I've been thinking about terminating one DCB (3 1/2) for weeks now. He's been with my since January.
All my slots are full, and I have no reason other than he is just a pain in the butt. He is good, relatively, but is definately my most high maintanence of the group. He is very hyper, doesnt listen well, and is just spun up all over the place most of the time. He follows the rules, and listens, but only for 2 seconds then is back to his regular behavior.
The 4 and 5 year old in my group dont like him, and are excited on the days he isnt here. They are constantly talking about how much of a "bother" this boy is and how "annoying" he is. And honestly, he is. He constantly follows the older boys around and annoys the crap out of them. If they are playing with something he wants he asks for it every 2 seconds "can i have a turn, is it my turn now, is it my turn yet, _____ has a blue cup, I want a blue cup, _____ is walking on the left side of the sidewalk I want to walk on that side too, _____ has a dinosaur shirt, I want a dinosaur shirt ". Drives me crazy! He isnt old enough to play the games with the older boys, and gets them upset when he cant follow the rules, but he is too old to play with the babies.
I've wanted to terminate for awhile now, but how you terminate when you have no reason other than "your child is a pain in the butt".
So I've avoided it, thinking it will get better.
But.... Mom just called today and gave notice, a spot opened up at the daycare center, and they are going to bring him there. THANK GOD! Problem solved! PLUS, because they require her to pay immediately, she is paying her 2 weeks notice here, but bringing him there, starting tomorrow! Woo HoO!
I'm upset about the loss of income, but I know there will be another child around the corner soon. My spots never stay empty long. I cant wait to tell the other kids, they will be so excited! I dont want to do that until the little boy is gone tho, so they dont say something to him and hurt his feelings.
WoooHooo! Isn't that great when this happens! I have been there and there IS a reason lol!