Thursday

[AnnW]

work till 12:30 today. test went fine yesterday, don't know the result..maybe Friday afternoon at the earliest.

[Cathy]

Glad the test is over. I hope the waiting goes by quickly and that the answers are positive and clear.

[angie r]

How is ds feeling today Ann? Is he still home?

I'm taking the little ones to preschoool and spending a little time with Brichard, then I'm off to spend the night at my mom's. I'll be back Friday night.

Have a great day everyone!!

[littlesista06]

Looks like dh is staying home sick today. Hope dd doesn't get it, she was snuggled up with him watching tv last night....

Back to work for me and home to do the laundry I haven't done all week. :rolleyes:

[Diane]

Up early.... I feel a cold coming on. :rolleyes: My throat is kind of sore/scratchy this morning. 8o I guess my sister who was down over the weekend was sick (sore throat) and didn't tell anyone... so I'm probably getting what she had. Ugh... I wish when people are sick they wouldn't go visiting. I'm hoping my mom doesn't get it. 8o

Treadmill/exercise, laundry this morning. Dd #3 said she and her bf would probably be stopping in for a visit this morning so I'm going to try to make some cookies before they get here. He's got a job interview at the police station for a CSO job, which he wants SO bad. I'm afraid he's spreading himself thin because he's already got a full time job as a security guard at the Mall of America, going to school and then he'd have this. LOL Sometimes I think he's a little too ambitious. Anyway... am looking forward to our visit.

Not much else... hope you all have a great day!

[vea29]

Morning!

I have my first aqua therapy today....not really thrilled about it....for some reason....the idea is making me nervous.

Then work....hope it's quieter then yesterday.....The one who does elem enrichment didn't handle a probabtion warning well last week. Thursday friday she judt didn't come in.....Tuesday and yesterday she called out "sick".

So our 3rd teacher took elem and we had our class which we really need 3 teachers for....then a few extras because of a meeting.

It was so busy!

If she's out again...we may have to send a couple of our oldest ones down to elem.

Anyway thanks for letting me vent.

[littlesista06]

So our 3rd teacher took elem and we had our class which we really need 3 teachers for....then a few extras because of a meeting.



How many kids are in your class that you need 3 teachers?

[vea29]

Depending on the day and how early parents pick up...it can be up to 33 (3-5 years olds).

If she calls out today the head of the school is going to call and ask if she's planning to come back or not. As it is we've had to send our teacher down to babysit her because she's not doing things that are expected or in the montessori way. They should just hire a new teacher.

[JAK]

Dr appt went well yesterday. I got 4 new meds. My jaw pain is mostly because of my sinuses. It could be TMJ, but we won't know for sure until my sinuses are taken care of. Hopefully when we move all will be well. My meds did make me feel better last night. I need to eat before I take them this morning. Now I have pain across my shoulder blades. I must have pinched a nerve while I was sleeping. I know it will feel better as I get up and moving. Know I know that I'm stressed out. I get this pain (just in different areas of my neck/shoulders) when I'm stressed out.

I have errands to run today and then some more stuff around the house. I see an end in sight. I just need to go trough my room and the kitchen. The rest of the house is done! :yippee:

[PamE]

Dusting. I will get the dusting done today. Was that convincing??? :lol: We did very little yesterday except maintaining the household, no extras. It was nice! :) So it may be another lazy day here.

Mom had us over for dinner last night but I should be thinking about what to fix tonight. I'm fed up with my crockpot because it seems to be taking longer and longer to cook things. Maybe I'll send a letter to Rival and see what they say. It hasn't seemed to work great since I got it. Smart me... I should have sent it back.

Ann, it would be very nice if the test results were to come before the weekend! Waiting sucks.

Angie, have fun! :)

Diane, have you ever tried Zicam? I've heard some good things about it knocking colds out, but haven't tried it.

Vea, holy cow! Thirty-three kids!!!!!! 8o I don't think I'd want my kids in that classroom... regardless of how many teachers!

Jen, that's great that you got in to see the doc so fast! (or did I miss something, lol) If the sinus meds are helping it seems like it probably wouldn't be tmj related (though that kind of stuff is weird. when i had tmj my ears would ache something fierce whenever there was a cold wind. go figure!)

[Diane]

Diane, have you ever tried Zicam? I've heard some good things about it knocking colds out, but haven't tried it.


Yep... I swear by it. LOL I started taking it right away this morning when I woke up feeling like sh!t. :( Hoping it kicks in...

[Amy]

Both kids are home with the stomach bug. Dh is working until 11am and then he will switch with me at home and I will go to work. I'm not actually feeling great myself. Hopefully I can last until the weekend.

Hope everyone either feels better, gets the answers they need or just have a great day.

[aztec_judy]

Nutting new here .. just some crocheting and straightening up but mainly the crocheting .. ankle feels lots better; danged old injury anyways .. lol
need to go thru some books and get them ready for hubby to take over to the used books store this weekend .. get them outta here .. lolol
the crocheting that I have been doing is because I came across a bag of yarn-balls, and thought how neat will make a "pillow" comforter for the bed. Sounded good to me; well finally got enough done so that I could figure how many was going to be needed for a queen size bed, rite. ... ughhhh its going to take 280 "pillows" ... lololol hmmmm so have got to get busy with organizing the craft room so I can see what I have in yarns that I can "add" to this !!!
Otherwise mostly being lazy .. lol

Ann hope you do get the results back soon for sure, and hopefully it will be good news for ya .. is ds still home ??

Vea that is lots of little ones for sure .. didn't think they had classes that large anymore ... hmmm

Diana hope your throat isn't a sign of a cold or it leaves quickly. I agree with you if sick please stay away .. can always visit another day.. lol hmmm

Angie have a great time with mom .. that is neat.

Pam hope ya get the dusting done .. lolol

have a GREAT day everyone ...

[Diane]

Diana hope your throat isn't a sign of a cold or it leaves quickly. I agree with you if sick please stay away .. can always visit another day.. lol hmmm

Thanks me too. By the way... it's Diane :) :)

[aztec_judy]

DianE ... lolol oopps .. sorry about that .. you must really look like an A instead of an E to me .. I stand corrected and will work at NOT doing it wrong again .. lololol hmmmm

[PamE]

Okay... forget dusting! :goofy: We're headed down to Nogales to galavant around. :lol: The dust bunnies will still be here tomorrow (and the way I'm going they'll still be here next week!), right?

[KarlaB]

Up early.... I feel a cold coming on. :rolleyes: My throat is kind of sore/scratchy this morning. 8o I guess my sister who was down over the weekend was sick (sore throat) and didn't tell anyone... so I'm probably getting what she had. Ugh... I wish when people are sick they wouldn't go visiting. I'm hoping my mom doesn't get it. 8o

My sister and her family just had sore throats, too. Her dh went in for a strep test, but it wasn't strep. They were all miserable, but their throats got better on their own. My sis lost her voice...what a welcome silence. :newwink: :goofy: She talks loud, so we all gave her crap all wknd. :D Anyway, she drank out of my pop, was kissy kissy with dd :tinysmile and so far we are all still fine. :yippee: Hope you are feeling better soon and enjoy your visit with your dd!! :)

[KarlaB]

Doing more laundry, cleaned the bathrooms this morning, and hope to get cookies started. Dd is crabby though, so we'll see how that goes. :\ A friend is stopping by in a little bit - should be fun. :)

[Diane]

My sister and her family just had sore throats, too. Her dh went in for a strep test, but it wasn't strep. They were all miserable, but their throats got better on their own. My sis lost her voice...what a welcome silence. :newwink: :goofy: She talks loud, so we all gave her crap all wknd. :D Anyway, she drank out of my pop, was kissy kissy with dd :tinysmile and so far we are all still fine. :yippee: Hope you are feeling better soon and enjoy your visit with your dd!! :)

I hope you guy's don't get it... :) and I hope were as lucky. :)

[littlesista06]

Depending on the day and how early parents pick up...it can be up to 33 (3-5 years olds).



Wow! That's a huge amount of kids even for three teachers and with such an age range.
Our four year old classes top out at 16 maximum and there are two of us in the room.

[AnnW]

Is he still home?



he hasn't been in school since Thanksgiving. believe me, you will know when he goes back.

[Diane]

Wow! That's a huge amount of kids even for three teachers and with such an age range.
Our four year old classes top out at 16 maximum and there are two of us in the room.

When I did day care I was allowed to have up to 12 children all by myself... and 14 with a helper. I think of that now and wonder how I ever did it. LOL

I hope the lady comes back soon Vea... :)

[kat]

he hasn't been in school since Thanksgiving. believe me, you will know when he goes back.

Oh my! I guess I didn't realize he'd been out that long. Is he going to get to count this school year? Pray you get some answers soon and can start a treatment. Poor kid.

[AnnW]

Oh my! I guess I didn't realize he'd been out that long. Is he going to get to count this school year? Pray you get some answers soon and can start a treatment. Poor kid.


i honestly don't know. we are in the process of getting him signed up for homebound schooling. once you start it, it's 4 more weeks before it becomes active and none of his doc have wanted to admit that we may not know anything by then, meanwhile, almost 6 weeks have gone by and he is falling farther and farther behind in school.
it's terrible to say, but i am praying that there IS something wrong with the kid and it's not mental and we can get it fixed.

[littlesista06]

I don't think that's terrible at all, Ann. I'd be feeling the same if I were you right now.

How's dd? Is she feeling better? Hope her finger isn't giving her too much pain. Give her hugs for us! :tinysmile

[Cathy]

Depending on the day and how early parents pick up...it can be up to 33 (3-5 years olds).



Isn't your center in NY? Licensing here says you can only have 7:1 with 3yos and 8:1 for 5s. And you have to staff for the youngest child in the room. They also have a maximum group size of 18 3s and 24 5s. I hope you were exaggerating a little!

[vea29]

Isn't your center in NY? Licensing here says you can only have 7:1 with 3yos and 8:1 for 5s. And you have to staff for the youngest child in the room. They also have a maximum group size of 18 3s and 24 5s. I hope you were exaggerating a little!
No...It's conneticut....and it's montessorri so I'm not sure of the ratios. in regular day care 3-5 year olds are 10:1 and techniqually it's 2 rooms.....I't's just a little busy somedays

[Melody]

Mom and I went shopping today. Fil and his wife and dh went to a funeral in our town and them fil and his wife left to go home while dh went to work. Picked up the kids at school on the way home from the mall and had dinner after homework. Took the boys to Tae Kwon Do and just got back not long ago.
I need to go and pack an overnight bag. Mom and I are going to a funeral for the wife of my uncle. My mom will get to see her sisters there and then from there we are going to my grandmothers in another town. Probably staying the night and will miss ds1's basketball game but will get all the details when we get back.
Have a good night all :)

[Linda/NE]

No...It's conneticut....and it's montessorri so I'm not sure of the ratios. in regular day care 3-5 year olds are 10:1 and techniqually it's 2 rooms.....I't's just a little busy somedays

I completely understand "busy." Is the 10 to 1 ratio for the whole age group ? In Nebraska it's 10 to 1 for 3 year olds and 12 to 1 for 4 & 5 year olds. (I can't remember when it gets to 15-1). Here you start with the youngest until you get 10--that's one staff person. Then go with the youngest of the remaining. If it's 4 or more then one staff person can have 12.

I'm licensed for 21 but I have over 40 kids enrolled. Most days I have 25 to 30 kids present but never more than 21 at a time.

[Linda/NE]

What a crummy day!!

Dd #1 has been sick since Tues. when I picked her up from school about 11:30. She stayed home from school yesterday but didn't run a fever , just complained of a headache. This morning she still didn't feel good so dh called to get her an appt. at the doctors. I'm thinking all this week, she's not really too sick and is just being a wimp or she worried about something, etc.

As it turns out she has sinus infections AGAIN!! She had it exactly one month ago today! They put her back on medicine and if she has another infection in the next month she'll have to go to a ear, nose and throat specialist.
Meanwhile we still do not know exactly why dd #2 has the aches and pains. They think it is probably from the strept infection. They finally put her back on antibiotics last Saturday and they are keeping her on it for a while longer. She seems better but still has an occasion problem with a joint.

I thought the day was finally looking up when my behaviorally challenged child was getting into everyone's face and they were getting fed up with it and rebelling. One little boy, probably the quietest nicest kid I have, had enough that he threw a toy at the BC child. So BC took off on a dead run to 'get him.' The other boy was so scared his heart about jumped out of his chest. About this time BC's mom comes up. My assistant is trying to comfort the other boy who's scared out of his mind. BC is filling his mom full of bull about how this other child hurt him. As the BC child and his mom are walking into the front door (they were playing outside) BC child looks over at my assistant with a sh&t eating grin "I got away with it!" My assistant spoke and said something to him like "guess we know who is hurting worse now" The mom said to my assistant " There's no need to talk to C like that" Anyway to make a long story short the mom says she'll come unglued if she hears my assistant talk to her son that way again and tells me her side of the story. The BC child gives me the sob story of someone hurting him outside. Once they leave my assistant tells me what happened. My own ds (#2) witnessed the whole thing and verified her story.
I don't think the mom knew he was grinning at my assistant sort of to say "I got away with it."

By the time I got home, got supper and all that stuff it was too late to call her so I get to discuss this with her in the morning. I keep telling myself the worst that can happen is she'll pull the BC child. She's already been through every daycare in town,so many people have negative opinions about her son any way so anything she was bad-mouth us about wouldn't do too much damage.

If anyone has any extra back bone you could lend me it'd be appreciated. This is what I hate the most about this job. Why can't everyone just get along???

[vea29]

Gotta love days like that....or I should say parents like that....Like their "wonderful child could never misbehave". ugh! why do we do this job....Oh yeah we do it for the children....LOL.

I love my Job and the children....but some days you just want to pull your hair out.

[Diane]

I'll lend you some of my back bone. :) LOL If you can borrow enough maybe you'll have enough to face this mom. LOL Good Luck!

By the way... I've seen those "ha ha... I got away with it" grins, and that usually makes me even more determined not to let the child "get away with it". Let's just say that if they do... he'/she'll do it over and over again and you'll always end up looking like the bad guy. I hope your talk with her works out well...


What a crummy day!!

Dd #1 has been sick since Tues. when I picked her up from school about 11:30. She stayed home from school yesterday but didn't run a fever , just complained of a headache. This morning she still didn't feel good so dh called to get her an appt. at the doctors. I'm thinking all this week, she's not really too sick and is just being a wimp or she worried about something, etc.

As it turns out she has sinus infections AGAIN!! She had it exactly one month ago today! They put her back on medicine and if she has another infection in the next month she'll have to go to a ear, nose and throat specialist.
Meanwhile we still do not know exactly why dd #2 has the aches and pains. They think it is probably from the strept infection. They finally put her back on antibiotics last Saturday and they are keeping her on it for a while longer. She seems better but still has an occasion problem with a joint.

I thought the day was finally looking up when my behaviorally challenged child was getting into everyone's face and they were getting fed up with it and rebelling. One little boy, probably the quietest nicest kid I have, had enough that he threw a toy at the BC child. So BC took off on a dead run to 'get him.' The other boy was so scared his heart about jumped out of his chest. About this time BC's mom comes up. My assistant is trying to comfort the other boy who's scared out of his mind. BC is filling his mom full of bull about how this other child hurt him. As the BC child and his mom are walking into the front door (they were playing outside) BC child looks over at my assistant with a sh&t eating grin "I got away with it!" My assistant spoke and said something to him like "guess we know who is hurting worse now" The mom said to my assistant " There's no need to talk to C like that" Anyway to make a long story short the mom says she'll come unglued if she hears my assistant talk to her son that way again and tells me her side of the story. The BC child gives me the sob story of someone hurting him outside. Once they leave my assistant tells me what happened. My own ds (#2) witnessed the whole thing and verified her story.
I don't think the mom knew he was grinning at my assistant sort of to say "I got away with it."

By the time I got home, got supper and all that stuff it was too late to call her so I get to discuss this with her in the morning. I keep telling myself the worst that can happen is she'll pull the BC child. She's already been through every daycare in town,so many people have negative opinions about her son any way so anything she was bad-mouth us about wouldn't do too much damage.

If anyone has any extra back bone you could lend me it'd be appreciated. This is what I hate the most about this job. Why can't everyone just get along???

[Linda/NE]

Thanks Vea and Diane!

I spoke with the mom this morning. She seemed pretty okay with everything. The BC boy however was another story. Whenever he didn't feel like following the rules, and we had to get after him about it, he would reply "if you talk mean to me, I'll tell my mom and she'll come unglued"

His attitude all day was that he could do whatever he wanted and if we stood in his way he would tell mom. His sister was a PITB too. She literally bawled and kicked and screamed if we told her NO about something she wanted. She's 6 years old for pete's sake!!

The mom did talk with my assistant today and they ironed things out. Hopefully the mom will talk with the kids and straighten that attitude out too.

I had another mom, who happened to walk in on the earful I got, tell me today she was behind us 150%! She told my assistant that we do an awesome job and not to worry about this mom. She also said that if it comes down to losing this family and the mom bad-mouthing us, she would speak up for us.

Thanks again!

[Diane]

I definitely woudn't put up with that behavior. I can't believe those kids would be that bold! :rolleyes: In all the years I did day care I don't think I ever had a child say something like that to me. (they knew better 8o ) I don't think I'd feel too bad if they decided to leave. If you ask me they're lucky that you're nice/kind enough to keep them. (you said they've been to many other day cares) She probably knows by now that no matter where she takes them it isn't going to last very long. :) Anyway... I'm glad you got things worked out. (hope it continues)

Diane...

[PamE]

I definitely woudn't put up with that behavior. I can't believe those kids would be that bold! :rolleyes: In all the years I did day care I don't think I ever had a child say something like that to me. (they knew better 8o ) I don't think I'd feel too bad if they decided to leave. If you ask me they're lucky that you're nice/kind enough to keep them. (you said they've been to many other day cares) She probably knows by now that no matter where she takes them it isn't going to last very long. :) Anyway... I'm glad you got things worked out. (hope it continues)

Diane...

Because of the attitude of the mother ('my angels can do no wrong') and the behavior problems of the children I don't think I would feel too bad, either. They might do better if the mom could find a private babysitter/nanny who would be able to devote 100% of her time to curbing undesirable behavior! (maybe you could call that Nanny 911 show for them, LOL!)

[Linda/NE]

I definitely woudn't put up with that behavior. I can't believe those kids would be that bold! :rolleyes: In all the years I did day care I don't think I ever had a child say something like that to me. (they knew better 8o ) I don't think I'd feel too bad if they decided to leave. If you ask me they're lucky that you're nice/kind enough to keep them. (you said they've been to many other day cares) She probably knows by now that no matter where she takes them it isn't going to last very long. :) Anyway... I'm glad you got things worked out. (hope it continues)

Diane...

This child has been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder. IT's similar to ADHD but it's more embedded in his mental state and not a chemical imbalance. His counselor believes he's very angry because his dad is gone for 10 days to 2 weeks at a time and they just can't get him to open up and talk about it.

The mom used to have an inhome daycare and her last year she brought him to me because he was costing her business. She has been to every day in town and if not everyone in town has heard about him.

We have kept him this long because we truly believe he can be helped and he needs the help. It's just not in my nature to give up on a child. It's not really a case of being too nice to let them go. We told her a while back that something had to be done or he was gone. That's what it took to convince her to seek counseling in the first place!!

He actually has been making progress. He's been making friends too. The incidents this week have just sent all his progress out the window. If our authority means nothing to him, we're back at square one.

Hopefully, since his mom didn't have time to talk to him about it between the time I told her my assistant's side of the story and leaving him with us for the day, she will re-establish with him that we are in charge.

If it comes down to terminating care I won't be heartbroken. The hardest part will be knowing that he needs help is only going to get worse.

[Diane]

Evidently his mom is aware of his problem... it sounds like she herself has "been there" with him in her day care too. I'm sure she's probably not really blaming you/your staff for these occurances, but is probably more concerned and at the same time frustrated with her ds. It's nice that you're willing to stick it out and help them, as long as it doesn't end up costing you customer's and $$. :) If you ever find that you're getting to the point where you can no longer tolerate him, I hope you'll do them and yourself a favor and give them notice. :) I hope everything works out for all concerned. Good luck!

[KarlaB]

This child has been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder. IT's similar to ADHD but it's more embedded in his mental state and not a chemical imbalance. His counselor believes he's very angry because his dad is gone for 10 days to 2 weeks at a time and they just can't get him to open up and talk about it.

The mom used to have an inhome daycare and her last year she brought him to me because he was costing her business. She has been to every day in town and if not everyone in town has heard about him.

We have kept him this long because we truly believe he can be helped and he needs the help. It's just not in my nature to give up on a child. It's not really a case of being too nice to let them go. We told her a while back that something had to be done or he was gone. That's what it took to convince her to seek counseling in the first place!!

He actually has been making progress. He's been making friends too. The incidents this week have just sent all his progress out the window. If our authority means nothing to him, we're back at square one.

Hopefully, since his mom didn't have time to talk to him about it between the time I told her my assistant's side of the story and leaving him with us for the day, she will re-establish with him that we are in charge.

If it comes down to terminating care I won't be heartbroken. The hardest part will be knowing that he needs help is only going to get worse.

Wow!! Hearing about his ODD explains a lot!! I work with a 10 yo boy thru my Y job and he has ODD. The first time I met him I left with my head spinning! I wanted to RUN and never go back, but I felt so bad for his mom and gave him one more chance....and then another. The last few times I've seen him he has been fabulous, but I know his mom struggles with him on a daily basis. Wish I had some advice for you - just know that ODD is tough!!! Hope everything works out for the best!

Any way you can talk to his counselor or get some info about how to deal with him and what to expect?