Christmas gifts from DCfamilies to you

[MonkeyPrincess]

lol. thanks cfred. I am tired, sick (on antibiotics), have a sore back, kids are behaving so bad today, lots of coughing and snotty noses, and to top it off it is too cold to go outside. I have worked my butt off this month doing all sorts of Christmas arts and crafts. Sending home parents gifts today as well as kids gifts. Barely take any time off during the year so as to not inconvenience anyone. Just feeling very unappreciated! I know it is just because I am not feeling that great but hard to hear about parent's having spa days and going to cuba in the next few months but all I get is a card and not even a nice note or anything in it.

OK I will quit venting lol. this was supposed to be a nice light thread!

On the flip side - I am glad there are some parents out there who truly appreciate their providers!

That's ok, we all need to vent, we are all human and we are all here to listen! Guaranteed that we have all been thru the same things! We feel ya! You would think parents would appreciate the person who takes care of their kid all day!

I have a good group of parents and kids and i am so grateful for that. I have had enough challenging moments with challenging parents (like everyone else here) where i was seriously THISCLOSE to quitting all together. I even looked into jobs at one point. I made a few changes and i am much happier now. I just had to start being more strict and selfish

Like i said i have a great group of parents and kids. I care for a DCB who is 18 mos. His mom hugged me and kissed my cheek once, to show her appreciation for doing such a fantastic job with her little boy. (she's italian, i am portuguese, it's what we do LOL.) This is the mom who gave me the $50 giftcard to LCBO.