Rightly offended? . . . or just tired and pregnant?

[Cadillac]

lol sorry sparks i edited it right after . . . you saw it too soon . . . i was reading through everything to quick . . . sorry

[bright sparks]

lol sorry sparks i edited it right after . . . you saw it too soon . . . i was reading through everything to quick . . . sorry

Not to worry it happens

[Cadillac]

Sometimes this site feels like a bad text message . . . you know what i mean?

[Lee-Bee]

problem is that I live in a apartment with one family room. the kids sleep in the bedrooms and there is essentially no where for me to go to rest. I'm not gonna lie . . .I NAP!

This child (god love her) would not leave me alone no matter what. she is my difficult kid. I've been playing with idea of letting them go for several behavioural issues but there is only a few months until she starts school and is gone.

I donno, I mean if I was the family and had someone caring for my child I would try to make that person happy. I get having to pick a child up for appointments that you can't control etc., but waiting an extra 30min to go to the cottage doesn't seem worth all this fussing. Pretty sure none of my families would be asking this and if they did they would understand and respect when I asked them to wait until the end of nap. You're working hard, you're pregnant (I assume they know) you aren't asking that much of them.

I don't think the issue is you with holding the child or you being inflexible. You are merely trying to withhold the expectations you set in your contract and asking the family to respect that. The big issue here is their behavior and their response to your enforcing the contract. That doesn't sit well with me. Like I said I would have tried to accommodate (but have the space and means to do so) BUT if I had said no, like you did then I fully expect them to act appropriately. These parents are not. That is a problem.

[Crayola kiddies]

If this was an everyday thing then I could see the problem but its one day ... Nap her some where else and get the dad to text you as he's arriving .... Get the kid ready and stand outside the door so the noise doesn't disrupt the others .... It's a one time thing .... Or tell them to keep her home and give them the a credit for the day

[Cadillac]

crayola: theres just no where else to put her . . . or else i wouldnt have this policy . . . My issues lied more around moms reaction to my request to wait just a half hour longer for pick up and her expecting me to give up my only break to suit her . . . if i could make it work it would be a non issue . . . i got my answer though . . . i think part of me is just to exhausted to think about screwing with my break to work with the family and the other half was rightly upended with their reaction.

[Crayola kiddies]

I agree I don't think half an hour is a big deal to wait and clearly the mother us just being hard to get along with .... It seems like more is going on with her

[bright sparks]

Sometimes this site feels like a bad text message . . . you know what i mean?

Totally...and if you are typing on a smartphone or a tablet it's even worse...drives me crazy lol

[Cadillac]

I agree I don't think half an hour is a big deal to wait and clearly the mother us just being hard to get along with .... It seems like more is going on with her

never been the most friendly . . .not unfriendly . . . just . . .. different . . . always had a difficult time reading her. . . . my other parents are so the opposite (chatty, caring, thankful) that this particular relationship has always made me slightly uncomfortable

[5 Little Monkeys]

Sometimes this site feels like a bad text message . . . you know what i mean?

LOL yes!! Tone gets lost over the internet/texting....