The Venting Thread
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My kiddo has been having biting issues in daycare lately. I think a lot of it (although not at all excusable) comes from their having such large class sizes. It's hard for people to note when there is a situation making him uncomfortable (kids being rough, extremely in his face, etc) and he acts out. I feel like he is in the equivalent of one of those poorly run dog daycares where it's just a free for all, lol. (to note, they do have some structured activities, but they also have a lot of free time, where is where a lot of the conflict happens, I think) He is not great at saying when something is bothering him("I don't want to play!" "don't push!" etc) so he gets frustrated.
We are working with him on saying when he's upset, calling for a teacher, etc, but it's very frustrating for me, since I both do NOT want other kids bitten and also do not want my child feeling so frustrated that he has to resort to acting out. And it's hard to get any feedback besides "he bit X number of times today". I also feel that since it is a new issue of the past few months, that something must have changed in that time.
Thank heavens that in a few weeks my husband is done teaching summer school and Clive gets to stay home with him for a month. It's so stressful now whenever I drop him off. We're thinking of getting him into a tumbling class for that month that he is off, so that he can continue to be around other kids his age, but without the frustration aspect.
There are such few options for childcare here...some of the daycares are sketchy, and most are just so overcrowded
And I'm just not comfortable with in home daycare unless I know the person.
We are working with him on saying when he's upset, calling for a teacher, etc, but it's very frustrating for me, since I both do NOT want other kids bitten and also do not want my child feeling so frustrated that he has to resort to acting out. And it's hard to get any feedback besides "he bit X number of times today". I also feel that since it is a new issue of the past few months, that something must have changed in that time.
Thank heavens that in a few weeks my husband is done teaching summer school and Clive gets to stay home with him for a month. It's so stressful now whenever I drop him off. We're thinking of getting him into a tumbling class for that month that he is off, so that he can continue to be around other kids his age, but without the frustration aspect.
There are such few options for childcare here...some of the daycares are sketchy, and most are just so overcrowded
And I'm just not comfortable with in home daycare unless I know the person.
Still haven't replaced my co-worker and we're not having much luck with applicants. It's kinda crazy juggling three people's job tasks between two of us.
I'm just kinda sad because I miss my friend. We worked together for a year and a half and it was fun. It's not that I don't like my other co-worker but it's like, you know, one I considered my co-worker and the other I considered my friend, and it's my friend that's gotten a new job and gone on.
And every day that goes by is another day I don't hear anything about any of my own job applications.
I also overheard my co-worker telling one of the applicants what the salary is going to be and it's higher than what I make. No, that's not right. New person should be making less than me. No. This isn't fair at all. That just underscores how totally underpaid I am. I guess I should have negotiated harder when I was hired but I hated the job I was trying to leave SO MUCH I was happy to take anything. This sucks.
I'm just kinda sad because I miss my friend. We worked together for a year and a half and it was fun. It's not that I don't like my other co-worker but it's like, you know, one I considered my co-worker and the other I considered my friend, and it's my friend that's gotten a new job and gone on.
And every day that goes by is another day I don't hear anything about any of my own job applications.
I also overheard my co-worker telling one of the applicants what the salary is going to be and it's higher than what I make. No, that's not right. New person should be making less than me. No. This isn't fair at all. That just underscores how totally underpaid I am. I guess I should have negotiated harder when I was hired but I hated the job I was trying to leave SO MUCH I was happy to take anything. This sucks.
For frig sakes people, pull your collective heads out of your arses! A woman was KILLED by a bear 2 WEEKS ago, you hear that killed, the bear is also dead now. So when a mother bear and her cubs is in the city up a tree and she is tranquillized and moved into the HUGE freaking forest that surrounds us, it's not a f*******g sin. And it also wasn't a sin when the other half dozen this week were tranquilized and moved out before they killed someone else.
When we wrote in this thread about take and drop, we told that:
This is only speculation but my friend thought that one of the reasons others have not written much in the thread about take and drop would be that others might have a different point of view than my friend has. Maybe you can tell us what's your opinions are about take and drop. After that we could tell what my friend thinks about it.
We can also write in other threads when we find something interesting.
This is only speculation but my friend thought that one of the reasons others have not written much in the thread about take and drop would be that others might have a different point of view than my friend has. Maybe you can tell us what's your opinions are about take and drop. After that we could tell what my friend thinks about it.
We can also write in other threads when we find something interesting.
Is it not possible to find a pair of shorts that actually covers your butt??? Seriously. Most unsuccessful shopping trip ever. They are either SHORT SHORTS or knee length... why is there no in-between.
And I just want this cold to go away. Or, I want the cough to go away. I guess otherwise all the other symptoms I had are gone now. But it's been over a week, I'm sick of it taking me an hour+ to fall asleep at night because of the coughing, or I wake up in the middle of the night having a coughing fit. I finally bought some cough syrup but I don't know how well it works. I should just go to the doctor but I don't have time for that nonsense. =P
And I just want this cold to go away. Or, I want the cough to go away. I guess otherwise all the other symptoms I had are gone now. But it's been over a week, I'm sick of it taking me an hour+ to fall asleep at night because of the coughing, or I wake up in the middle of the night having a coughing fit. I finally bought some cough syrup but I don't know how well it works. I should just go to the doctor but I don't have time for that nonsense. =P