Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-15-2018, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 978
All great input. I'm coming from running an in...
All great input. I'm coming from running an in home daycare where I didn't get in the habit of rubbing there backs. The babies had there room and the ones on mats slept on my family room with the...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-11-2018, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 978
Need Some Ideas Please
I just moved to a small town in Montana and a director's position just sort of fell in my lap! I have been looking at the way nap time is being done and it seems to me that it could go better.
The...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
12-11-2017, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,477
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-24-2017, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 117
Views: 9,680
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-17-2017, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,705
I have all kinds of spare clothes for the kids...
I have all kinds of spare clothes for the kids plus I ask for 2 sets per kid to be left here. In the past when kids didn't have clothes i have had clothes with my name written all over them to use. I...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-01-2017, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,586
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-01-2017, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,021
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-18-2017, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,968
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-18-2017, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,538
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-09-2017, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,859
When I first opened my home daycare I had...
When I first opened my home daycare I had considered making the parents provide lunches but after hearing stories of kids getting junk food I decided to provide breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack....
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-05-2017, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,756
Unbelievable,
I say screw them! I have never...
Unbelievable,
I say screw them! I have never had a family leave because of me taking vacation. Those clients do not appreciate you, go on vacation and enjoy. You will be a better provider for it...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-12-2017, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 793
They can email me if its through care.com or...
They can email me if its through care.com or craigs list (and I always list my phone number on my adds to. Also, if it's from an r&R list they call. If they call and leave a message I usually return...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-11-2017, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,039
My sister is a SAHM and she is so busy with...
My sister is a SAHM and she is so busy with everything. Both kids in sports, bills to pay, etc. I had one family years ago that came to me ft and then most nights went home to a sitter. So sad but it...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-11-2017, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 841
Mine states that if a child gets a fever (100...
Mine states that if a child gets a fever (100 degrees) they can not come to dc the next day, if there fever free then it would be the day after that without fever reducers. Rashes need a dr. note but...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-06-2017, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,591
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-23-2017, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,673
I can watch the kids play from my kitchen so I...
I can watch the kids play from my kitchen so I make meals while they play. Im about 1/2 kid foods and 1/2 I make extra of what we are having for dinner the night before and they get that. Then I just...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-20-2017, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,832
Don't shun me but I use sippies. Each kid has a...
Don't shun me but I use sippies. Each kid has a milk cup for meals and a water cup that I fill up each morning and they sip on through out. They get used to taking them outside with them each day. If...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-18-2017, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,414
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-18-2017, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,040
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-18-2017, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,235
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-06-2017, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,344
I agree with others on the having payment due...
I agree with others on the having payment due Friday for the week coming. Way back when I first started doing child care I had payment due Monday for that week. Parents would "forget" the check book...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-02-2017, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,503
Leigh, I so hear you. When I first started...
Leigh, I so hear you. When I first started everyone told me to have the parents provide as much as possible so I wouldn't have to. So for the first year of business I did. What a pain that turned out...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-02-2017, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,484
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-30-2017, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,391
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-30-2017, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,254
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-30-2017, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,254
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-30-2017, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,058
Yes unfortunately, it has gone through my dc...
Yes unfortunately, it has gone through my dc twice. First time was just a very mild one and the second time it got 2 of my kids bad. I had them stay home until the sores around there mouths etc where...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-30-2017, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,122
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-20-2017, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,770
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-19-2017, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,105
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-19-2017, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,288
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-13-2017, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,226
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-13-2017, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,432
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-13-2017, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,432
I find it pretty hard to believe that a parent...
I find it pretty hard to believe that a parent would be paid late. That's a pretty bad excuse. It has been my experience that once you start doing favors for your clients that they will expect it to...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-09-2017, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,234
I do wash there clothes here, if they get super...
I do wash there clothes here, if they get super dirty here or have an accident I change into spares and wash. If its close to the end of the day then I pop into a grocery bag. I always tell parents...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-09-2017, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,508
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-02-2017, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,193
I had a family for a long time and one day the...
I had a family for a long time and one day the Dad tells me that the are getting a divorce. It was a really bad divorce, lots of he said/she said. If something came up I would call whoevers week it...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-08-2017, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,491
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-08-2017, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,584
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
04-04-2017, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,780
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-31-2017, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,930
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-09-2017, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,354
My house is designed so that I have a gate...
My house is designed so that I have a gate blocking the front door, the door is always unlocked during business hours. I can see out the front very well because my dc space faces the street.
Deb
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-09-2017, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,718
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
03-03-2017, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,521
To be honest I cant believe that they would ask...
To be honest I cant believe that they would ask you to take them instead. Also that's a pretty long time ahead to fill a spot. I have learned to never hold a spot for free or for an unborn baby or...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-28-2017, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,278
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-26-2017, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,434
Here is my illness policy: I have never really...
Here is my illness policy: I have never really had to much trouble with parents complaining. I would have trouble with the $20.00 fee. If I can't reach the parents I start calling the emergency...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-26-2017, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,870
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-20-2017, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,127
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-12-2017, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,109
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-08-2017, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,885
I have seen it posted all over fb. Its very...
I have seen it posted all over fb. Its very blatantly written.To much so i think. I have had a few parents come in on there cells and be on them the whole time. But that was years ago. My parents...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
02-08-2017, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 776
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-23-2017, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,818
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-23-2017, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,524
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-22-2017, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,397
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-22-2017, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,023
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-22-2017, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,798
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-21-2017, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,798
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-21-2017, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,394
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-21-2017, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 836
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-21-2017, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,798
Cleaning & Sanitizing Wooden Blocks
I just got new wooden blocks and they need cleaned and sanitized. How do you clean wooden blocks. (there the wooden square ones,) not the building ones if that makes since. I know eventually the...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
01-18-2017, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,346
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-26-2016, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,947
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-26-2016, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,136
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-14-2016, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,388
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-14-2016, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 999
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-07-2016, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 46,410
I will say it again, I think one of the main...
I will say it again, I think one of the main reasons providers suffer burn out is that they don't take enough vacation/days off. I take the school holidays off, and 3 weeks a years of vacation. I...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
11-03-2016, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,585
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-27-2016, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,410
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-13-2016, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 928
Time for New Cubby Tags
Hi all,
I need to buy some new cubby tags for my entry way cubby drawers. (the kids each get there own cubby box with there name on it. The parents can see them as soon as they come in so they need...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,153
It depends, if I raise current clients I do it...
It depends, if I raise current clients I do it around New Years. It is never a huge raise so they never have complained. New clients always start at new rate. I give at least a months written notice....
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,452
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,622
I agree with Pestle. Those are the reasons I...
I agree with Pestle. Those are the reasons I would term a family. I really wish you had shared the details but I take terming a family very seriously.
The last time I termed a family with no notice...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,291
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,268
When I first started doing dc I had payment set...
When I first started doing dc I had payment set up for Mondays. After a while I found that parents where "forgetting" there check books etc. I changed payment date to Fridays for the coming week and...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,427
Very good point about never knowing how knows...
Very good point about never knowing how knows who. I have had to term about 7 kids in the last 11 years and I never said anything to the others, I don't find it necessary. Honestly I try to down play...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
10-11-2016, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 976
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-21-2016, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,412
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-14-2016, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,112
I knew a provider who would constantly go over...
I knew a provider who would constantly go over ratio and then say it was a niece or nephew, and she had an above ground pool with a fence around it and the gate had a lock for when she needed to lock...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-13-2016, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,897
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
09-11-2016, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,956
I have a gate by the front that is mounted onto...
I have a gate by the front that is mounted onto the wall. I ask that the adults operate it even though the older kids figured out how to. I have told the parents that I'am responsible for them until...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-30-2016, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,772
While I do think there is a fine line between...
While I do think there is a fine line between promoting independence and play and a child parked in your lap I have never had to institute a no lap policy. I dont mind holding the kids for a bit. I...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-30-2016, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,260
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-19-2016, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,571
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Forum: Daycare Menus, Breakfast, Lunch and Snack Ideas
08-19-2016, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 11,115
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Forum: Daycare Menus, Breakfast, Lunch and Snack Ideas
08-19-2016, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,999
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Forum: Daycare Menus, Breakfast, Lunch and Snack Ideas
08-19-2016, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,677
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-17-2016, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,159
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-17-2016, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,130
Honestly I change the infants around 2- 2 1/2...
Honestly I change the infants around 2- 2 1/2 hours and my above 1 year olds at about 2 1/1 - 3 hours unless they need changed before that. Its about 3-4 times a day.
When I worked at kinder kare we...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-10-2016, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,249
I have termed 6 children in 11 years. All for...
I have termed 6 children in 11 years. All for different reasons. The most recent one was because there was an incident between one of my dc kids and a parent. (not the parent of the kid).
Each time...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-10-2016, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,339
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-09-2016, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,681
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-08-2016, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,679
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
08-08-2016, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,943
My sister in law is dead set against bleach and...
My sister in law is dead set against bleach and uses vinegar for a lot of her cleaning. I read that vinegar does not always kill all the germs. I dont know, lots of debate about that I guess.
I use...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
07-28-2016, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,228
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-27-2016, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,997
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-22-2016, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,335
It almost sounds as though that parent is going...
It almost sounds as though that parent is going around the restraining order by visiting that dc every day. I dont even like it when a parent comes by for a short visit. It disrupts the schedule. Its...
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
06-02-2016, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,303
I think you pretty much answered your own...
I think you pretty much answered your own question. It sounds like this family is not a good fit. I have had a few demanding parents and they never seem to last very long here. (for one reason or...
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Forum: Parents and Guardians Forum
06-02-2016, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,776
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-12-2016, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 884
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Forum: Daycare Center and Family Home Forum
05-12-2016, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,112
I have a clause in my contract that says if I...
I have a clause in my contract that says if I have to buy any of the required items (and there listed in the contract) then I will attach the cost to the next bill. It's a great deterrent and trust...
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