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[Momof4]

Oh I love Judy too. She seems to have met all the crazy parents and she handles it with humour and wisdom.

I've been pretty lucky but I did interview one woman who wanted me to change everything plastic in my house to more 'green' fibres and she was even unhappy with my vinyl sleep cots. Then she emailed me a list of how to clean your whole home with vinegar. Uh yeah, she is not in my daycare!

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The eco-friendly is an issue that comes up as they ask about things like what kind of detergents I use, and the fact my swingset in the back yard is made with pressure treated wood really upsets some. One lady asked me how old my dishes were - checking to see if they were free of the chemicals that leech I am assuming. I just told her I replace them whenever they need replacing and that satisfied her even though I meant when they get broken or the lid starts to leak or the plastic bib gets ripped. I am not as fanatical about a lot of those things as I see many of them with while true a little overblown to the extent that I don't need to toss out the sectional dishes we use for snacks sometimes just because.

One lady expected me to bathe her baby since in the childcare book for schedule it said baby should have a bath at 10:00 am following their morning nap, then a bottle and then some playtime on their tummy and that is what she expected me to do - again we are talking 20 years ago when babies on schedules was a must for some woman.

Have had a couple familes going through divorce/separation where I had to change the clothes before releasing them to the other parent as there were mommy's house clothes and daddy's house clothes and I had two bags of clothes to store and use. Had already had the child for two years before the divorce so went along with it but I sure had other things to do besides remember which clothes to use.

Not understanding what it means to have a group of kids is where most of the impossible requests come from in that we can't devote unreasonable one on one time to any child.