Why do some parents have to be so
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Why do some parents have to be so
| Tue, 02-06-2007 - 1:51pm |
ridiculously difficult. I am a SAHM that decided this year I would watch a couple of children to make some extra money. I have lurked on this board a lot and notice quite a few WOHM here. I just stopped watching this one baby that I just couldn't figure out the parents. The baby was a mess all the time. She was sick, had multiple respiratory problems, and cried all the time. Every time I called the parents to pick the baby up due to wheezing, or fever they seemed annoyed with me. Which I thought was odd. I have a strict policy that if the children have green noses they must go home. Also if the children have a fever they must go home and not return for 24 hours after the fever has broken or on antibiotics. Well I could never figure out why the baby cried so much until I was talking to the mother. Apparently they allow this baby to sit in a swing in the evenings and on weekends to get her to sleep. So the only time this baby naps during the day on the weekends is in a swing. Well that is not going to happen here. The baby is almost 20 lbs and I am not purchasing a swing for this child to sleep in. So according to the mother this child goes home around 5:30 or 6pm and sleeps from 6:30 until 6:30 the next day. No wonder...she won't nap here. So I told the mother that if I couldn't get the baby to nap during the day then I would no longer be keeping this baby. Well I guess she didn't believe me and I gave these parents a 1 week notice. I can't imagine having my baby that I haven't seen all day sleep a half hour after I got home and sleep until the next morning. I have tried for 4 months to get this baby on a schedule. When the other 2 children I have take their nap this child screams and screams. Just weird to me that a parent would want this for their child.


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Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea:
And love is a thing that can never go wrong; and I am Marie of Roumania.
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
Fabrication 1
(((She is, obviously, unwilling to meet this child's needs because they don't fit her preconcieved idea of how things should be.)))
Where did I say anything like this?
Fabrication 2
((( Kids don't need to be kicked to the curb when they don't fit their dcp's idea of what they should be. They need loving care and that is not loving care.)))
Another where did you get this? Because her parents were unwilling to buy her a swing to keep here I am the one not meeting her needs? You sure about that?
Fabrication 3
(((It's only a matter of time before she meets another child whose behavior she dislikes. I feel bad for the kids.)))
Where did I say I disliked her behavior? I said more than once to you that the parents were unwilling to work with me to correct this problem. Nothing about the baby or her behavior EVER mentioned by me. She is an absolute doll. I certainly wished that they had gotten her a nanny.
How can I try it if they DON'T provide it? Simple process, why can't you follow it?
(((Your house is what she was used to for nap time. Poor baby.)))
Are you having a hard time understanding that this baby was home for 6 weeks before I had her? I didn't start caring for her right out of the womb. She was used to sleeping in her swing. EVERY single day.
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea:
And love is a thing that can never go wrong; and I am Marie of Roumania.
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
She was 6 months when she left.
((Besides..I think it's a good thing that you let them go. You had too much to handle with 3 infants anyway.))
It wasn't too much.
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea:
And love is a thing that can never go wrong; and I am Marie of Roumania.
Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
You didn't say that it takes working together with the parents to fix it.
OMG
At 6 weeks of age, she wasn't used to anything.
Let me guess..you're very young and you haven't been at this day care thing very long.
Am I right?
Sue
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