meresal
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Paging anyone that uses a free daycare, anywhere... like the gym, in my case.
I have been taking C to the daycare at my gym, and haven't had a single problem in 3 weeks. He LOVES it.
I will preface this by saying, that not once in the 15 times he has probably been there, have I worried or felt that I needed to check in on him.
Last night, was not the case. The girl that was watching already had me worried when I walked in the door. She was sitting in one of the toddler chairs, on her bright pink Iphone. She looked up, smiled, and went right back to what she was doing.
(I have seen her watching kids once before, but the girl I really like was in there with her, so it I wasn't as worried.)
I even felt the need to chose a machine that was closer to the daycare room, so that I could keep an eye on the room thru the window next to the door.
I noticed toddlers(3 and 4yo) running around the baby area, pushing the walker toys and storllers all over the place. I was literally fearful that they were going to run over my son or one of the other 2 babies in there.
Twice, I saw that my son had crawled over to the window next to the door and was looking at me thru the glass. This is a door that is very heavy, very thick, and my sons hand could have been broken if he just reached to the side as it was closing. One of hte moms walking in, actually picked up my son and moved him away from the door.
Then, after going into my class, they had to come get me and my DH to go calm him down from crying. This was also a first. DH came back and said it was a wet diaper, however, I know this wasn't the cause. Ever since C was a baby, he has NEVER EVER cried bc of a diaper, wet or dirty,. I know that something must have happened and the girl either didn't see what happened, or didn't want to tell us.
DH left him again since he wasn't crying anymore.
When we were finished with teh class, no more than 15 minutes later, I walked over and peered thru the door, to see my son sitting in the middle of the room crying, and watched her walk right past him.
I undersdtand that no one is going to give my son the attention that I would. However, if you don't have another kid in your hands, pick him up!
She is the only one I have a problem with. I called a friend of mine, who also leaves her 10mo old daughter, and she knew exactly who I was talking about before I ever explained her physical appearance. She has noticved the cell phone issue as well.
C actually loves the other girl, and she loves him as well. The other girl is always on the floor playing with the little ones, and I have actually debated getting her number and asking her if she would ever be willing to come babysit for us on the weekends.
So, my question... considering this is a free service, would you send an email to the owner, and ask them to say something to her about the cell phone being out?
I keep looking at it like this...
It doesn't matter that it is a free service, it matters that she is an employee and is being paid to do a job. If she was working at the front desk, would they be ok with her having her cell phone out the whole time?
I have been taking C to the daycare at my gym, and haven't had a single problem in 3 weeks. He LOVES it.
I will preface this by saying, that not once in the 15 times he has probably been there, have I worried or felt that I needed to check in on him.
Last night, was not the case. The girl that was watching already had me worried when I walked in the door. She was sitting in one of the toddler chairs, on her bright pink Iphone. She looked up, smiled, and went right back to what she was doing.
(I have seen her watching kids once before, but the girl I really like was in there with her, so it I wasn't as worried.)
I even felt the need to chose a machine that was closer to the daycare room, so that I could keep an eye on the room thru the window next to the door.
I noticed toddlers(3 and 4yo) running around the baby area, pushing the walker toys and storllers all over the place. I was literally fearful that they were going to run over my son or one of the other 2 babies in there.
Twice, I saw that my son had crawled over to the window next to the door and was looking at me thru the glass. This is a door that is very heavy, very thick, and my sons hand could have been broken if he just reached to the side as it was closing. One of hte moms walking in, actually picked up my son and moved him away from the door.
Then, after going into my class, they had to come get me and my DH to go calm him down from crying. This was also a first. DH came back and said it was a wet diaper, however, I know this wasn't the cause. Ever since C was a baby, he has NEVER EVER cried bc of a diaper, wet or dirty,. I know that something must have happened and the girl either didn't see what happened, or didn't want to tell us.
DH left him again since he wasn't crying anymore.
When we were finished with teh class, no more than 15 minutes later, I walked over and peered thru the door, to see my son sitting in the middle of the room crying, and watched her walk right past him.
I undersdtand that no one is going to give my son the attention that I would. However, if you don't have another kid in your hands, pick him up!
She is the only one I have a problem with. I called a friend of mine, who also leaves her 10mo old daughter, and she knew exactly who I was talking about before I ever explained her physical appearance. She has noticved the cell phone issue as well.
C actually loves the other girl, and she loves him as well. The other girl is always on the floor playing with the little ones, and I have actually debated getting her number and asking her if she would ever be willing to come babysit for us on the weekends.
So, my question... considering this is a free service, would you send an email to the owner, and ask them to say something to her about the cell phone being out?
I keep looking at it like this...
It doesn't matter that it is a free service, it matters that she is an employee and is being paid to do a job. If she was working at the front desk, would they be ok with her having her cell phone out the whole time?