You know you're a childcare provider when...

[CrazyEight]

You spend half the day saying "please don't use your friend as your personal Kleenex" without thinking it's a bizarre thing to say.

Anybody have any more?

[Gloucestermom]

Saying 'I am not a human kleenex!' The thing I'm saying the most lately is 'gentle hands!'

[5 Little Monkeys]

Things I constantly say..."use your words", "gentle hands please", " you know the rules", "5 mins until..."

When you have someone else's snot on your shirt....this is me right now but I just sat down and too lazy to go change lol

When you make sure everyone has a clean diaper and used the washroom before leaving the house but you forget to go yourself

[mickyc]

You know your a childcare provider when

- you want to spend the weekend with your own children and nobody else's!
- your house is a mess and it is only 9am!
- you actually head to the toy department on purpose when at the store to see what kind of deals they have instead of avoiding it like the plague.

[Secondtimearound]

It seems like everywhere you go you end up with all the kids playing !! Lol

[mimi]

- hearing pee hit the toilet water makes you happy
- hearing the question "why?" makes you sigh with exhaustion
- have learned (most of the time) to use your neutral face as you listen to parents exclaim with excitement that their child is potty trained after only one success.
- you are used to not being asked "how you are feeling: when you feel and look like hell during drop offs
-you can sit on the floor and call out "I want a hug" and a bunch of lovely little people compete to get to you first
-you are accustomed to being last on your clients bill payment priorities.
-you feel guilty taking vacation time
-you are used to people thinking your career is less than
-you are used to people acknowledging that they could never do what we do
-you are proud of having built a business from the ground up
-you know your finances can take a sudden downturn/or upswing in a matter of days
-you are fluent in toddler speak and even translate for a dck's own parents haha
-you are proud of what you do!!!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

Mimi, it makes me sad that you have had parents like that! I hope your current group isn't like that!!

[mimi]

No worries 5LM, my current set of parents are for the most part great. After 8 years in this business you learn the signs during the interviews that will give you potential problems with clients. I love my job and my dck's it's just sometimes parents can be so clueless LOL

[5 Little Monkeys]

Yes, sometimes some of them can be!!

Some of the crazies are really good at hiding that during interviews though!! Haha

[Dreamalittledream]

It seems like everywhere you go you end up with all the kids playing !! Lol

Bahaha...this is sooo me!