So, my 20 mo. old is in a home daycare. She’s been there about 4 months now. The reason she just started this daycare was b/c she was at another home daycare that we took her out of.
Plenty of things concerned me about the other daycare, for example, all day was play time. No scheduled activities, no learning, just play. I would pick up my dd and see that the daycare lady was on the couch folding her children’s laundry while my child, and other’s ran around the house. Um, if you have that much time on your hands, can’t you be doing something productive. I’m paying your wages here, lady.
I guess my whole attitude is that if you work at home, you should still treat it like you are at WORK. Obviously this is the minority point of view, because here’s what just happened at the new daycare.
My hubby is a teacher and is off for the summer so he’s been dropping dd off at daycare rather late. Usually, he calls first. I am devious and I never call. I’d rather just drop in. Otherwise how am I to know what’s really going on?
You should also know that this particular home daycare is licensed by the state and is always busy. In all the days that our dd has been there, she’s always had children there. The oldest is usually about 2 ½.
Well, today, he didn’t call before he dropped her off. At 10 am he pulls up in the driveway and guess what??? The daycare lady is outside raking up weeds in the front lawn. Where are the kids? Sitting in high chairs in the house. Alone. R U FREAKING KIDDING ME??? The daycare portion of the house is in the back so she was no where near the door. She was all the way in the front, while the kids are in the back. No way she could hear them if they screamed.
So, my easy going, calm husband (sooooo the opposite of me), prays a bit for peace and gets out of the car. She runs over to him and waterfalls of excuses begin pouring out. He said the look on her face was dam*ing. Also, he said she was so nervous and was stumbling all over her excuse for being outside.
*This lady was out here pulling my weeds and left a few so I came out and pulled them because I am a perfectionist. And before I knew it, I was out here getting caught up*
Um, that did not help you one bit. He ended up dropping dd off b/c he had lots of errands to run. He didn’t say one word b/c he knew he’d blow up and there’s one thing we’ve learned: never talk down to 1) people who make your food 2) people who handle your money and 3) people who take care of your kids.
Can you believe this? What if there was a fire? You’d never even know until the smoke made it out of the door. What if…what if….what if…
Bottom line for me: What mother would leave her own baby in a high chair to go outside to do yard work? Not a good one. That’s not something you’d do with your own child, so why would you do this with someone else’s child?
Because she was trying so hard to rectify the situation lends me to believe that she truly did know it was wrong and did it anyway. That’s deviousness. She obviously knows better or she wouldn’t have tried to smooth it over.
So to prepare for our new baby, we were going to pull dd out for the month of July to save money. We’re paid up through the end of June and there’s a 2 week advance notice to quit so we’re out these next two weeks even if we pull her now. We’re looking for a new place to take dd in the meantime.
Do you think it’s reasonable for me to take her there these next two weeks? This lady is a good person, but the mentality of a person who would leave babies/toddlers imprisoned (high chairs) alone in a house is beyond my scope of understanding.
Sorry for the long rant.
WWYD?
Plenty of things concerned me about the other daycare, for example, all day was play time. No scheduled activities, no learning, just play. I would pick up my dd and see that the daycare lady was on the couch folding her children’s laundry while my child, and other’s ran around the house. Um, if you have that much time on your hands, can’t you be doing something productive. I’m paying your wages here, lady.
I guess my whole attitude is that if you work at home, you should still treat it like you are at WORK. Obviously this is the minority point of view, because here’s what just happened at the new daycare.
My hubby is a teacher and is off for the summer so he’s been dropping dd off at daycare rather late. Usually, he calls first. I am devious and I never call. I’d rather just drop in. Otherwise how am I to know what’s really going on?
You should also know that this particular home daycare is licensed by the state and is always busy. In all the days that our dd has been there, she’s always had children there. The oldest is usually about 2 ½.
Well, today, he didn’t call before he dropped her off. At 10 am he pulls up in the driveway and guess what??? The daycare lady is outside raking up weeds in the front lawn. Where are the kids? Sitting in high chairs in the house. Alone. R U FREAKING KIDDING ME??? The daycare portion of the house is in the back so she was no where near the door. She was all the way in the front, while the kids are in the back. No way she could hear them if they screamed.
So, my easy going, calm husband (sooooo the opposite of me), prays a bit for peace and gets out of the car. She runs over to him and waterfalls of excuses begin pouring out. He said the look on her face was dam*ing. Also, he said she was so nervous and was stumbling all over her excuse for being outside.
*This lady was out here pulling my weeds and left a few so I came out and pulled them because I am a perfectionist. And before I knew it, I was out here getting caught up*
Um, that did not help you one bit. He ended up dropping dd off b/c he had lots of errands to run. He didn’t say one word b/c he knew he’d blow up and there’s one thing we’ve learned: never talk down to 1) people who make your food 2) people who handle your money and 3) people who take care of your kids.
Can you believe this? What if there was a fire? You’d never even know until the smoke made it out of the door. What if…what if….what if…
Bottom line for me: What mother would leave her own baby in a high chair to go outside to do yard work? Not a good one. That’s not something you’d do with your own child, so why would you do this with someone else’s child?
Because she was trying so hard to rectify the situation lends me to believe that she truly did know it was wrong and did it anyway. That’s deviousness. She obviously knows better or she wouldn’t have tried to smooth it over.
So to prepare for our new baby, we were going to pull dd out for the month of July to save money. We’re paid up through the end of June and there’s a 2 week advance notice to quit so we’re out these next two weeks even if we pull her now. We’re looking for a new place to take dd in the meantime.
Do you think it’s reasonable for me to take her there these next two weeks? This lady is a good person, but the mentality of a person who would leave babies/toddlers imprisoned (high chairs) alone in a house is beyond my scope of understanding.
Sorry for the long rant.
WWYD?
to this whole post. The play all day at the other place wouldn't bother me, but if it bothered you you're paying so it was good you found a new place. But yeah, leaving multiple kids in high chairs while she's outside around the opposite end of the house doing yardwork is NOT cool.
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