Spinoff Thread - Pick Up Time

[Monday 2 Friday Mama]

I line up all of my daycare kids things (backpacks, coats, their craft from the day) in my front foyer before pick up time begins. It just makes the whole getting out the door process easier, and ensures that I haven't forgotten anything. (special sleeping toys, sippy cups, etc.) When the parents arrive to pick up their child, I do spend some time talking with them - but I don't do written logs or anything, so I guess I feel that it just makes sense to bring the parents up to speed about how their child's day went. It usually doesn't take too long - no more than 10 minutes - and usually other parents are arriving at about the same time, so that kind of encourages parents to move along and let the next parent have their "debriefing" LOL

[Spixie33]

I don't know what happens to my brain at pickup time but it goes blank.

I guess it is that I am just exhausted by the end of the day and I have already written everything I had to say on teh daily report. Then at the end of the day the parents ask if Little Suzy had a good day and my mind is just like "yup" and I can't think of anything interesting to say on the spot. lol

It can sometimes be a little awkward because I feel under pressure to say something while they dress their little one but my brain isn't cooperating. lol

[sunnydays]

I don't know what happens to my time at pickup time but it goes blank.

I guess it is that I am just exhausted by the end of the day and I have already written everything I had to say on teh daily report. Then at the end of the day the parents ask if Little Suzy had a good day and my mind is just like "yup" and I can't think of anything interesting to say on the spot. lol

It can sometimes be a little awkward because I feel under pressure to say something while they dress their little one but my brain isn't cooperating. lol

That happens to me sometimes too! I am tired and distracted as parents come and go and I forget to tell them something important or I just simply go blank and can't even remember for the moment anything about that particular child's day LOL. That's why I use email a lot to communicate all those forgotten little tidbits