Too Bad, So Sad!! I have 5 full-time daycare kids and I am soooo fed up with a few things!

I have decided this week to send the kids home in EXACTLY (if not worse than) the same condition they come to me in the morning!!! TIRED, CRANKY,TANTRUMS ETC, ETC, ETC!

I DON'T care if they have hockey or swimming tonight or if they have older brothers or sisters who skate or dance and they are at the arenas until 8 or 9 pm!!! That's just tough for you! You deal with your whiny cranky brat tonight at your 14 year olds hockey game because he is overtired!!

I am sick and tired of dealing with tired kids who can't play because they are too tired. They stand there and whine only for the sake of wanting constant attention because they are over tired! They tantrum if they can't get their own way or if you say no to something! I have one who tries to hit and kick me when he is tired! They kick and scream and fuss at nap time and are always waking up the ones who are well behaved and do have routines both here and at home!

Tuesday and today I did not put the 2 that I have problems with down for naps. These 2 require so much attention with the tantrums and screaming kicking fits that they take away so much of my time from the good kids............so............I put the good kids down at their normal time and leave these 2 up.

They LOVE TV though! This is the ONLY time they are quiet! They can sit for hours and watch TV.


My TV is only on during the time I make lunch for about 1/2 hour. It is hell in here by 11 30 and when I turn on the TV it is total silence!!!! They sit like zombies, spaced out with their mouths hanging open! So the past couple of days......watch TV for the time the little ones sleep! Lets see what happens. Call it an experiment if you will.

If they go home the same way in the evening as they are here all day maybe discipline, routines and bedtimes might change? Who knows? Lets just see because there is none of these at their homes. Maybe if the parents deal with this they will realize that the kids need SLEEP!

One of these daycare kids have a sister who left my care in September to go to school She started here when she was 2.5 and was EXACTLY the same as her brother is now. It took me 4 months to get her out of this behavior at my house. She still did it at home and still does but never here! I did have to put her and her brother who was a year old at the time to nap in the am 1/2 hour after they got here which was 7 30. They both slept until I woke them up at 9 30 so they slept 2 hours in the morning. By 1 30 they were both back to sleep until 330.

This daycare boy gets his behavior from watching the sister at home because it is the exact same thing. dcb is 2.5 now. His sister is having major issues at school and is tantruming and falling asleep in a corner at school!


If I put them down in the morning though they will immediately fall asleep and sleep 3-4 hours if I let them!!!!! If I wake them afer an hour or so they are still so cranky. There is no change in their behavior then they won't nap in the afternoon and will keep my others awake or wake them up as they can't be tired.


If I have to give up my break in the afternoon and this makes me to be on my feet for 11 strait hours the parents are not having a rosy night. many times I don't even get to eat lunch unless I am carrying it around with me while putting them back to bed!

I am so done!

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