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![]() I don't use one, I find them all to expensive. But If you come join us on the new forum, someone over there may have suggestions. |
Forum: Daycare and Taxes
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![]() It gets added to the year you received it. So if you got it in 2021 you put and the receipt and in your taxes for 2021. |
Forum: Daycare and Taxes
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Hey we moved to the new board. I am sure someone there can help word it better than me. :) |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Have you posted this on the new forum? https://forum.daycare.com, I think? |
Forum: Daycare and Taxes
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![]() I would contact Tom Copeland at www.TomCopelandblog.com he would know the answer to all these questions, and he doesn't charge for his advice. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() My guess is that one she needs to get things updated before her inspection or Two, she was inspected and has to update things to get relicensed/ recertification. I may be tempted to do something... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I closed on Monday the fifth for the fourth of July. My policies state that I can move a holiday if it falls on the weekend. I don't take all federal holidays but I do take this one. I am not... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I only use Chrome but I can log in through it. I did have to clear cookies and cache for the past month. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Hi I don't use pro are either but the owner of this board has moved things to a new address that gets more traffic and could get your question answered faster. See link below. |
Forum: New Members - Welcome to the Daycare.com Forum!
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() When I wanted to get an exception to the ratio rule I contacted my licensor. I was turned down on an overlap of 15 minutes. But it really depends on the reason the age of the child etc. When I just... |
Forum: Daycare and Taxes
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![]() I'm not sure who you're trying to reply to but Tom Copeland is day care tax attorney and he is 99.9% right and what we can and cannot deduct. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Lol I did too. My old licensor thanked me for doing it. |
Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
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![]() Each state has its own location of verifying camps in child care, what state are you in? |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() This is what I would do if I were to quit and then when they contacted me for renewal I would just opt to not sign. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I'm not in Indiana but I'm so glad to hear that that is not true. As CH pointed out in the next post, inappropriate pictures of the bathroom would be my first concern. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I had a pt baby that did this, I dealt with it because he was pt and I needed the spot filled. It lasted until he learned to walk. Now he does not care where I am or if I am there. Have you tried... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Come join us at the new site https://forum.daycare.com My guess is that they are trained and taking him to the potty at home and possibly even getting up in the night to have him go pee. I... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I don't want to sound like a downer but you need to lower your expectations of other people. Don't expect them to care and if they do show appreciation then love it. I never announce purchases,... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Come join us at the new site https://forum.daycare.com I have a tunnel named Gus you can climb through and come over and on. I have a car bed that the kids get in pretend to play and I also use... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Same here she is barely two and behind verbally but everytime she sees a toy dog, she says doggie in such a sad way. It breaks my heart. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Thank you, I suggested looking at the sesame street site and Daniel Tiger site. |
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Is the new site down? I keep getting an error when I click on a thread title. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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Views: 3,645
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![]() Go to the new website and create an account. https://forum.daycare.com/ You don't need to use your old username or password but you can if you want. I changed mine to alwaysgreener, look... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Go to the new website and create an account. https://forum.daycare.com/ You don't need to use your old username or password but you can if you want. I changed mine to alwaysgreener, look... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Check with your current home and auto company first. I had Liberty mutual when I opened daycare and they limited the number of children I could have. AAA won't even consider you even for home or auto... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Dcg dog passed, I think over Easter weekend. At first she still looked for the dog at home but since stopped. This week she has brought every book with a dog on the cover to me to read. Ds got out... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Hey I was wondering what the status is on this, what did you decide Michael? |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() No field trips. Good thing that is not one of my rules, I would not be able to take DCB to the bus stop or get him off. I have a shared driveway, the front I only have the right way to, so I am... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() No MI. But I have always wanted to visit WI. Pine trees and dead trees, lol. That neighbor knows that they are dead but won't take them down. On the other side, it is my dad's property and it is just... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() My backyard has a natural fence (the neighbors planted trees) and I was not required to fence anything. I have since put up a cheap fence that keeps the kids coraled in the playground area but it was... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I aim for part-time kids. Before the pandemic hit I had two on Tuesday and Thursday only, two on Monday only, two on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday only, two on Monday Wednesday only. The two on Monday... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() My kids toys out side, not in the playground. DCB says "I see ds toy, it is underneath the sky." |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Ds, almost 3, is playing with two toys this weekend. I am busy working, so I don't catch all of what he says but I do catch... "I love you, Dcg" then he has the one you toy kiss the other toy (not... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() They do but not on Sunday. Siblings were exposed to Gma. Gma was exposed on last Sunday and now has Covid-19 as of Saturday. Siblings were tested but still waiting on the results. Siblings were... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Questions what is the CDC requirements if you are exposed after one shot? (Possible exposure happened one week after first shot) |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Ben there on both sides. Fostered for 3.5 years, sometimes the foster parent has no choice in times that others have access to kids but other times they do. I have also had foster kids in care... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Gma (Dcm Mil) dropped off the kids today. She talking about Dcm and says, " I love her but she is flalky", I keep looking forward to keep from laughing. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Sold our couch before we replaced it. DCB has been looking for it all day. :lol: Maybe I should not of said it was hiding. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() DS to DCG "I sit next to you, I hold your hand" as he grabs her hand. - should I be worried. :lol: |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I think I offended DCM. Due to covid, the school keeps losing bus drivers and not replacing them. So routes keep changing. In January we got a new driver and she comes later than the other driver.... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Yes, be grateful that you get to go. We get nothing. That explains why they do this. When I started DC I thought I would be able to go to things and I found out when dd started school that I... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() lol, I would do that too. I have a commercial-type faucet. There is one lever that gets pushed on to turn on the water and it shuts itself off. The hot and cold are mixed together, so it is never... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() My arm itches and I think my tongue feels weird. They made me sit for 30 minutes because of my previous reactions to other vaccines. I was the last appointment for the day, so I got to sit all alone.... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Yesterday a family didn't show up and I texted to find out what happened, (mom pregnant, so I was trying not to think the worst) they had went on vacation and they each thought the other one had told... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I have contacted the parent before but have removed the promise to do so from my handbook to remove liability from me. I had one of DCM's boyfriend show up 30 minutes early, I told him he was... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I have the one bc linked for my door. It lets me know when some one gets to the door. I don't use it much anymore because I have ring but I do recommend it for a cheap, quick temp or permanent... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() OP this is great. I hear ya on loving telling her no, I love it too, it is like a buzz/high when you are assertive and don't back down. When she leaves you may miss that feeling, haha but not her. ... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I got some car tires I want to put in the playground but We have farm tractor tires, they are a bit smaller than what you have pictured, lol: We put them in the ground, upright (they are outside my... |
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![]() Yes, that is the food I was talking about. This is what my little tikes shopping cart looked like. My food may be buried in my parent's yard. :lol: My dad dug up my dustpan once. That was the... |
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![]() I like the target one, it's what I'm looking for. Thank you The first Walmart one I had, the wheels cut pop it off so I sold it. My kids tend to use the wagons and the shopping carts in races... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() 1. --- I currently have a fence up around the playground, we did it quickly and at low cost just before the snow fell a few years ago. I am considering upgrading the fence from the chicken fence to... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I bet you feel so much better now. I know I would. I agree with BC too, the better I get at recognizing crazy the better the kids I get. However, I don't do the 2-week trial for a few reasons... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I feel each situation is different, based on parents, child, (the rest of the crew), and time of the day. This would be a no-go for me even though, I have done 1/2 days in the past. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I was just looking around on the Simplay3 site and I found that child care providers get a 10% or more discount on all orders purchase through their biz account plus they have free shipping on any... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I feel for you, this is stuff that my sister will pull and she is bi polar. She doesn't get it when I tell her that there has to be a line, she disagrees with me and tells me that there shouldn't be... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I had that family once, after signing the paperwork and marking no in the box for special conditions, Dcm let's it slip that the SA child has adhd. I struggled with her for months and could not... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() How ironic, people don't want to be cooped up so they go somewhere that is over crowded and they have a harder time to move around and no fresh air, just like a chicken in a chicken coop. When I... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Not from WI but it took me 8/9 months from app to license but there were some delays. I also could not open until licensed. So I would think that you being license exempt already would speed things... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() That is not how dcb use to do it. He would have to remove everything, including his socks, and then hop on, sitting backward but upright. In the process my floor/rug, back of toilet lid, and his... |
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![]() The problem with straddling is that the kid has to full undress and in the process some will start to go before they get on. Hence still pee on the floor. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Sorry no advice. Just have to say seriously DCB you don't need to talk to me while you're peeing. Every time you talk the flow stops. Just finish up wash your hands and then come talk to me. |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Sadly I have no wall space in my entry way to hang hooks. I have on one side dryer, cabinet (with spare clothes and paperwork inside plus a tray on top for shoes/boots), washer and then closet. The... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() Well that back fired. I use dh fb account to respond to another person looking for care for one child a couple days a week on the 9th. Then on the 16th told her my availability had changed. Now on... |
Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
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![]() Your kidding right?? If a tornado damage your house that is being built, YOUR construction/homeowners insurance would cover the damage not the contractor or his insurance. The contractor... |
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![]() Lol my brother banged his head to get to sleep at night, he did this from a young child and into his teens. ( I would have to ask his wife to see if he ever stopped) He once as a grade school... |
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![]() I bought a dozen (various colors) drawstring backpack and personized for each child. Then cramped there winter gear into them. Parents loved it and brought them every day. Their things were all there... |
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![]() Rule of thumb never send home the original. Here is what I would do, message a reminder that the paperwork is late and due in the morning or their child can't stay/attend until it is completed. ... |
Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
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![]() I go back and forth. I was looking to get it and then I heard a pointless report that said xx% of Trump voters are not going to get the vaccine and only x% of Biden voters are not going to get the... |
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![]() I skip all parties too. If I ever consider having one, I just remind my self of all the stress and work that some of you have just do something that none of the parents appericate. |
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![]() Okay sometimes just make my post short and sweet. I don't put in all of the stories, I just do highlights. So here are more of the highlights... DCM said dcg4 did not nap but that she would... |
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![]() Thank you, I need a ghostwriter sometimes. I should have just cut it off when I found out about the napping issues. But instead, I tried to discourage her by recommending other providers. As you can... |
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![]() I have someone contact me, I told them that I was going to have an opening in June after school gets out and dcm delivers the baby but... (then I found out that the child is a non-napper and I just... |
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![]() 8-4 in would love that too. My current hours are 830-6 M&W and 7-53 T&TH. I feel more worn out on M&W, that last 30 minutes suck. When I was pregnant for ds, my hours were 930-415 two days and... |
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![]() How did you find out what you were getting before you got there? |
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![]() I have allowed time changes, as long as they ask with enough notice, not tell, and pick up early. A request for an hour early means they have to up an hour early or $1 late fee applies. |
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![]() Sorry, you did not get an answer, you could message Tom Copeland on here or on his blog at www.tomcopelandblog.com and he should be able to give you some kind of answer. |
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![]() DCM says he only did it once at school. She says this morning, DCB says he is not scared to come to dc anymore. She asked if anything changed here. I did not tell her but I just termed a new dcb... |
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![]() I recently had this happen to me. As I was changing dcb he started screaming, "you hurt me" when I lifted his feet to wipe. Then he started kicking me. I ignored him and did not react, keep going... |
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![]() Oh sorry if that is what it sounded like, Dcm is not blaming me at all. I was just trying to see if we were missing something that was causing his crying. (He has an ear piercing cry, so I really... |
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![]() He started the crying here first then with gma from what I understood from dcm. |
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![]() DCB has changed, he recently has been really clingy on his mom and cries at drop-off. He will stop shortly after she leaves and goes to the bathroom, even if he does not go. DCB comes here M and... |
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![]() My late bil attempt to do this for his son, but the chemo treatment got the better of him and he just never had the energy. I never thought about doing this with my parents, they both are 79. |
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![]() Yes in my first post I said that. To us adults, we see the long term effects but the toddler that bites is the same as a child that hits. They are doing it to get their way, as a way of self defense... |
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![]() I feel for you and agree with others, TERM the screamer now! I just termed a dcb that brought nothing but stress to my ds, I gave them 2 weeks and it was a long 2 weeks. I did it to be kind but I was... |
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![]() I was listening to a radio program once, the guest said that most people will punish only the child that ... first and never the one that ... back. He said that both kids should be punished equally.... |
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![]() My ds and DCB do not get along. DCB pushes ds. I stopped ds from pushing back. I tell him to use his words and tell me what he wants. DS says "I want to push DCB down" I of course did not let him but... |