Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Happy (Late) Anniversary!
Friday, December 1 was my one year anniversary at Kiddieland. I can't believe that I'm just now getting around to posting about it, but with Christmas coming I've been busy. Plus, I haven't always had enough time on my lunch break to come to the library and blog.
My anniversary was nice. I got a card and a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate from my boss. I appreciated my gift certificate because I needed a new boom box and didn't want to spend my own money on something for me this close to Christmas. So I went out the very next day and got me a new boom box! Yes, it was nice being appreciated by my employer, but a raise would've been nicer.
I've been at Kiddieland for a year now and I still haven't gotten a raise. I thought I'd get one after my 90 day trial period--most employers give you one then--but no, no raise. I wasn't too upset about that because I was sure I'd get one on my anniversary but again, no raise.
I guess I can't be too mad about it. I'm already making more than some other employees who've been here way longer than I. I came to Kiddieland with a lot of experience and a couple of fabulous references so I started out making more, a lot more for day care. I'm grateful for that but I still need more money. Good caregivers are so hard to find and keep precisely because day care pay sucks so you'd think Kiddieland would ante up to keep good people like me. But I guess my boss suffers from what I call management arrogance, the attitude that management, not teachers, is the reason why people keep their kids in a particular day care.
Maybe I shouldn't complain too much. Kiddieland is a small business, only two centers, so I know it doesn't have the deep pockets of the previous day care I worked for. Still, I shouldn't be expected to work here for ever at my starting pay, even if it was higher than most people's starting pay. I think my experience and my time are more valuable than that. I just may have to go some place that agrees.
Happy Anniversary.
My anniversary was nice. I got a card and a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate from my boss. I appreciated my gift certificate because I needed a new boom box and didn't want to spend my own money on something for me this close to Christmas. So I went out the very next day and got me a new boom box! Yes, it was nice being appreciated by my employer, but a raise would've been nicer.
I've been at Kiddieland for a year now and I still haven't gotten a raise. I thought I'd get one after my 90 day trial period--most employers give you one then--but no, no raise. I wasn't too upset about that because I was sure I'd get one on my anniversary but again, no raise.
I guess I can't be too mad about it. I'm already making more than some other employees who've been here way longer than I. I came to Kiddieland with a lot of experience and a couple of fabulous references so I started out making more, a lot more for day care. I'm grateful for that but I still need more money. Good caregivers are so hard to find and keep precisely because day care pay sucks so you'd think Kiddieland would ante up to keep good people like me. But I guess my boss suffers from what I call management arrogance, the attitude that management, not teachers, is the reason why people keep their kids in a particular day care.
Maybe I shouldn't complain too much. Kiddieland is a small business, only two centers, so I know it doesn't have the deep pockets of the previous day care I worked for. Still, I shouldn't be expected to work here for ever at my starting pay, even if it was higher than most people's starting pay. I think my experience and my time are more valuable than that. I just may have to go some place that agrees.
Happy Anniversary.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Updates On My Job
It's been a while since I've posted on my blog, other than yesterday, of course. So I thought I'd update you on my day care happenings.
The biggest thing that's happened is that Adam has moved up. Yes, my one and only boy is now in the toddler room. It was a really emotional change for me. Adam's mom gave me a card thanking me for being so good to him and four studio photos of him. She said I was like family. I cried. It's so hard to lose my babies, and it was particularly hard to lose Adam. As I said, he was my only boy and he was so sweet, loving, and naughty! :) Yes, it's hard when they move up, but it's really for their own good. Adam was getting as bored in my class as Emma was before she moved up. He needed to experience things and activities that challenged him and he wasn't getting that in my room. How challenging can a bumblebee rattle be to a 13-month-old? Not very. So Adam is now in the toddler class with a host of new toys to play with, new lessons to learn, and new friends to make. I know he'll do just great, but I miss him so!
The Halloween Festival that I was so worried about went off without a hitch. It was great! I made a breakfast gift basket that I learned about on the 'net and one of my co-workes gave me an idea for a great game. It was a game that was done at last year's Festival. It was originally called Pin the Nose on the Witch, but I made it Pin the Nose on Frankenstein since all I could find was a Frankenstein doll. I hung the doll from the ceiling and the children had to chew a wad of bubble gum and then try to stick it to Frankenstein's nose while blindfolded. It was a hoot watching the kids grasping at air. I'm pretty sure some of them cheated but I was having so much fun that I didn't make a big deal out of it. The only down side to the Festival is that I didn't sale the most tickets so I didn't win a paid day off work. Aside from that everything went beautifully and I quickly realized that all my worrying was for nothing.
Let's see, what else has happened? Oh yeah, two of my co-workers quit at the same time and without notice. One Monday they just didn't show up for work. And what was really crazy is that we thought one of them was missing, along with her kids. How did we end up thinking that? Well, not only did this particular co-worker not show up for work, but her daughter also didn't show up for school. Another of my co-workers went to her apartment and discovered that no one had been there all weekend. By Wednesday the police had been called and we were getting REALLY scared. Then we found out that the co-worker in question was alive and well and had taken off to south Texas with a friend. Talk about mad! Here we were worried sick about her and all along she was sitting pretty with her friend! Please folks, if you want to quit your job do it right and give a two-week notice, especially if you work in day care. Don't leave your co-workers and the children hanging.
Well, that's it for now. I'll try not to let so much time past between posts again. I was very busy the last couple of weeks and I didn't have time to blog as much as I wanted. And I have to admit that when I did get to a computer I just surfed the 'net to decompress, my mind being too tired to think of what to write or how to write it. I'm sure every worker out there understands, especially those who live among the ankle biters.
The biggest thing that's happened is that Adam has moved up. Yes, my one and only boy is now in the toddler room. It was a really emotional change for me. Adam's mom gave me a card thanking me for being so good to him and four studio photos of him. She said I was like family. I cried. It's so hard to lose my babies, and it was particularly hard to lose Adam. As I said, he was my only boy and he was so sweet, loving, and naughty! :) Yes, it's hard when they move up, but it's really for their own good. Adam was getting as bored in my class as Emma was before she moved up. He needed to experience things and activities that challenged him and he wasn't getting that in my room. How challenging can a bumblebee rattle be to a 13-month-old? Not very. So Adam is now in the toddler class with a host of new toys to play with, new lessons to learn, and new friends to make. I know he'll do just great, but I miss him so!
The Halloween Festival that I was so worried about went off without a hitch. It was great! I made a breakfast gift basket that I learned about on the 'net and one of my co-workes gave me an idea for a great game. It was a game that was done at last year's Festival. It was originally called Pin the Nose on the Witch, but I made it Pin the Nose on Frankenstein since all I could find was a Frankenstein doll. I hung the doll from the ceiling and the children had to chew a wad of bubble gum and then try to stick it to Frankenstein's nose while blindfolded. It was a hoot watching the kids grasping at air. I'm pretty sure some of them cheated but I was having so much fun that I didn't make a big deal out of it. The only down side to the Festival is that I didn't sale the most tickets so I didn't win a paid day off work. Aside from that everything went beautifully and I quickly realized that all my worrying was for nothing.
Let's see, what else has happened? Oh yeah, two of my co-workers quit at the same time and without notice. One Monday they just didn't show up for work. And what was really crazy is that we thought one of them was missing, along with her kids. How did we end up thinking that? Well, not only did this particular co-worker not show up for work, but her daughter also didn't show up for school. Another of my co-workers went to her apartment and discovered that no one had been there all weekend. By Wednesday the police had been called and we were getting REALLY scared. Then we found out that the co-worker in question was alive and well and had taken off to south Texas with a friend. Talk about mad! Here we were worried sick about her and all along she was sitting pretty with her friend! Please folks, if you want to quit your job do it right and give a two-week notice, especially if you work in day care. Don't leave your co-workers and the children hanging.
Well, that's it for now. I'll try not to let so much time past between posts again. I was very busy the last couple of weeks and I didn't have time to blog as much as I wanted. And I have to admit that when I did get to a computer I just surfed the 'net to decompress, my mind being too tired to think of what to write or how to write it. I'm sure every worker out there understands, especially those who live among the ankle biters.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Maya's New Tooth
Maya got her first tooth! Finally, after thinking she'd never cut any teeth, I spied a little ivory point protruding from her bottom gums yesterday morning. I was so excited I wrote the news on my dry erase board so everyone would know. Maya's mom was happy, too. She and Maya's grandmother were getting worried that she was over a year old and still had no teeth. Well now they can lay their worries to rest. Maya has a tooth!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Maya's Kiss
Yesterday I had a really sweet moment in what was otherwise a VERY trying day. Maya, my second oldest, gave me her first kiss! I've kissed her a million times and always ask her to kiss me back, never expecting anything in return, but yesterday Maya gave me that darling, open mouth kiss babies give you before they know how to smack. It was soooooo sweet! And it made my day.
Today, Maya had her second milestone: she ate our table food! She's been on table food at home for a while, but her mom was a little uncomfortable letting her eat table food at day care. I asked her yesterday if it would be alright to let Maya at least eat mashed potatoes at day care, since they're soft, and her mom said yes. In fact, she gave me permission to give Maya any day care food that's soft (but absolutely no hot dogs!). I'm real happy about that because Maya's been eating baby food since she was, well, a baby. Now she's a toddler and she really needs more substantial fare at day care as well as at home. I also hope the extra "chewing" Maya will be doing now will help her finally cut some teeth; she's over a year old and is still toothless!
I don't know what other milestones Maya has in store for me. She's walking, can say "baby", and can wave bye-bye, so it seems that the only thing left is for her to get some teeth. But who knows? I may get back to work today and have Maya show me something I never expected. Those kind of moments are the best things about working in day care.
Today, Maya had her second milestone: she ate our table food! She's been on table food at home for a while, but her mom was a little uncomfortable letting her eat table food at day care. I asked her yesterday if it would be alright to let Maya at least eat mashed potatoes at day care, since they're soft, and her mom said yes. In fact, she gave me permission to give Maya any day care food that's soft (but absolutely no hot dogs!). I'm real happy about that because Maya's been eating baby food since she was, well, a baby. Now she's a toddler and she really needs more substantial fare at day care as well as at home. I also hope the extra "chewing" Maya will be doing now will help her finally cut some teeth; she's over a year old and is still toothless!
I don't know what other milestones Maya has in store for me. She's walking, can say "baby", and can wave bye-bye, so it seems that the only thing left is for her to get some teeth. But who knows? I may get back to work today and have Maya show me something I never expected. Those kind of moments are the best things about working in day care.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Our Old Friend Chickenpox
Chickenpox has reared its ugly head at Kiddieland. A child in the 2's class was diagnosed yesterday and now everybody's panicing a little bit. Of my four babies I was concerned mostly for Isabel and Jessa since they haven't been vaccinated and I hate the thought of them getting this uncomfortable illness at such young ages, but beyond that I don't think chickenpox is a big deal.
When I was a child everyone got the chickenpox; it was a rite of passage. Sure, the pox is uncomfortable with all that itching but it wasn't treated like a killer disease until the vaccine came out about 15 years ago, and then it became all the rage to avoid the pox. The vaccine became like a status symbol almost. I remember thinking, Just let your kid get the pox and get it over with. And you know what? Some kids who'd been vaccinated got sick anyway. True, the symptoms weren't as severe as those in the unvaccinated kids, but the idea of a vaccine is to NOT get the disease at all, not even in a milder form. So the rush by so many parents to get their children vaccinated against a nonthreatening disease proved, for some, to be an utter waste of time. And now chickenpox is again among us, whether we like it or not. Welcome back, old friend.
When I was a child everyone got the chickenpox; it was a rite of passage. Sure, the pox is uncomfortable with all that itching but it wasn't treated like a killer disease until the vaccine came out about 15 years ago, and then it became all the rage to avoid the pox. The vaccine became like a status symbol almost. I remember thinking, Just let your kid get the pox and get it over with. And you know what? Some kids who'd been vaccinated got sick anyway. True, the symptoms weren't as severe as those in the unvaccinated kids, but the idea of a vaccine is to NOT get the disease at all, not even in a milder form. So the rush by so many parents to get their children vaccinated against a nonthreatening disease proved, for some, to be an utter waste of time. And now chickenpox is again among us, whether we like it or not. Welcome back, old friend.
Monday, October 02, 2006
The Dollar Stretcher
Hey friends! As you can see, I've added my first link to this blog; it's called The Dollar Stretcher. Why The Dollar Stretcher, you ask? Why not something directly related to day care and/or children? Well, for all of you who work or have worked in day care you know that the pay sucks. The Dollar Stretcher is a site about living better for less; in fact, that's the site's motto. And all of us underpaid caregivers need all the help we can get to stretch our meager earnings.
The Dollar Stretcher is a simple but highly informative site. You'll find frugal info on everything from raising kids to natural living. I even found info on making gift baskets! That sealed it for me; The Dollar Stretcher is my new favorite website! I hope you get a kick out of it, too.
The Dollar Stretcher is a simple but highly informative site. You'll find frugal info on everything from raising kids to natural living. I even found info on making gift baskets! That sealed it for me; The Dollar Stretcher is my new favorite website! I hope you get a kick out of it, too.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Halloween Festival Jitters
On Friday, Oct. 20, we'll be having our Halloween festival, and I've got the jitters! This is the first festival for me as I wasn't employed by Kiddieland last Halloween. Every class has to come up with a gift basket and a game. I have no clue what I'm going to come up with. I've never done a gift basket in my life and as for games, all I know are things like dunking for apples and pin the tail on the donkey. I've looked for gift basket ideas on the 'net but none are appealing. I thought about doing a new baby gift basket, since I'm the infant teacher, but I'm afraid that'll be too trite. I can just hear people thinking, "Oh, another new baby gift basket. How original!". And no matter what theme I choose for the basket I'm sure I'll end up spending some of my own money to make it. Yes, we're asking the parents for donations but there're only four babies in my class so there aren't a lot of families to hit up for stuff. Needless to say, I'm not looking forward to this festival. I'll probably end up with a "been there, done that" gift basket, a corny game, and a lighter wallet. Happy Halloween. :(
Friday, September 29, 2006
Hello Isabel!
Today I got to meet the new baby I'll be getting on Monday*. I was really glad to finally meet little Isabel as I'd heard so much about how cute she is, and she is! I missed 30 minutes of my lunch hour because of Isabel's visit and I was a little upset about that, but I quickly got over it and just enjoyed seeing the baby.
Isabel will be 6 weeks old on Monday so she's still quite little. She has a personality, though. While I was holding her she kept sticking her tongue out and making faces, even though she was sleep. It was the cutest thing! And she felt so good snuggled up against my chest. Since my babies are all toddlers now, except for Jessa, I'd forgotten how sweet it is to cuddle with a really little baby. Jessa is still young but she's not as cuddly as Isabel is. I can't wait to have Isabel in my class.
Oh, and did I tell you she's sooooo cute?! Her mom is white and her dad is black and Isabel looks like a Mexican. She has a head full of straight, black hair (which I hope stays straight and black) and pretty cafe au lait skin. She proves my belief that mixed babies are always the prettiest. Isabel isn't quite as cute as Maya, my other mixed baby, but she's close.
I'm really looking forward to Isabel starting Monday. She will help my room become a real baby room again. It was becoming a de facto toddler room and I don't like teaching toddlers, even though I love the heck out of my two todds because I've had them since they were small. Anyway, I'll have a little, little one to care for come October 2nd and I'm really, really glad about it.
Welcome aboard, Isabel!
*Are the days of the week always capitalized? I keep forgetting. :)
Isabel will be 6 weeks old on Monday so she's still quite little. She has a personality, though. While I was holding her she kept sticking her tongue out and making faces, even though she was sleep. It was the cutest thing! And she felt so good snuggled up against my chest. Since my babies are all toddlers now, except for Jessa, I'd forgotten how sweet it is to cuddle with a really little baby. Jessa is still young but she's not as cuddly as Isabel is. I can't wait to have Isabel in my class.
Oh, and did I tell you she's sooooo cute?! Her mom is white and her dad is black and Isabel looks like a Mexican. She has a head full of straight, black hair (which I hope stays straight and black) and pretty cafe au lait skin. She proves my belief that mixed babies are always the prettiest. Isabel isn't quite as cute as Maya, my other mixed baby, but she's close.
I'm really looking forward to Isabel starting Monday. She will help my room become a real baby room again. It was becoming a de facto toddler room and I don't like teaching toddlers, even though I love the heck out of my two todds because I've had them since they were small. Anyway, I'll have a little, little one to care for come October 2nd and I'm really, really glad about it.
Welcome aboard, Isabel!
*Are the days of the week always capitalized? I keep forgetting. :)
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Nasty Babies!
Let's face it: babies are nasty. Put down your rocks and admit it: babies are nasty. Oh yeah, they can be cute and cuddly, and when they smile at you your heart melts, but they are the nastiest human beings on the planet.
Babies do some pretty nasty things even though, ironically, they have no concept of "nasty". They'll gladly put a cookie crumb in their mouths no matter how long it's been on the floor or what's been crawling on it. They'll take a pacifier out of a kid's mouth and put into their own mouths regardless of how much snot it has on it from the other kid. They'll eat food right out of your mouth and couldn't care less that you have the flu. And there's more.
When I change diapers I'm still amazed at how much my babies like to touch their genitals even if they're covered in pee or poop. You'd think that once they felt something wet and/or slimely on their hands they'd get the message that they're not supposed to be doing that but no, at the next changing time, down their hands go! Nasty babies! But as bad as that is, there's one thing that I think is worse; one thing that repels me more than any other: vomit playing.
I cannot stand to see a baby play in their, or someone else's, vomit. And they do it everytime! Just a couple of days ago Adam threw up in the walker and was happily swirling his puke around on the walker's tray. Gag me!!!!!! Why do they do it? Everytime I catch them doing this disgusting thing I tell them loudly, "NO!". And you know what? They just look at me like, What's all the fuss about? I know babies are in the earliest stages of socialization. I know their brains are just beginning to wire all the signals we send them about what's acceptable and what's not. I just wish those "That's nasty!" neurons would wire first, then I could spend the day loving my babies without ever having to say, "Ewwww! Gross!".
Babies do some pretty nasty things even though, ironically, they have no concept of "nasty". They'll gladly put a cookie crumb in their mouths no matter how long it's been on the floor or what's been crawling on it. They'll take a pacifier out of a kid's mouth and put into their own mouths regardless of how much snot it has on it from the other kid. They'll eat food right out of your mouth and couldn't care less that you have the flu. And there's more.
When I change diapers I'm still amazed at how much my babies like to touch their genitals even if they're covered in pee or poop. You'd think that once they felt something wet and/or slimely on their hands they'd get the message that they're not supposed to be doing that but no, at the next changing time, down their hands go! Nasty babies! But as bad as that is, there's one thing that I think is worse; one thing that repels me more than any other: vomit playing.
I cannot stand to see a baby play in their, or someone else's, vomit. And they do it everytime! Just a couple of days ago Adam threw up in the walker and was happily swirling his puke around on the walker's tray. Gag me!!!!!! Why do they do it? Everytime I catch them doing this disgusting thing I tell them loudly, "NO!". And you know what? They just look at me like, What's all the fuss about? I know babies are in the earliest stages of socialization. I know their brains are just beginning to wire all the signals we send them about what's acceptable and what's not. I just wish those "That's nasty!" neurons would wire first, then I could spend the day loving my babies without ever having to say, "Ewwww! Gross!".
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
An Easy Day
Today has been an easy day so far. I don't know what it'll be like when I return to work from lunch, but before lunch it was great.
I had only one baby the entire morning, and she slept for 3 hours! Adam, my oldest, is home with pink eye and Maya apparently is with her dad, so that just left little Jessa for me to care for. She was asleep when I arrived at work and didn't stir until I left for lunch at 11. Actually, she probably could've slept longer but I decided to get her up because she hadn't eaten anything since 5:30 am and I knew she was hungry. She wolfed down that 6 oz. bottle my co-worker gave her and wanted some more! I suspect Maya will be there when I go back but it'll still be nice just having the two girls.
While Jessa was asleep I got to clean my room. Believe it or not, cleaning was really nice. I didn't realize how much stuff I needed to clear out until I started doing it. That's one of the drawbacks of being the only teacher in a classroom. You get so caught up in caring for the babies that your room suffers. It's really hard to see to the needs of four--oops! I mean three-- babies and keep your room clean and well decorated at the same time. I'm trying to get fall/Halloween decorations going in my room but I can't find the time to do them the way I really want to, and I hate to settle for something half-assed. So I really appreciate little Jessa letting my have some time this morning to at least get a start on the cleaning/decorating.
Thank you, Jessa!
I had only one baby the entire morning, and she slept for 3 hours! Adam, my oldest, is home with pink eye and Maya apparently is with her dad, so that just left little Jessa for me to care for. She was asleep when I arrived at work and didn't stir until I left for lunch at 11. Actually, she probably could've slept longer but I decided to get her up because she hadn't eaten anything since 5:30 am and I knew she was hungry. She wolfed down that 6 oz. bottle my co-worker gave her and wanted some more! I suspect Maya will be there when I go back but it'll still be nice just having the two girls.
While Jessa was asleep I got to clean my room. Believe it or not, cleaning was really nice. I didn't realize how much stuff I needed to clear out until I started doing it. That's one of the drawbacks of being the only teacher in a classroom. You get so caught up in caring for the babies that your room suffers. It's really hard to see to the needs of four--oops! I mean three-- babies and keep your room clean and well decorated at the same time. I'm trying to get fall/Halloween decorations going in my room but I can't find the time to do them the way I really want to, and I hate to settle for something half-assed. So I really appreciate little Jessa letting my have some time this morning to at least get a start on the cleaning/decorating.
Thank you, Jessa!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
A Sad Day
Yesterday became the day that I'd been dreading for quite a while. Yesteday Emma, my oldest, moved up to the toddler room. I cried. I felt like a mom who'd just sent her firstborn off to college. I'd had Emma since before she could sit up. I watched her learn to sit up, crawl, walk, eat table food, and even say a couple of words. Now she's gone. My baby!!!!
Of course, my head knows that this change is best for Emma. She's almost 16 months old and she was ready to move to a more challenging class. In the infant room she was bored, and why not? She's played with every toy in that room a thousand times over. Adam, the other walker in my class, is old hat to Emma, too. Emma is very bright and curious and needed to experience new things and people. I checked on her before I went to lunch and she was sitting at the table eating her chicken nuggets like a big girl! No more high chairs for Emma! I was quite proud of her, but I was sad also.
I miss my baby. This morning when I took Adam and Jessa outside it just didn't feel right not having Emma with us. Adam had to play by himself (Jessa was in her carrier; she's just 3 months old). I think he was a little out of sorts, too. He seemed to sense that something wasn't quite like it used to be. He's my oldest now and I think he was adjusting to not having to submit to Emma. :)
Seriously, though, I believe that Adam really does miss Emma. And I think that Maya, now my second oldest, misses her, too. They, and I, have to adjust to their new positions in the class. And to shake things up even more, I'll be getting a 6-week-old baby this coming Monday. Talk about change!
Yes, everything changes. Children grow up; that's what they're supposed to do. We adults who love and care for them are to give them not just roots, but also wings. It hurts, though, when they fly away. Even if you're not their actual parent. As a caregiver, I spend more time with my babies than their parents do, so it should hurt to "lose" one of them. But I'm also proud of how Emma has adjusted to her new room. It just shows that I raised her right.
I LOVE YOU, EMMA!!!!!!!!!
Of course, my head knows that this change is best for Emma. She's almost 16 months old and she was ready to move to a more challenging class. In the infant room she was bored, and why not? She's played with every toy in that room a thousand times over. Adam, the other walker in my class, is old hat to Emma, too. Emma is very bright and curious and needed to experience new things and people. I checked on her before I went to lunch and she was sitting at the table eating her chicken nuggets like a big girl! No more high chairs for Emma! I was quite proud of her, but I was sad also.
I miss my baby. This morning when I took Adam and Jessa outside it just didn't feel right not having Emma with us. Adam had to play by himself (Jessa was in her carrier; she's just 3 months old). I think he was a little out of sorts, too. He seemed to sense that something wasn't quite like it used to be. He's my oldest now and I think he was adjusting to not having to submit to Emma. :)
Seriously, though, I believe that Adam really does miss Emma. And I think that Maya, now my second oldest, misses her, too. They, and I, have to adjust to their new positions in the class. And to shake things up even more, I'll be getting a 6-week-old baby this coming Monday. Talk about change!
Yes, everything changes. Children grow up; that's what they're supposed to do. We adults who love and care for them are to give them not just roots, but also wings. It hurts, though, when they fly away. Even if you're not their actual parent. As a caregiver, I spend more time with my babies than their parents do, so it should hurt to "lose" one of them. But I'm also proud of how Emma has adjusted to her new room. It just shows that I raised her right.
I LOVE YOU, EMMA!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Welcome to Day Care Daze
Hello friends! Welcome to Day Care Daze! This is a blog about my job. Actually, this is my second attempt at doing a blog about my job. My first effort didn't please me, so I deleted it. I started it only two days ago, and there were only two posts on it, so I figured why not just start over. Well, here it is (and this time I'm going to stick with the template, no matter what!).
I hope my friends from my other blogs will like this one too and stop by often. I won't be writing anything political here, just how I feel about the work I do. Well, that's not exactly true. People can have some strong opinions on day care, not all of them nice. I will probably have to make some comments on those opinions, as well as state my own, just so you'll know exactly where I'm coming from as I talk about all the issues involved in this business. But I promise I won't be totally, or even mostly, political.
Well, that's it for this first post. Time's running out on my lunch hour. I'll be posting again tomorrow. See you then!
I hope my friends from my other blogs will like this one too and stop by often. I won't be writing anything political here, just how I feel about the work I do. Well, that's not exactly true. People can have some strong opinions on day care, not all of them nice. I will probably have to make some comments on those opinions, as well as state my own, just so you'll know exactly where I'm coming from as I talk about all the issues involved in this business. But I promise I won't be totally, or even mostly, political.
Well, that's it for this first post. Time's running out on my lunch hour. I'll be posting again tomorrow. See you then!
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