Spixie33
11-25-2011, 06:31 PM
I am so glad this week is over.
I had two kids on two different days this week arrive and cry about coming to daycare. Both of these kids are over 2 years old and have always arrived happy and usually are not anxious to leave when mom or dad arrive. They are not new.
Having the kids suddenly show up crying and saying "I want to go home" or crying and clinging to the door jamb when mom is leaving kind of hurt.
I put so much into the daycare - providing good care, toys a fun environment and interacting with the kids that it really hurts when these kids seem to suddenly act like they hate it here.
It honestly kind of ruined my day as soon as drop off went so poorly. :o
It doesn't help that the moms then seem stressed and seem to almost silently seem to send a negative vibe as though maybe wondering if there is something to be concerned about.
One mom said how hard it was to leave now that her child was crying but the more she placated the child - the more they cried. I wanted to tell her just to vamoose as written in my contract. It was pretty bad and it made me just feel like crud all morning.:crying:
i know these children are two and of course they would rather be with their parents and in their home but still it somehow feels sad that they suddenly seemed so vehement about not being here after all my efforts and TLC for them.
Just venting and wondering how others handle these sort of drop offs.
I had two kids on two different days this week arrive and cry about coming to daycare. Both of these kids are over 2 years old and have always arrived happy and usually are not anxious to leave when mom or dad arrive. They are not new.
Having the kids suddenly show up crying and saying "I want to go home" or crying and clinging to the door jamb when mom is leaving kind of hurt.
I put so much into the daycare - providing good care, toys a fun environment and interacting with the kids that it really hurts when these kids seem to suddenly act like they hate it here.
It honestly kind of ruined my day as soon as drop off went so poorly. :o
It doesn't help that the moms then seem stressed and seem to almost silently seem to send a negative vibe as though maybe wondering if there is something to be concerned about.
One mom said how hard it was to leave now that her child was crying but the more she placated the child - the more they cried. I wanted to tell her just to vamoose as written in my contract. It was pretty bad and it made me just feel like crud all morning.:crying:
i know these children are two and of course they would rather be with their parents and in their home but still it somehow feels sad that they suddenly seemed so vehement about not being here after all my efforts and TLC for them.
Just venting and wondering how others handle these sort of drop offs.