Vent: Clothing

[AmandaKDT]

I don't usually vent, but I had something come up this morning that upset and stressed me.

I casually mentioned to a dcm that I would like her 2 year old child to continue coming in pants despite the warmer weather because I am hoping to prevent her getting scraped knees. She just turned 2 at the end of December and trips and falls easily when we go for walks.

Well mom got all upset and said she just bought her all her summer clothes and they are all shorts. I tried to explain again about protecting her legs from scrapes, but got interupted by another child and when I looked back the parent had left without even saying good bye to her child.

A little while later I got this long email from her saying that she is a single parent and can't just go buy new clothes on a whim. That she had already bought the shorts and pretty much doesn't care if her child scrapes her knees.

I responded back that I never asked to her buy anything, just that she continue wearing the pants she already owns for the next few months. It IS only the end of April.

I just felt this over reaction was uncalled for, along with the suggestion that I myself can just buy whatever on a whim because I am not a single parent. In fact we are having to be very careful with our own family budget as I am having to run my daycare with less kids due to my chronic pain problem. I had to sell stuff just so I could buy my kids birthday presents this year.

So, yeah, just wanted to share my unhappy start to a day. I have only about 2 months left of doing daycare, and I wish it could be all over right now,