Dropping off early

[Littledragon]

I just locked my door.

HAHAHAH! I'm sorry but that's funny. Reggio's post freaked me out too, but your comment made me laugh lol

[fruitloop]

If a parent shows up early I tell them they are early and I don't open until 7:30am. I go by my cell phone time. I tell them that even though it's only 5 minutes and it doesn't seem like much, I can get A LOT done in 5 minutes. They get it the first time I tell them and are never early again!.

[Momof4]

I said on page 1 that I open at 7:30 and would not open my doors one minute early. But I'm very lucky that my first clients are usually here at 8am and most of them are like clockwork for dropoff and pickup times.

Then I have one family who arrive anytime between 8 and 8:30 and pickup anywhere between 4 and 4:30. I never know exactly when they will be here morning or evening, but it's ok and doesn't bother me. If they were coming after 9am and I want to be out the door to go someplace at 9 I'd be mad. And if they were coming late and were the last pickup of the day I'd be mad again, but they are the 2nd last pickup of the day so they are not making me mad.

It's different in every case for everybody's situation because we are all different.

[Momof4]

I was raised out in the country and we always locked our doors. It's just been something we have done regularly for safety and I couldn't imagine living anywhere and leaving my doors unlocked. There are too many crazies in the world. The daycare parents have to ring my doorbell and wait until I can get there to open the door.

[kidlove]

You know, maybe if any of you are having an issue with doorbell ringing and waking up kids, put a note on the door asking them to not use the door bell during daycare hours. ( i dont have one so its not an issue) maybe use a open/closed sign instead, if the sign says closed, please wait! I am open at ---- time. I couldnt imagine having my doorbell rang all day long, waking kids/babies, making my dogs crazy...no thanks. I have open door here, parents dont knock, they just come in. I find it annoying to have to drop what I am doing to open the door for everyone. They come in take kids shoes and coat off and I finish what I am doing then greet the child and parent. Spose my play area is also in living room which is also near the front door. everyones different.

[Littledragon]

You know, maybe if any of you are having an issue with doorbell ringing and waking up kids, put a note on the door asking them to not use the door bell during daycare hours. ( i dont have one so its not an issue) maybe use a open/closed sign instead, if the sign says closed, please wait! I am open at ---- time. I couldnt imagine having my doorbell rang all day long, waking kids/babies, making my dogs crazy...no thanks. I have open door here, parents dont knock, they just come in. I find it annoying to have to drop what I am doing to open the door for everyone. They come in take kids shoes and coat off and I finish what I am doing then greet the child and parent. Spose my play area is also in living room which is also near the front door. everyones different.

I have three families - 2 knock, the other one walks in. They had their previous child in daycare and I guess that's the way they did it. I don't mind it, but its not something I would like if everyone did it. Mostly bc if I were a parent, I wouldn't like to know that the door was always unlocked, giving any crazy the ability to just walk in. We've had a few home invasions recently in the area, but more than that, I've had companies my landlord hired walk into the wrong house (a few times). I would hate being at work knowing it's possible for just anyone to walk into my child's daycare. For the most part, my door is always locked. This morning the door was locked when mom got here and she was stalk still for a sec like she didn't know what to do lol and then she knocked. I just hadn't let my dog out yet so I hadn't unlocked the door yet from night time lol

[stitcherka]

When I did home daycare, including subbing in others' daycares, I didn't open the blinds, unlock the door (even if that meant locking it behind me) until the official opening time. Now that I work in a large centre, the same applies. The door is unlocked at 7:00. If you go to a store that says it opens at 10 - do you expect them to let you in at 9:55? Just because you may be working out of your home, doesn't mean you always have to be available. It is a business and people need to respect that.

[mimi]

My clients come through my garage door to access the entry to my daycare. I open my garage door at 7:30 sharp even if they are idling in front of my house earlier than that. If you stand in front of any other business before they open do they open for you?

[Crayola kiddies]

I live in the country and when I'm out and at night my doors are locked. In the morning I unlock my door at 645 which is when I open and not a minute before. My outside garage door is always unlocked (unless I'm Not home) and parents come in thru the garage and down the stairs into the daycare. I never used to lock the door and I never had a problem until one day a parent asked if I could do a really big favor and take her child at 6 instead of 645. So I agreed and I woke uP that morning at 530 and got dressed and brushed my teeth ect and came out to the kitchen to put on the kettle to make tea and I could hear her and her child in my basement at 540am ..... I went down stairs and she had turn on all my lights and was letting her kid run around my basement using his outside voice .... I was shocked and totally pissed and I said to her " oh your early I'm not ready" I went up stairs made my tea and sat on my couch till 6 ...... My door is locked from now on. I will never open early again for anybody. My families know that if the staircase light is on I'm open.

[Toregone]

I live in the country and when I'm out and at night my doors are locked. In the morning I unlock my door at 645 which is when I open and not a minute before. My outside garage door is always unlocked (unless I'm Not home) and parents come in thru the garage and down the stairs into the daycare. I never used to lock the door and I never had a problem until one day a parent asked if I could do a really big favor and take her child at 6 instead of 645. So I agreed and I woke uP that morning at 530 and got dressed and brushed my teeth ect and came out to the kitchen to put on the kettle to make tea and I could hear her and her child in my basement at 540am ..... I went down stairs and she had turn on all my lights and was letting her kid run around my basement using his outside voice .... I was shocked and totally pissed and I said to her " oh your early I'm not ready" I went up stairs made my tea and sat on my couch till 6 ...... My door is locked from now on. I will never open early again for anybody. My families know that if the staircase light is on I'm open.

That is crazy! Who shows up 20 minutes early when it's already a day they are getting a favour and then lets themself in? Holy Man!! I would have spoken to her about respecting personal space for sure.