one family put their little one in overalls one day. I made a comment about his overalls and his older sister told on me. 🤣 “Miss Cait doesn’t like overalls!!” The mom laughed.Comment
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Letting yet another amazing job offer slip through my fingertips out of fear. 'Cause that's what I do....
I think this house will have to burn to the ground before I will take another big leap.
That's the vent.
I do have the knowledge that several of those other offers ended up blowing up on someone else so I dodged a bullet or two, but it doesn't reconcile the feeling of being grounded for life.
Eh, life is pretty good, not even sure why it bothers me, really.
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This is my ultimate vent.
I feel like this DCK deserves a name. After all, DCK will remain legendary in my mind for the rest of my days. So, let's call her Mud Eater.
Mud Eater comes from a nice DCF, nice DCM. The dad is acceptable, the type who shows up two hours late from his regular time of pick up because "he had the day off." Must be nice.
Mud Eater is a clean, cute, intelligent, well-dressed child. Organic diapers and such. Normally these are pluses that can sway me to enjoy a child who is difficult. She started out here wonderfully and was a content, easy-to-please one year old. But that all changed with more advanced toddlerhood and none of the qualities could make a difference for me. Mud Eater is the reason I believe that no matter how many policy changes I make and how choosy I am with families and dcks, remaining in child care is a sure shot at personal torture.
Mud Eater cannot enjoy an activity for longer than 15 seconds before she notices that someone else is breathing air over another toy. She toddler sprints to the toy all the while yelling, shrieking, or crying Mommy, rips the toy away from the other child, no matter if it is a newly mobile baby or a 4 year old, and no matter how many times I coach her to share or redirect her. In reverse, if she even for a moment thinks that someone is approaching her toy or her shoe or her puddle of breastmilk she just made with her sippy cup, she will scoot six feet in a flash to swipe at that kid, grab their hair or, worse, their face. The shriek of EH EH EH pains me. I know that all of this is "developmentally appropriate" as the well educated experts say with lots of letters after their name. But somehow I feel like Mud Eater's personality is just her personality. And it is a personality I have not ever noticed in any other child this age before. Is the right phrase to describe it "high maintenance"?
Anyway, I'm sure she will grow up to be a wonderful human being. But for now, she is the reason why I will never consider this profession again, or any of the related professions! No subsitute teaching, no teacher assistant work, no part-time daycare work, no nothing. I'm going to go to the other extreme and avoid all children except my own for at least 6 months. I need to recover.
I'm going to drown my sorrows in a few white russians and spend countless hours looking at designer furniture online just to heal myself from this experience.
In the meantime, I plan on being extra sweet to this child for her remaining days with me when I really feel like hiding in a dark closet. Maybe that will earn me some points in the reincarnation game.
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DD2.5 is very moody and has been throwing fits all morning. There is no consoling or redirecting.
The dog threw up on the carpet overnight so I had to shampoo it in between drop offs this morning.
I need coffee and I haven’t had it yet.
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Now that its getting warmer outside and warmer inside…im noticing my daycare has an overwhelming smell of urine from the thousands of times this child has peed on my floor.Comment
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This has been a week...and it's only Wednesday! Dcb 6 months seemed to be puking on Monday. I called mom only to find out that dad was home puking
I got a text that 2 other dck were puking all night last night, and I woke up not feeling good. I should have closed, but felt it was too last minute. So, we're doing absolutely nothing today.
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Also, had a dcd pick up a few minutes before closing (so, of course dck was the last one), and made a comment that he was trying to get his money's worth I can't with parents anymore.
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School ends next Friday (5/27) for our county & ever since the beginning of May we've had calls coming in asking if we've got spots for school age because every daycare in our county is full, We're all dreading summer with 15 school agers.Christy SewellComment
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Chiggers suck.
Not literally, they are injectors of evil spider acid, but....
That's all.
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Dear Interested Client:
It is with faux sadness and stifled joy that I am writing to let you know that I will not able to offer my open space to you. After careful consideration and a mere 3 second instinctual decision I have come to the conclusion that enrolling your family in care would be a fast train to Crazy Town and while I am already a frequent visitor, I do not wish to reside there permanently.
I appreciate your zealous interest in my program and found I was unable to tear myself away from conversing with you. It may have been the persistent phone calls that occurred at the most inopportune times such as lunch time, 15 minutes after lunch, nap time, 10 minutes into nap time as well as 15 minutes before the end of nap time and of course....the one where I was graciously blessed with speaking to your SO who called from his phone because I hadn't found 3 spare seconds to answer your 112th call of the day.
Please rest assured that additional phone calls, e-mails and texts are not necessary as my decision was carefully thought out and all factors were considered. If you have any other questions, comments , more photos of your dog, the coffee break room at your work or your cousin's wife's step-child you can save them in a file folder on your phone and share them with me at a later date.
It was nice meeting you, your SO, your child, your older special needs child Bobby, your "kind-of-not-really" Auntie, your mother-in-law and your next door neighbor. I would appreciate it greatly if you could swing by within the next 3-4 days (preferably after 5:00 p.m.) and drop off the ceramic frog that Bobby pocketed from the flower garden as you all left last week. In case you are unsure of which pocket he stashed it in, I can send you a video clip from my security camera that captured his five finger discount skills.
As I stated previously, I am truly unapologetic that I am unable to offer your family a space in my program however, I can place your name on my waitlist in a special area for families like you that are super extra if you'd like. Unfortunately, this list is fairly long but don't worry, most kids on the list will have children of their own by the time their names come up and sometimes those children are the perfect candidate for enrollment.
Again, thank you for your interest in ABC Childcare. Have a wonderful day!
Sincerely
Bullet Dodged
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Professional? Not professional? Too lengthy? Too short? Any input appreciated!
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Im so tired of the disrespect!Comment
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"Powdered and concentrated formula that must be mixed onsite is not permitted due to the risk of contamination and the potential for improper mixing by the center’s staff."
We do it so the parents won't drug it or water it down.
How quickly they forget the lawsuits.......Comment
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Alabama minimum standards will not allow us to mix infants formulas if they are formula fed because of this exact reason there was an infant that had it mixed and the child got sick & ended up in the hospital. CDC recommends parents to also not use homemade formula because the commercially made formula is made by regulations set by the cdc and the academy of pediatricsOriginally posted by Cat Herder View Post"Powdered and concentrated formula that must be mixed onsite is not permitted due to the risk of contamination and the potential for improper mixing by the center’s staff."
We do it so the parents won't drug it or water it down.
How quickly they forget the lawsuits.......
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1 child vs the thousands seems trivial to me. If they require us to offer it, they need to make it more accessible and shelf stable. They can't have it both ways. It is stupid expensive. People will just stop enrolling infants. Me. I am people who will simply stop enrolling infants with this obnoxious rule. We all had to have food services training and have our kitchens up to code, already. This isn't about staff being too stupid to function.Last edited by Cat Herder; 05-24-2022, 07:14 AM.
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