Why is it you can bring your child to daycare sick... my daughter gets sick and you get pissed because mine needs to go to the Dr. Think about it... your child got mine sick. If you have to take time off to care for your child or make other stinking arrangements why should I be concerned. But NO (HELL NO) you want to make me feel guilty and you freaking ask, "Well, what are you going to do? Are you going to take her?" My reply wants to be Hell yes I am taking her and you are paying the bill since you didn't think it of any great concern that you brought and left your kid here sick. You actually have the nerve to ask me. Well, what do you want me to do?" When I call and tell you your son's temp is 104.5 I tell you he needs to be picked up and probably seen by a dr. and a drive that is 30 minutes takes you TWO FREAKING hours to get here after the first phone call. I get it that I own my business, and that parents need for me to care for their kids. Did you even read the contract that you signed? I am really starting to wonder. And to top it off you are now making other people pay the price because if they don't bring their child or have enough decency not too for my sake so that I can take mine to see the Dr. then are you going to pay for their back up care, as well? Well, I don't think you think that far out. I could never do to someone what you are personally doing to me. I could write a freaking book about you and other daycare parents just like you that have really put me through it. And for what? I make mention that I haven't been sick since about 2007 and when I do it takes me 2-3 weeks to recoup because parents aren't very understanding and send their kids anyway. You say that as long as I can give notice and handle the situation properly that parents can be understanding. Your comment is a walking contradiction. How can I give notice if you bring YOUR CHILD TO ME SICK!!! That is your notice. Because if I get SICK I got it from your KID same as my GIRLS DID!!!That whole comment is either way above you pay grade or you just choose to ignore. So since I tell you if she is still running a fever or coughing then yes I plan to take her, even if it means I have to take 3 kids that aren't mine with me to see HER PEDITRICIAN!!!!! You text back and say, "OK fine by me" I truly don't need parents like this putting their kids in my care. Out of three families you are the only one not giving a RAT'S ASS about what it involves taking 5 kids ages 4 and under out to a peditrician when one is really sick and two need to be carried or a double stroller taken just to keep things moving and an even pace. OH well, you better hope at this point if I find someone who needs me better hours and if I drop you and ask you to find care else where that you are even lucky enough to find someone who will charge you 50.00 a week for working 4AM -3PM one day and then the next day or two from 7-6 and then back to 4-3... You won't find it lady.... and if you do they will charge you a whole heck of a lot more than 50.00 week (with you needing 3 weekends) out of the month too.
OK so much for my rant.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sleepover :) wish me luck
Parents can get over themselves
Ok I posted yesterday that I overslept because of being up with Hadassah the night before. Well, today the daycare kid that was in yesterday's blog wasn't here by 8:30. So I called the mom at 8:45 no answer. I call the dad. He says she won't be there today... she's not coming back. I will bring by the two week notice fee. He proceeds to rake me over the freaking coals. Says his daughter is picking up bad habits, as a bad attitued now at home (wait could this be her age) LOL... That she doesn't like me and says I am mean to her. (OK, a BIG FAT WHATEVER) is what I am thinking. I ask the dad how long as this been an issue (little girl started back on Nov. 8th) He says, "Oh ever since she started." I can't understand this and I say, "If this has been an issue this long, why am I just now hearing about it?" I tell him I can't address/fix anything if there is no communication between the parents and myself. He gets pissed that I need to take my daughter to the Dr.... I explain to him I work 7 days a week without a day off to run errands, go grocery shopping or set up appointments for myself or for my kids. I take the daycare kids with me. The parents know this when they sign up (because HELL) it is just me. I called to let parents know what was taking place, and that I could/would meet or take the kids anywhere I needed to after her appointment. I wasn't asking for parents to pick up their kids early. I was giving them the courtesy of knowing what was taking place. He tells me it is my fault I don't have back up. I tell him each parent pays 50.00 a week. There isn't enough in the budget to hire someone in. He said he would pay the two week notice and I told him under the current circumstances that they needed to do what was best for them and their daughter and to please not worry about paying me anything. He said it was also financial as to why they needed to pull her and that was the main reason. They are about to have a baby and can barely afford for one child much less two. A grandparent just retired this week and so now he has free childcare. In the end, I suppose we parted at least on decent terms. Parents serious need to remember that they are not the only people in this world.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tired
Our daughter Hadassah was up all night so that means I was too. She was runnign a fever of 103.4 all through the night. Would give her some "good stuff" (that's what we call it in this house) and her temp would come down to aboutb 101/102 for about an hour and then it was back up to over 103. I hope my baby feels better today. But if this continues through the day then we may be taking her to the doctor.
Irritated: OK every parent in my daycare knows that I work from 4 AM to 6:15 five days a week (getting up at 4 maybe on the weekends as well "included in those 5 days") Well, today my 4 o'clock kids mom had the day off so that meant I could sleep in... LOL (but I was up all night) I dozed off again after Brian woke me up and walked out the door. I slept for like another 20 minutes. One daycare mom is banging on the door; this wakes me up. I get to the door and say that I overslept and I am sorry but that I was up with the baby all night and she had a fever. The mom is PISSED.... It is 7:27.... WAIT... your kid isn't even supposed to arrive until somewhere between 8-9AM and then there are times that she doesn't get here to around 10 or 11... Granted for about the last week she has been here around 7-7:30 maybe I should have said something earlier. But since I have already been up at 4 I don't think too much about it. Meanwhile, last night and tonight... I have one kid till 11:30 PM So if I don't have to get up and 4 or even 6 then I am not going too. I think I am going to tell this mom what her contract says and say that if she need the hours changed on a consistent basis to an earlier time then there is going to be an increase in her rate. Because she may not know what time any other child arrives, but that if I know I have a child not coming/coming later than normal than I take that time to sleep in. I already know that my "normal" 7:15 child wasn't coming till 8AM.
That is all!!!
Irritated: OK every parent in my daycare knows that I work from 4 AM to 6:15 five days a week (getting up at 4 maybe on the weekends as well "included in those 5 days") Well, today my 4 o'clock kids mom had the day off so that meant I could sleep in... LOL (but I was up all night) I dozed off again after Brian woke me up and walked out the door. I slept for like another 20 minutes. One daycare mom is banging on the door; this wakes me up. I get to the door and say that I overslept and I am sorry but that I was up with the baby all night and she had a fever. The mom is PISSED.... It is 7:27.... WAIT... your kid isn't even supposed to arrive until somewhere between 8-9AM and then there are times that she doesn't get here to around 10 or 11... Granted for about the last week she has been here around 7-7:30 maybe I should have said something earlier. But since I have already been up at 4 I don't think too much about it. Meanwhile, last night and tonight... I have one kid till 11:30 PM So if I don't have to get up and 4 or even 6 then I am not going too. I think I am going to tell this mom what her contract says and say that if she need the hours changed on a consistent basis to an earlier time then there is going to be an increase in her rate. Because she may not know what time any other child arrives, but that if I know I have a child not coming/coming later than normal than I take that time to sleep in. I already know that my "normal" 7:15 child wasn't coming till 8AM.
That is all!!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
My name is Hannah...
... and I am the "head mama in charge." Ok a little background about who I am, what I do, and what I am hoping to accomplish.
I was born November 15th, 1978 in Gregory, TX. I have three sisters, and one brother and they are all younger than me. I have lived everywhere or so it seems. TX, SC, TN, China, TN and currently reside back in SC. No my parents weren't service men/woman. My dad worked a while in TX before I was born, by age 2 we were living in SC (not far from his parents. Then we moved to TN (close to the Mississippi line) near my mom's family. Then when I was almost 9 (a couple of months before) we moved to China in 1989. My parents were missionaries, but had to go in as English teachers. We left China in 1992 and moved back to TN. By the way, I loved my time in China and would love to move back or at least somewhere overseas so that my girls get the chance to experiance a different culture. We lived from '92 to April of '99 in TN, before moving back to SC because of my grandparents failing health (my moms parents had already passed away) Both of my grandparents passed away 5 years ago this coming May. She died on the 17th, he died on the 21st, just four days later. They were very close and truly loved each other.
In the fall of '99 I met Brian, who then became my husband in April 2003. He is a teacher and works part time at Walmart. I am an in home childcare provider and love what I do. I was providing care for children before I every got pregnant the first time around. (2003) Having children was always a dream of ours and after six miscarriages (pregnancy 2 was with twins) with thought that dream may never be granted by God through a biological child. In August of 2007 we had requested paperwork through DSS (Department of Social Services) in SC to adopt a child or sibling group through the State of South Carolina. About two weeks before finishing the paperwork up in September, I had gotten extremely sick. Couldn't keep water down, would lay down on the couch and when I got up had to vomit like crazy. I never even thought I was pregnant. My other six pregnancy never had caused me any early sign discomfort. My sister in law suggested I take a pregnancy test after about a week of not keep food down or even water for that matter. I was always really cold; I thought it was the Flu.. I had never had the flu before. Nope, I was pregnant and gave birth to my daughter, Abigail on May 21st, 2008 (3 years to the date of my grandfather's death). We found out 2 days after she turned 11 months old that we were expecting another. Not planned, but always wanted. I was never sick with her. I was scared that at any moment I would micarry. (since the pregnancy was so much like the first six). I am so happy that God blessed me with yet another healthy daughter born on December 30, 2009.
I hope to accomplish being the best wife, mom, and childcare provider that anyone could hope to me. One other thing I want to accomplish is to loose 70 pounds. I am proud to say that I have lost 6.5 since January 3rd, 2011. I ahve a wonderful group of ladies that I do this with. We are all there to support each other.
In closing, you should know that I am a Christian-Catholic. I love my family, pretty conservative and we attend church weekly unless someone is really sick. That is my life is a very small nutshell. (like a sunflower shell)
I was born November 15th, 1978 in Gregory, TX. I have three sisters, and one brother and they are all younger than me. I have lived everywhere or so it seems. TX, SC, TN, China, TN and currently reside back in SC. No my parents weren't service men/woman. My dad worked a while in TX before I was born, by age 2 we were living in SC (not far from his parents. Then we moved to TN (close to the Mississippi line) near my mom's family. Then when I was almost 9 (a couple of months before) we moved to China in 1989. My parents were missionaries, but had to go in as English teachers. We left China in 1992 and moved back to TN. By the way, I loved my time in China and would love to move back or at least somewhere overseas so that my girls get the chance to experiance a different culture. We lived from '92 to April of '99 in TN, before moving back to SC because of my grandparents failing health (my moms parents had already passed away) Both of my grandparents passed away 5 years ago this coming May. She died on the 17th, he died on the 21st, just four days later. They were very close and truly loved each other.
In the fall of '99 I met Brian, who then became my husband in April 2003. He is a teacher and works part time at Walmart. I am an in home childcare provider and love what I do. I was providing care for children before I every got pregnant the first time around. (2003) Having children was always a dream of ours and after six miscarriages (pregnancy 2 was with twins) with thought that dream may never be granted by God through a biological child. In August of 2007 we had requested paperwork through DSS (Department of Social Services) in SC to adopt a child or sibling group through the State of South Carolina. About two weeks before finishing the paperwork up in September, I had gotten extremely sick. Couldn't keep water down, would lay down on the couch and when I got up had to vomit like crazy. I never even thought I was pregnant. My other six pregnancy never had caused me any early sign discomfort. My sister in law suggested I take a pregnancy test after about a week of not keep food down or even water for that matter. I was always really cold; I thought it was the Flu.. I had never had the flu before. Nope, I was pregnant and gave birth to my daughter, Abigail on May 21st, 2008 (3 years to the date of my grandfather's death). We found out 2 days after she turned 11 months old that we were expecting another. Not planned, but always wanted. I was never sick with her. I was scared that at any moment I would micarry. (since the pregnancy was so much like the first six). I am so happy that God blessed me with yet another healthy daughter born on December 30, 2009.
I hope to accomplish being the best wife, mom, and childcare provider that anyone could hope to me. One other thing I want to accomplish is to loose 70 pounds. I am proud to say that I have lost 6.5 since January 3rd, 2011. I ahve a wonderful group of ladies that I do this with. We are all there to support each other.
In closing, you should know that I am a Christian-Catholic. I love my family, pretty conservative and we attend church weekly unless someone is really sick. That is my life is a very small nutshell. (like a sunflower shell)
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