Visitors=Chaos! Anyone else?

[bright sparks]

I hate visitors! Family members (adults) are one thing but friends with kids would be an absolute NO! I also have had parents who are leaving ask if they can come for a playdate. NO sorry. I am working and don't want the distraction. It is bad enough when family members pop in to say hello, the kids always act up and get out of hand.

I agree! The aftermath can be awful and just isn't worth it. My closest friend, who is my back up care, comes very rarely almost only a couple times a year on a work day and if she does, it is always during naptime for a quick cuppa and the daycare parents know about it and know her.

[Other Mummy]

This is my worst pet peeve. I hate unannounced visits during daycare hours. It throws your scheduled routine off and disrupts everyone. I had one dcg that would cry when she saw strangers. She bawled when my MIL dropped in. MIL took great offence. She still talks about that "strange and unsociable child" LOL! Come to think of it, I don't think she's come unannounced since then.

[AmandaKDT]

I have family and friends with their kids come visit very occasionally, but it is never unannounced. I always try to make the visits with my friends with kids be outside, as I find the visiting kids tear my house apart in a way that the daycare kids never do. I always find it amazing how 2 of my friend's kids can make more mess than 6 daycare kids.

But I don't mind the visits (which aren't very often), even with the visiting kids not knowing the daycare rules, there usually isn't too much distruption and the kids all mostly play well. If this wasn't the case, I wouldn't ever have visitors.

As it is never unannounced, I let the daycare parents know that I have visitors coming.