Everyone needs to watch Sebastian Manascalco - Why Would You Do That on Netflix. Probably one of the funniest standup ive seen in a while and I watch a lot of standup lol
My BFF is LITERALLY the best. Going to dinner with her tonight for SUSHI. She found a place in town where there's a whole section on the menu devoted entirely to COOKED sushi! So this preggo can actually partake, and I'm not limited to just a volcano roll! So stoked. It's been MONTHS, and I've been missing it.
I’m not really sure how to feel about something that happened at daycare. Apparently this morning about 5 minutes after drop off, the teacher brought the kids inside but somehow miscounted and my 2 y/o was left alone outside for a few minutes. He was knocking on the classroom door which is how it was noticed.
My initial reaction was that nothing happened and mistakes happen, but forgetting a 2 year old is a pretty big deal, right? The playground is all enclosed (and his area is even enclosed within a larger enclosure) so there wasn’t much possibility of him getting into any trouble, but ....
My husband is out for blood on the issue. We’re both going in to talk to the director tomorrow and ask further questions about how exactly it happened, how they plan to keep it from happening again and what consequences there will be.
Then we were also talking about my upcoming 10 week work contract and I said something about “assuming there aren’t any health reasons that cause me to not be able to finish it” and he’s acting like it was some secret I kept from him. As if it never possibly occurred to him that there was any reason I wouldn’t be able to work right up until giving birth, and I should have explicitly told him that might be the case. Like, come on dude, this isn’t our first kid, you were at all the same appointments and classes as me last time, and we literally have friends who were put on bed rest early. It’s also not a very high risk, which is why I mentioned it offhand instead of having a “serious conversation” about it. Geez.
@CapricaAndrea That's scary about your son and I think you are absolutely justified to speak with the director about ensuring additional safety measures are put in place. It's true that accidents happen, but they can potentially be catastrophic, so they should certainly re-evaluate their protocols. I don't necessarily think you need to go in guns blazing or anything, but no one could blame you for being concerned. Hopefully the teachers were reminded to be more diligent by the incident.
Oh hi oh hi just me again...did I ever mention that I wake up AT FOUR IN THE MORNING EVERY OTHER NIGHT?! It’s sooooo much fun you all should try it!!!!!!!
@CapricaAndrea I worked at a daycare all through college for 4-5 years, i have a hard time seeing they didn’t do a count before closing the outside door to go in....wtf? But I agree with how @blueskychicago12 phrased it...it prob depends on some circumstances but everyone makes mistakes but then sometimes it can catastrophic, I’d def have a calm + collected chat I think just so the director gives the staff a pep talk on being 100% on top of things. You never know !
@CapricaAndrea - I'm with your husband on this one. I would be out for blood. Maybe it's just because I'm going to be a first time mom, maybe its because of family member experience with daycares or maybe just with the area I live in where children go missing on a regular basis. But it would not be okay with me and I get why he is so upset.
@CapricaAndrea I personally would go in guns blazing. What if it was to happen out of a safe area? When my daughter was 3 she had bad eloping issues walking out doors. She would run every chance she got. She also had no idea about car safety because her speech was not developed. So at her preschool it was written in her IEP for hand holding at all times. Well they had a sub that "forgot" and I watched my child run into a parking lot of moving cars trying to find me. I lost my mind right there. IDK when it comes to my kids and other people watching them I don't take excuses lightly and I'll knock down doors fast. (Maybe my marine corps training side) thank god nothing happened but the most important thing is making sure they never make that mistake again. Especially at the expense of your child.
@ktmaesim 👋🏼 Fellow 4AMer here! Technically 430 but still way to freaking early and on the off chance I’m able to fall back asleep it’s around 630 when I have to get ds up for school. I’m such a peach the rest of the day.
@k_mama91 omg I can’t believe you get it too! What the heck. I just lay there and pretend I’m not starving then around 5 I go eat sme Cheerios. Then I come back up like you said around 6:30, it’s like...ok do I go back to bed or just be up for the day?!
We spoke to the assistant director this morning. The responsible staff member was already terminated and they’ve already filed a Serious Offence report with the Ministry. She said that since it was such a short period of time the Ministry may not consider it a serious offence after they investigate, but they wanted to be sure to do things properly.
Apparently what happened is that the staff member was taking a smaller group of the kids from the playground into the classroom to get snack prepared. She did a headcount outside the door, but then another child wandered off. While she was getting the other child, my son also wandered away from the door, and she just didn’t do another headcount inside the classroom.
I don't think my husband's reaction is inappropriate, and I understand why he's so upset, but somehow he's angry at me for not being more upset about it. All last night I said I wanted to hear first how it happened, how they’re going to prevent it from happening again and what consequences there were before I really react. He thinks I should be “terrified” about all the possible things that could have happened, but I’m there every day, I know their routines and the layout of the rooms/playground and honestly I feel like what ACTUALLY happened was the safest possible combination of factors. I guess I just don’t see the point in being terrified about hypotheticals, because I think the daycare has taken appropriate steps to prevent it from happening again. Especially since the staff will all be on extra high alert about it now that someone was fired over it.
@CapricaAndrea I think I understand how you feel, I tend to try not to get worked up over things until I have all the factors. There is also a part of me that always thinks about how when someone does something wrong, I tend to think that they know that and usually feel the worst about it and that piling on doesn't always help? At least it doesn't help me feel better. That said, going to be a FTM so maybe I don't know.
@ktmaesim bahahaha "lay there and pretend I'm not starving" = me every night. Last night a frickin SPIDER woke me up crawling on me. It caused quite a scene a 4am. Turns out I'm either not that afraid of spiders or too tired to care?
@ktmaesim This has been going on for months now! Between being a freak of nature with my 4am rise time and my 11pm insomnia it’s a literal miracle I can function enough to get my poor child to school.
@CapricaAndrea - Glad to hear they are taking everything very seriously. Sorry your husband was taking some of his fear out on you for not reacting the way he expected. That always sucks.
Got my shipment of Gap maternity tops yesterday to wear for pictures that our family is taking this week. I should have done these two weeks ago- I’m feeling so bloated and pudgy now. Hopefully photo editing is on my side! 😕
Also, waking up ALL NIGHT LONG has been pretty much happening this whole freaking pregnancy. It’s partly my own doing, as I drink my natural calm before bed in a pretty big glass of water. Then I wake up and feel hungry, sore shoulders, who knows what. I’ve started sleeping with a light blanket over my head in addition to my normal eye mask and cotton ball ear plugs. I just can’t stay asleep!!
I broke a molar last week, and I went to the dentist and had to get X-rays and a temporary filling. Even with zofran, the whole process made me really nauseous. I have to get a crown in a few weeks and I am dreading it.
Today my husband was trying to remember the term "braxton hicks" contractions and instead called it "Higgs boson"...you know, like from physics and particles...
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My husband is out for blood on the issue. We’re both going in to talk to the director tomorrow and ask further questions about how exactly it happened, how they plan to keep it from happening again and what consequences there will be.
Then we were also talking about my upcoming 10 week work contract and I said something about “assuming there aren’t any health reasons that cause me to not be able to finish it” and he’s acting like it was some secret I kept from him. As if it never possibly occurred to him that there was any reason I wouldn’t be able to work right up until giving birth, and I should have explicitly told
him that might be the case. Like, come on dude, this isn’t our first kid, you were at all the same appointments and classes as me last time, and we literally have friends who were put on bed rest early. It’s also not a very high risk, which is why I mentioned it offhand instead of having a “serious conversation” about it. Geez.
Oh hi oh hi just me again...did I ever mention that I wake up AT FOUR IN THE MORNING EVERY OTHER NIGHT?! It’s sooooo much fun you all should try it!!!!!!!
@CapricaAndrea I worked at a daycare all through college for 4-5 years, i have a hard time seeing they didn’t do a count before closing the outside door to go in....wtf? But I agree with how @blueskychicago12 phrased it...it prob depends on some circumstances but everyone makes mistakes but then sometimes it can catastrophic, I’d def have a calm + collected chat I think just so the director gives the staff a pep talk on being 100% on top of things. You never know !
IDK when it comes to my kids and other people watching them I don't take excuses lightly and I'll knock down doors fast. (Maybe my marine corps training side) thank god nothing happened but the most important thing is making sure they never make that mistake again. Especially at the expense of your child.
On the work issue, sounds like he’s being a drama llama.
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We spoke to the assistant director this morning. The responsible staff member was already terminated and they’ve already filed a Serious Offence report with the Ministry. She said that since it was such a short period of time the Ministry may not consider it a serious offence after they investigate, but they wanted to be sure to do things properly.
Apparently what happened is that the staff member was taking a smaller group of the kids from the playground into the classroom to get snack prepared. She did a headcount outside the door, but then another child wandered off. While she was getting the other child, my son also wandered away from the door, and she just didn’t do another headcount inside the classroom.
I don't think my husband's reaction is inappropriate, and I understand why he's so upset, but somehow he's angry at me for not being more upset about it. All last night I said I wanted to hear first how it happened, how they’re going to prevent it from happening again and what consequences there were before I really react.
He thinks I should be “terrified” about all the possible things that could have happened, but I’m there every day, I know their routines and the layout of the rooms/playground and honestly I feel like what ACTUALLY happened was the safest possible combination of factors. I guess I just don’t see the point in being terrified about hypotheticals, because I think the daycare has taken appropriate steps to prevent it from happening again. Especially since the staff will all be on extra high alert about it now that someone was fired over it.
@ktmaesim bahahaha "lay there and pretend I'm not starving" = me every night. Last night a frickin SPIDER woke me up crawling on me. It caused quite a scene a 4am. Turns out I'm either not that afraid of spiders or too tired to care?
Also, waking up ALL NIGHT LONG has been pretty much happening this whole freaking pregnancy. It’s partly my own doing, as I drink my natural calm before bed in a pretty big glass of water. Then I wake up and feel hungry, sore shoulders, who knows what. I’ve started sleeping with a light blanket over my head in addition to my normal eye mask and cotton ball ear plugs. I just can’t stay asleep!!