Forum: Caring for children

What does everybody do for snack time? Does everybody always feed 2 snacks per day, morning and afternoon? And if so, is it always fed in a...

I feel I am being eaten out of house and home these last few weeks. I provide 2 snacks 8:30 and 3 and lunch (supposed to be 11:30 but we have been...

So I'm just wondering how everyone handles their lunch and snack times. If a child has finished before the others or refuses to eat do you let them...

Isn't it amazing what a treat a little card or note in the mail (as in snail mail) is nowadays? I received the sweetest note today from a daycare...

I have a dck who has the snottiest nose lol. It has been running non stop for 3 weeks now, and it just keeps getting worse and worse. I am now...

When you take the kids outside in the winter do you also wear snow pants? Do you play with the kids or just watch them? I have a 1 year old who I...

Anyone else have a snow wimp? A child that is completely competent. A child that is fairly independent, calm, not whiny inside then you get out in...

At what temperature do you start using snow pants/ snowsuit soft your toddlers and babies?

Hey everyone! I was just wondering what you all do to make the transition to outdoors easier this time of year. I have 3 daycare children and a...

My aunt's step-daughter lost her job, is expecting her second child and was in need for childcare for this upcoming wed and thurs for her 16mth old...

Arrrrrrrgh!!! So dcb, age almost 4 (and yes, this is the one with the pick-up issue - he truly is a joy to have here), not toilet trained. I've...

So you know how I have been having a lot of issues with my two nephews, well we just put an offer on a new house and its fifteen min out of town!!...

I have a 16 month dcg who has given up the morning nap and only sleeps 45 minutes in the afternoon - if I'm lucky. When she's up she is into...

Hello Ladies! I am so glad to have come across this. Like yourselves, I take care of children full time and have been running my dayhome in Calgary,...

So Friday was payday. All parents paid everything was fine or so I thought. At the end of day the last child got picked up and mom came in with her...