what I'm dealing with

cedenton · June 2013

People...this is the sh!t I'm dealing with when trying to find daycare for my son and why he's 32 on a waitlist for a good one.

https://www.teddyhugsdaycare.com

At first glance, not so bad....but then...

The owner's bio:

Hi my name is Mrs Colette I been doing childcare for 9yrs in the public school system as a teacher assistant. My daycare have been open since 2010. I'm cpr and infant certified, I hold multiple degrees form two colleges a B.A. in Sociology/Criminal Justice, Masters in Education, and a Masters M.B.A in Managment.

Feel free to post your favorite gem from this upstanding daycare.

nduquette23 · June 2013

Creepy, creepy couple!

Also, how on Earth did she graduate "form" college?!

cedenton · June 2013

nduquette23:
Creepy, creepy couple!
Also, how on Earth did she graduate "form" college?!

Seriously!!!! She has two Master's Degrees?! My arse! I wanna see a transcript. And before anyone jumps on the maybe she has dyslexia bandwagon or something...if that's the case then perhaps she should have someone write or review her writing for her business. Gah!

Time to research if anyone on the waitlist daycare's board has ties to my company or vice versa. LOL

mamahawk12 · June 2013

I would be demanding to see credentials. There is no way she has two masters degrees... much less an MBA.

Mrs. Rohde · June 2013

Wow. She should have said infant and child CPR. That is just ridiculous. I hope you find something good soon!

Neener73 · June 2013

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G A.N.G.L.E.S. Pajama Themes Party: Hmmm.....Maybe they will be learning about geometry concepts. I would want to know which college(s) she received her degrees from, so I could warn people to not waste their money.

lady_tytah · June 2013

Why does she have a criminal justice/sociology degree and working with kids?

Manda-Kay · June 2013

I browsed the website, and there were more typos. I thought it was odd that they offer care overnight and deployment care. I mean do they literally keep your child while you're deployed? It made me uneasy ...

Mrs. Rohde · June 2013

So I just went on the site. Oh. My. Gosh. How does something like this even exist?

cedenton · June 2013

MandaKay:
I browsed the website, and there were more typos.nbsp; I thought it was odd that they offer care overnight and deployment care.nbsp; I mean do they literally keep your child while you're deployed?nbsp; It made me uneasy ...nbsp;

I can understand overnight care, I guess, but deployment care? WTF

I am seriously creeped out.

Mrs. Rohde · June 2013

MandaKay:
I browsed the website, and there were more typos.nbsp; I thought it was odd that they offer care overnight and deployment care.nbsp; I mean do they literally keep your child while you're deployed?nbsp; It made me
uneasy ...nbsp;

I thought the same. What does that even mean?

lady_tytah · June 2013

Manda-Kay:
I browsed the website, and there were more typos. I thought it was odd that they offer care overnight and deployment care. I mean do they literally keep your child while you're deployed? It made me uneasy ...

I canunderstand the overnight care. We have a few 24 hrs daycares around here. The deployment care threw mer

cedenton · June 2013

This would be why I almost cried in desperation when touring the DC Nolan is waiting for.

Don't get me wrong, he's well taken care of where he is. It just can't compare. Not by a long shot.

Manda-Kay · June 2013

lady_tytah:
Manda-Kay:
I browsed the website, and there were more typos. I thought it was odd that they offer care overnight and deployment care. I mean do they literally keep your child while you're deployed? It made me uneasy ...

I canunderstand the overnight care. We have a few 24 hrs daycares around here. The deployment care threw mer

Just asked DH and he and I agree that the army probably wouldn't deploy a soldier who didn't have anyone to care for his/her children. And I sure as heck wouldn't send my kid there for a year

Mrs. Rohde · June 2013

cedenton:
This would be why I almost cried in desperation when touring the DC Nolan is waiting for.

Don't get me wrong, he's well taken care of where he is. It just can't compare. Not by a long shot.

What is so great about the DC you're waiting for? Just curious. Is it normal for places to have crazy wait lists like that? I guess if my choices were the crazy teddy place and someplace else I'd definitely choose anyplace else.

amaite · June 2013

The testimonials are also riddled with errors.

I really dislike the name of this daycare.

cedenton · June 2013

Honestly, I'm not sure I'm comfortable posting where he'll be at. Eventually.

They have a lot of organizational info on their site, but not much details. Too bad because if they did I'd have put him on the waitlist long before.

Not normal for that long a list but it's one of only three in the area that have a certain accreditation, so...

ETA: I guess you edited out your specific ? about where he is waitlisted Mrs R so disregard the first line.

Move rooms based on social, physical, mental development.
More educated staff
More mental development
Special activities, magicians, etc.
Dedicated, attached playgrounds for each age group

Manda-Kay · June 2013

I LOVE their hours: 5:00 am -until

until what??? the Apocalypse

Amjones52 · June 2013

MandaKay:
I LOVE their hours: 5:00 am untiluntil what??? the Apocalypsenbsp;

Lol

megmb24 · June 2013

Did anyone look at the photos? The captions are hilarious. Under the picture of a boy falling asleep/crying in a swing:

AT THE PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M GETTING TRIED I STILL A INFANT

I can't stop laughing right now. DF asked why I was laughing so hard, and I had to explain that I was looking at a website for a crazy day care in VA....

mamahawk12 · June 2013

I just realized there was music. Creepy music.

ETA - I have a good friend with two little ones in daycare in Hampton... is that close enough to where you are? I could get the info from her...

cedenton · June 2013

meaknigh:
I just realized there was music. Creepy music.nbsp;ETA I have a good friend with two little ones in daycare in Hampton... is that close enough to where you are? I could get the info from her... nbsp;

thanks, but no. On the other side of the water.

MommyMelRN · June 2013

Um what is the Spanish alaphat? What are colorers? As bad as the site is, the "testimonials" are even worse!

amaite · June 2013

And LOL at the I sty bisty chef academy

mamahawk12 · June 2013

megmb24:
Did anyone look at the photos? The captions are hilarious. Under the picture of a boy falling asleep/crying in a swing:
AT THE PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M GETTING TRIED I STILL A INFANT
I can't stop laughing right now. DF asked why I was laughing so hard, and I had to explain that I was looking at a website for a crazy day care in VA....

I lol'd at that picture too... then a few pics later the baby at the piano. "The next Beethoven" with a pizza menu in the music holder.

halvorsonl00 · June 2013

Ok. So after reading all your responses, I had to look at the site. I am horrified! This is awful and gives me the heebie jeebies.

thepretzelchick · June 2013

"he serviced in the United States Navy." Who or what did he service?!

LindsayDesigner · June 2013

thepretzelchick:
"he serviced in the United States Navy." Who or what did he service?!

Everyone. He was really busy.

I love that his bio has a build up of " a few things about" and there is only one thing.

rp-chicago-mom · June 2013

There's so much wrong with this, I can hardly stand it. I hate that she repeatedly calls it an industry. They are children, not rolls of steel. It's the daycare field or business but not industry.

The photos all look like family snapshots and I don't believe for one second they aren't somehow related to them.