Food Diary

[playfelt]

I used to do the reports but then questioned their value. If the parent trusts me to feed and care for their child then they need to trust that I did. Besides I can write anything in the book to please or should I say appease a parent and will admit I have. If parent said nap was to be 9:00 then that is what I wrote even though it was really 9:15 because when I was honest mom questioned me. I am not a nanny reporting to a supervisor and that is what I have always been made to feel like when doing reports - like I have to justify how I spent my time while on duty.

I speak to each parent at pickup and note anything out of the ordinary or comment on the day but that is all now.

After a couple of months it gets to be boring and routine and seems like a waste. Whether the child got changed at 9 and 11 or 8:30 and 10:45 has nothing to do with the child`s bowel habits but more with my play schedule that day so it is meaningless. Does a poop at 9 or 10 really matter? As stated above I note to parents things out of the ordinary to watch for as in didn't poop yet today or pooped already twice or didn't feel like eating much today. As for nap I let them know what time their child woke up for infants so it helps to determine evening routine but again we pretty much move from event to event and by a certain time infants are just woke up to finish the day before hometime so parent would be told if child woke up alone or if I had to wake them - simple verbal sentence.