I'm beginning to not like my daycare lady. I don't think she's very truthful, and I don't think she is very attentive. She keeps me talking for 20 minutes every time I pick up my kids while the other ones are in the back room, and if she does that with me I can only assume she's doing that with every one. Plus, I don't think she teaches the kids very much, and I'm becoming very worried that when it comes time for school, they will not be prepared. I do what I can, but she's with them 40 hours a week.
The last couple days Henry has come home with a full or overflowing diaper, and while I've been stretching the smaller diapers during the day until we run out, it's a 5 minute drive home so I know he's not doing it all on the way. I don't think she's mistreating my kids (on the contrary, they are her pets) but the last straw was today when I paid based on the amount that she told me it would be starting in the new year and she told me I was wrong. A month ago she said that Spencer would be going down in price (by $40) and so would Henry (by $10) and I'm broke as all get out so I was excited. Now she said that I misunderstood her, and Spencer was correct but Henry would be the same price. So it's only a $10 difference but she's full of crap and I'm so mad I could pull my kids out of her care completely ... if I could afford it and had something else lined up.
So after fuming about it for the last two hours (yes, I dwell), I talked to my husband who told me to start looking around for someone else.
So. Anyone know of a good daycare in my area that's dirt cheap?
2 comments:
You don't want to spend any time talking with the woman, you want to pay as little as possible. You say she loves your kids. You say she doesn't change the baby enough. Does he have rashes? What are you talking about for those 20 minutes? What kind of parent doesn't want to get to know her provider? If you don't spend any time with her, how do you know that everything is okay with her and the kids?
As for the kids being in the back room. Are they screaming back there? Are they crying? Are your kids getting hurt during the day? And how do you know that your kids aren't learning anything? Kids are SPONGES. They pick up everything. It would be hard NOT to be ready for K. Boys often don't like to show what they are learning. But they are. If you want to know what they do for learning, ASK.
Your fuming over dollars. You are taking your broke problems out on this woman that's probably not charging you enough as is.
Wow, really venomous for not knowing my situation at all. A) my problem was not the money but the untruthfulness. I was prepared to pay what I pay before she volunteered that the price was going down. B) "dirt cheap" is both a relative term and a slightly sarcastic term. It's not like I'm not paying more than 15k for childcare. C) wouldn't you want your kids in good hands, no matter what you're paying? D) I do know my provider. She keeps me there for 20 minutes every day for nearly 3 years. And yes, sometimes the kids are crying. If I suspected that she was purposely mistreating them, they wouldn't be there. And E) this is my blog and I'll bitch about what I want. There is an awful lot of stress in my life and occasionally it overflows.
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