Why do some parents have to be so

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2007
Why do some parents have to be so
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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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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:13pm
Nope. Just repeating them back to you. You say parents should control their children at day care. The child in question is 6 months old. Please detail how you control her at day care.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:16pm
this is exactly why we use a nanny for childcare.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:18pm
I never said the parent should control the baby while she was at daycare.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:20pm
Good, then we're in agreement. Behavior issues at day care are the dcps issues to deal with. No further need to post.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:20pm

Link please.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:21pm
I'd like to know that too. At 6 weeks we were still trying different things as dd wasn't used to anything.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:33pm

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Yes, i have said that more than once, it is also the parent's issue.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:37pm
Then why are you debating with me? My stance is that it is not the parents responsibility to control the baby at day care. That is the dcp's responsibility. As much as one can control a baby anyway. Mine tended to have minds of their own.
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Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:39pm
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Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 02-10-2007 - 3:41pm

No. The parent isn't there to deal with them. If my baby bites at day care but not at home, what do you suggest I do to stop her from biting at day care. Pull her teeth?

If I don't have the issue, I can't deal with it. The person who has the issue has to deal with it. There's not a thing I can do to fix an issue I don't even have. These parents don't have the issue. The dcp does. The dcp needs to find a solution to the issue she has.

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