Forum: Caring for children

Mom drops off 3 year old girl as ususl. Just before mom leaves she hands kid this pail with Disney characters on it and says 'here's your special...

Hello, this is my first post. I am graduating from the ECE program in april 2013 and am opening up my home daycare for the end of april 2013. I am...

My 5 year old son and 4 year old DCB are always telling on each other and i am so sick of it. I have tried telling them to stop, telling them i don't...

So this has been a bad month for sickness! Of course i clean/disinfect as much as i can but no matter what i do i work with kids and most of the time...

Just wanted to send out a quick note to all you Forum Weekenders!!!!! Happy Christmas Eve Eve, hope all your gifting and wrapping is done.....don't...

Hello! I look after a 3 year old girl. Mom and dad have never, ever even sat this child on the potty. They told me if I want to potty train her,...

Hello there! One of my DCM asked me this morning if i was open for the holidays and I answered that I was closing at noon on the 24, 25,26 are...

Hey all! I am considering wearing nice scrubs in my daycare (patterned etc.) has anyone ever considered this? My nice clothes don't fell so nice...

Has anyone cared for a child who did not understand English. I've just stared a new 21mo DCB into care this week. His parents native tongue is...

I have 2 daycare children; one is 12 months and bites all his food...self feeds perfectly. He also,is the better walker of the the 2. The other, a...

So my new dcb is 3 and in diapers full time (pee and poop). When I accepted him into care I was told he was fine, then on his first day they come in...

If a dck comes down with a fever during the day, do you send them home? I'm in that situation right now - I'm going to keep her today (mom is...

It's during a week like this that I wish for my old 'outside job' days...the ones where I could actually call in sick (without having to major guilt...

my 4 yr old pt dcg was diagnosed with scarlet fever yesterday, she started the antibiotics last night. She was here on Friday, seemed totally fine,...

hey everyone! So, when I started my daycare I always used face cloths before and after food-each child has their own color of cloth. But I am...