I wish it were fun again....

[sunnydays]

I am sooooooooooooooooo with you right now as well! I believe I do a good job and I believe this is what I should be doing....but for the past few weeks, everything is annoying me! I feel so easily irritated by little things It doesn't help that I have a new dcg who cries a lot...but other times I would have been able to ignore it without thinking about terminating right away. Now I am in a constant feeling of whether or not she is going to work out...whether I should get out now while it is easier, etc. Plus, I just generally feel annoyed with the parents, the kids, my own kids, my own husband, etc. And I don't even know why! In fact, my husband is doing more around the house and really being a great husband and father...so why am I annoyed?! I think it is me...maybe it is boredom...maybe I need a change...I don't know! And Playfelt...although I wasn't doing daycare when kids stayed until the age of 5, I think that would have been so much better! I love teaching the kids things, doing art with them, etc, but I only have 2 who can even vaguely participate in most things and it is frustrating. I also feel like all I do is change, feed, clean up all day long! And then just when you think the kids are getting old enough to do some more interesting thing...whamo...thre e leaving on mat leave soon Maybe it is this realization that I will likely always have more kids under 2 than anything else...I don't know. Maybe it's spring fever. All I know is many of us are in the same boat!

[playfelt]

And Playfelt...although I wasn't doing daycare when kids stayed until the age of 5, I think that would have been so much better! I love teaching the kids things, doing art with them, etc, but I only have 2 who can even vaguely participate in most things and it is frustrating. I also feel like all I do is change, feed, clean up all day long! And then just when you think the kids are getting old enough to do some more interesting thing...whamo...thre e leaving on mat leave soon Maybe it is this realization that I will likely always have more kids under 2 than anything else...I don't know. Maybe it's spring fever. All I know is many of us are in the same boat!

Sunnydays and anyone else that wants to give ideas would be great - Given that we deal more with babies to age 2 than having a lot of the big kids able to do the lessons we want to prepare what would you say is the type of info, workshops, resources that would be of the most value to you? We have had poor attendance and even some cancelled workshops with the association and when I look in the newsletter of what is being offered I question the value of much of what is there for the young ages we care for. I am trying to work on a new method for workshop delivery, topics, resources etc and would love some feedback. Making everythign out of felt and fabric over paper has been the saving grace for a lot of my stuff lately but very much a work in progress rather than finished.