I want to run away

[sunnydays]

Yep...feeling it here too I just feel BLAH! I agree with the others...I need summer to hurry up and come so I can get out more and have adult interaction more. Last winter I was driving to outings with the kids, but this year I can't because I am now full and have too many kids to fit inmy van (may have to start driving again once my daughter goes to school as the lack of adult conversation is a bit tough long term).

[playfelt]

I'm getting burn out too and when I do have free time all can think about is cleaning and organizing my home. Certain areas are suffering because I just can't find the time.

This is the part that is stressing me out. Everytime I try to sort something or move stuff around it seems like all I do is make more mess. Piles of stuff everwhere, can't find half the daycare stuff I know I have and made the mistake of starting into some boxes of stored clothes looking for what will fit my daughter this summer that I have saved from older siblings so one sealed box from a basement shelf became two boxes of one that will fit and one that won't that I will need to do something with but now both boxes are in my way since of course they don't both fit on the shelf in the basement this way - but that is ok I found another box to put in the space - so I made a mess of the upstairs hallway but made a 2x2 foot clear space on the floor in the basement storage area - just doesn't pass as progress.

[glarkley]

I have worked in child care for 15 years and have had my dayhome open for just under a year. I love my kids and I think that the job we do is SO important but I have these feelings of wanting to run away and give up some days too. Working with kids all day is hard, but doing it in isolation at home is even harder. It's something I think you have to do yourself to understand. My hubby doesn't really get it but he tries and he helps out a lot when he gets home so I'm lucky.

Keep with it and remember that what you do with the little people in your care really does matter, both to them and to their families. You are very important! Even on the days you don't feel that way

[FSD]

Wow...I was just talking to my husband about how it's like this job never gives you a break, then I check this forum and it seems I am not alone!! I also have 2 young girls of my own and it's true ~ your own kids are sooo much more demanding than the daycare kids! Mine have also been driving me nutso lately! It's a tough job us ladies do, but I wouldn't go back to working in a cubicle, that's for sure!

[Zoeysdaycare]

Being outside is always a huge help for me. Even just going for a walk clears my mind a lot! Pinterest!!!! Is a huge help for ideas on projects. Obsessed with that site.