I have a daycare parent I broke up with today. Shes only here maybe 50% of her contracted time, and when she does come, she doesnt come at her scheduled time. She comes 1-3 hours late and then is picked up 1- 1.5 hours early. That mom wins for me today. I hate confrontation and awkwardness. I sent her a text after two days in a row this week of her being flaky.
@blaf322 no, not that one haha. That mom FINALLY started taking his coat and shoes off when he comes in about 2 weeks ago! And guess what? It's part of the routine so it doesnt upset him! Duh. 🙄😂
@modoodles I just laughed way too hard at twatopotamus. Sounds like you're better off trying to fill that spot with someone else though. And I'm also over here questioning my parenting now because there have definitely been days at daycare drop-off when DD doesn't want to take her jacket off and I just shrug and am like, "ok, don't feel like fighting that battle today." Same thing when she gets home. If she doesn't want to take it off, I don't make her. When I only spend an hour in the morning and evening with her, there are some things I'm just not going to fight her on. I guess I'm a bad parent?! haha maybe that's my FFTC?
@stlbuckeye132 not a bad parent! This is a farm family and he wears a heavy winter coat that more often than not smells and is filthy from him tagging along while they do cattle chores. He comes in around 6 and falls back asleep every day until 8/8:30. For a long time he didn't want to take the coat or shoes off, but I can't let him walk through the house or be on the rest mats or anything like that, so mom would just leave and I was the bad guy. It was annoying, but I'm sure it isn't the same situation with your daughter!
@stlbuckeye132 meh... I think the difference isn't the coat, it's the shoes. I think I remember @modoodles saying she doesn't allow shoes in the house. In that case, it's rude to allow your child in someone's home with their shoes on, just because you don't want to fight the battle. I've absolutely let DD leave her coat on when getting to school if she wanted to because it doesn't impact them, me, or her in the least... and also, it's daycare (vs an in home setting). They care about as much as a rando on the side of the road when it comes to her leaving a jacket on when she gets there
@blaf322@modoodles oh this is one of those times that my sarcasm didn't come through. I wasn't actually worried about my parenting. Her teachers have told me to just leave it on her and they'll deal with it later, so... I feel zero percent bad about it. haha a smelly coat and shoes covered in manure are definitely different!
TW - WeWork. My company has a small office space but uses the common area and they are being the twat-waffliest about our usage of it even though it's in our contract (or rather, some is and nothing is explicitly not in our contract/in any rules and regulations that they keep saying exist). I'm mad but my boss/the one who makes the decisions is also the signature on the contract and is a much more peaceable/anti-conflict guy than me (who also books none of the common area/conference space) so he's always like "oh it's fine" when clearly it isn't.
@blaf322 I interview people throughout the day for investigations so I can occasionally wfh. They have let me move to other buildings on days when it was back-to-back. I'll get to move next week when our parking lot closes for a crane to be brought in and work.
The plumbing is collapsing under the building so it's been a whole thing for them to figure that out and drill up street et al to fix.
We had plumbing today so I was super stoked for that.
Re: TW Tuesday?
I've absolutely let DD leave her coat on when getting to school if she wanted to because it doesn't impact them, me, or her in the least... and also, it's daycare (vs an in home setting). They care about as much as a rando on the side of the road when it comes to her leaving a jacket on when she gets there