Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-03-2020, 08:35 AM
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Views: 1,295
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-11-2020, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 727
I don't. I care about them in the sense that I...
I don't. I care about them in the sense that I want them to be happy and grow and learn. And I provide an environment for them to do that to the best of my ability. And that's it.
I dont think...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-09-2020, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 938
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-09-2020, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 1,197
Views: 254,874
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Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
02-26-2020, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,504
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-25-2020, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,450
Number one, as PP said, we are required by...
Number one, as PP said, we are required by licensing to offer a child rest, and at least in my state, not wake them before the end of the specified nap period. Doing so is considered withholding...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-25-2020, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 847
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-25-2020, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 847
No I Didn't!!!
Hi guys.
I'm working with this current group of kiddos to work conflicts out on their own, rather than coming to tell me so much. They're doing pretty good and even go get the talking stick on...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-11-2020, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 870
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-11-2020, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 821
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-12-2019, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-12-2019, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,015
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-06-2019, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,330
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-19-2019, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,558
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-06-2019, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,511
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-20-2019, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 1,197
Views: 254,874
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-19-2019, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,218
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-16-2019, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,874
I had a dcg that held her poop because it was...
I had a dcg that held her poop because it was icky. She held it for days and her mom gave her a laxative at home the night before. :mad: So guess what happens the next morning at daycare? Two weeks...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-16-2019, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,522
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-14-2019, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 8,768
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-13-2019, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 141
Views: 39,473
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-08-2019, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,203
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-07-2019, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 8,768
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-02-2019, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
It is NOT necessary to pack 8 food items, two...
It is NOT necessary to pack 8 food items, two drinks and a treat in a preschooler's lunch. Especially if you left all of the items in their original packaging, which your child can't open by...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-30-2019, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 810
He's kind of a pale, puny little guy, also with...
He's kind of a pale, puny little guy, also with perpetual black circles. He eats well and he would be well-rested but he fights nap so hard. At 3 he's been up for approximately 9 hours and he just...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-29-2019, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 810
Exhausted 5 Year Old
Dcb 5.2. He still naps at home because he desperately needs to. At school, he thrashes, talks to himself, slaps himself awake if he feels himself falling asleep. In the afternoon, he's very whiny...
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Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
04-16-2019, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,162
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-15-2019, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,495
:lol::lol::lol:
This actually happened to me...
:lol::lol::lol:
This actually happened to me last Saturday! This guy I'm SURE is on some sort of spectrum or will be. He's 2, NO language whatsoever - only moans, laughs and cries. Can't feed...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-10-2019, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 613
A month ago, I would have said what Blackcat...
A month ago, I would have said what Blackcat said. And I do have a sticker chart for going above and beyond.
But I have been having some whole-group problems and rewarding individual kids for...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-26-2019, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-26-2019, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,132
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-26-2019, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,179
I saw on Pinterest yesterday where they were...
I saw on Pinterest yesterday where they were telling you how to make a "fresh fruit sensory bin". It was apples, oranges, strawberries etc to mouth and play with. I guess (hope) it was supposed to be...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-15-2019, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
Dcg's birthday/party is this weekend. Everybody...
Dcg's birthday/party is this weekend. Everybody is invited and is going. But for some reason, DCM felt the need to bring in chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes and frosted cookies PLUS goodie bags -...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-15-2019, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 783
Some people are just idiots.
My old job was...
Some people are just idiots.
My old job was in a busy urban neighborhood, but there was either a school, daycare or park every couple blocks. People knew not to speed. We have had to step into the...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-12-2019, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 2,139
Views: 352,367
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-12-2019, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,019
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Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
03-11-2019, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,162
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-06-2019, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,045
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-05-2019, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 1,197
Views: 254,874
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-05-2019, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,045
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-04-2019, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,188
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-01-2019, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 860
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-28-2019, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 755
When I had ones young enough to potty train,...
When I had ones young enough to potty train, everyone sat. I taught the boys to push it all the way down and squeeze their legs together. I never thought about having them sit backwards.
They...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-28-2019, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,137
My more tenured coworkers told me that at my...
My more tenured coworkers told me that at my school, the parents once demanded that we serve more "fun foods" so every couple weeks, they had Papa John's pizza brought in. This was in the mid-2000s...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-26-2019, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,082
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-25-2019, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,082
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-25-2019, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,082
Dilemma with Food Waste
I have a dcb who heaps his plate with food, pours a whole cup of milk, takes two bites and throws it away. Every day, every meal. Today he took 7 graham cracker halves (I told everyone to get 2) and...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-21-2019, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 962
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-20-2019, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,398
Alternate activity/loss of privileges.
...
Alternate activity/loss of privileges.
Sometimes it's "choose a different center". Sometimes its the activity of my choosing. Sometimes its the same activity everyone else is doing, but in a...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-20-2019, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
It is disgusting outside (freezing rain/slush,...
It is disgusting outside (freezing rain/slush, mud, general misery), they randomly made me go on break at 11 am in the middle of class time, another class used the gym for a whole hour so no gross...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-20-2019, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 692
Noooooooooope. 15 months? Come on.
I would...
Noooooooooope. 15 months? Come on.
I would say, "Hey DCM, it doesn't look like Johnny is quite ready to start pottying here yet. We'll continue to talk about the potty and sitting here and there...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-19-2019, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 825
I give a warning then straight to the potty.
...
I give a warning then straight to the potty.
I act so disgusted by it that my kids don't like it either. I only have one who regularly tries it. "EWWW! Did you guys tell him how GROSS that is??"...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-18-2019, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,343
Not me, not ever :(
But my kid is, and we...
Not me, not ever :(
But my kid is, and we got notice. No robocall, no flyers home, no verbal reminder from the school. All the surrounding school systems are open for snow day make-up. Except...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-14-2019, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
I'm starting to hate those shirts with sequins...
I'm starting to hate those shirts with sequins that flip over to another picture. I just had to forcibly remove my ADHD sensory seeker's hands from someone's body because he basically tackled her to...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-14-2019, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,521
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-13-2019, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 939
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-13-2019, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,521
Run away. That sounds like a nightmare in the...
Run away. That sounds like a nightmare in the making.
And the fact that the mom even suggested you hold her child for 2+ hours screams that she has no understanding of group care and will make...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-13-2019, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 939
She sleeps OK here, but I dont know about at...
She sleeps OK here, but I dont know about at home.
And no, no confidence issues. She's very outgoing and articulate. With friends during play, she's present and focused. But with much everything...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-12-2019, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 939
Always on Another Planet
One of my dcgs is always super spacey. She kind of reminds me of Winnie the Pooh. She focuses fine on tasks she has chosen herself. I don't see her staring into space during center time. But if we...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-04-2019, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,519
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-30-2019, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,286
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-18-2019, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,074
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-13-2019, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,074
Where Did You Start?
My best friend and I (who are also coworkers) have been planning to start a Nature School/Childcare for a couple years and now agree that its time to stop planning and start doing.
We've been...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-20-2018, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,742
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-20-2018, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,742
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-06-2018, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,440
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-05-2018, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,440
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-29-2018, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 873
I have one, same age. It really gets bad after...
I have one, same age. It really gets bad after after lunch. He passes gas in his nap mat all through nap and when he wakes up and takes the covers off, he unleashes this stinkbomb into the room and...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-29-2018, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,016
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-29-2018, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,750
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-29-2018, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,016
Help with nap Time Drama
I go on break from 12:30 to 1:30. My kids go down for nap at 1. It is a daily circus. They run around, refuse to lie down, play and scream, and then cry because they are tired.
They wouldn't dream...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-29-2018, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,129
I've had two - both behavior issues.
One was...
I've had two - both behavior issues.
One was about 4 years ago. He was clearly on the spectrum but parents were older and in denial. He bit, hit and kicked, threw objects, screamed about things...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-26-2018, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,816
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-14-2018, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,032
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-13-2018, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 738
What Should I Name This Center?
Its a window seat with storage space under it. The spaces hold puppets, books and the music set i just received. The books were just there as a placeholder while my music stuff was backordered.
I...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-10-2018, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,299
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-09-2018, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 749
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-09-2018, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,299
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-09-2018, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,087
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-09-2018, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,179
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-07-2018, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,179
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-05-2018, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 750
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-05-2018, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 750
Stain Removal on Blonde Wood?
So on Friday when I was off, someone set something wet on top of a red paper/paper with red writing on my cubbies. So now there's a huge red stain where the color transferred :mad:.
Its another...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-01-2018, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,491
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-01-2018, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
My sweet-as-pie tiny dcg has double ear...
My sweet-as-pie tiny dcg has double ear infections. She's going next week to get her third :eek: set of tubes and have her adenoids removed. She took a round of antibiotics and they did nothing. The...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-31-2018, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-29-2018, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 655
Does Anybody Have This Kid?
I have a 4.5 yr dcb. He is a fairly reasonable, well-behaved kiddo...little on the weepy side but mostly ok.
But sometimes it looks like the impulse control center in his brain just completely...
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Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
10-28-2018, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,770
This is par the course for 4 years olds. I know...
This is par the course for 4 years olds. I know its not fun to hear it directed at your child, but it was most likely not done with malice, but to be funny.
You can teach your child to say "Use my...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-28-2018, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 884
Just Wanted to send Love and Good Wishes...
Halloween falls fairly early in the week again this year.
I pray that we all keep our tempers and that no one's parent thinks a secret pocket full of Skittles is okay because "she wouldn't get in...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-26-2018, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,549
What on earth? Why would you need to ask for...
What on earth? Why would you need to ask for water while picking up your child from daycare?? You can't deal with being thirsty for a few minutes til you get home? Or learn to carry water with you?...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-08-2018, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,053
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-08-2018, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,053
Are There Kids In Your Group...
...that you just don't allow to play with each other?
I've got one who is an extreme follower, to the point where he becomes the person he's copying. He likes to glomm himself onto the class...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-03-2018, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,184
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-03-2018, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,026
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-25-2018, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 1,197
Views: 254,874
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-25-2018, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 823
Toy Guarding
My group skewed very young this year.
My youngest is turning 4 tomorrow. He had a few issues with speech, processing, emotional regulation etc in addition to being pretty immature. Most of his...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-24-2018, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 6,137
Views: 698,865
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-24-2018, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,094
The customer service rep said (of the blocks)...
The customer service rep said (of the blocks) that's it's just normal wear and tear. I don't think something looking like crap after two weeks of normal to light use is normal wear and tear, but hey....
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-20-2018, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,094
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