If this has been asked befor I am sorry! Do any of you have a cut off time for drops offs? I had a kid get dropped off at 12:30 today lunch was nearly over and their was no food left I had to make a sandwhich for this child. I also have a mom on maternity who is terrible with drop offs and no shows I need to address this issues but want advice from all you wonderful care givers.
Thank You!

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My cut-off is 8:00 AM...sign on the door reads "All children must arrive by 8:00 AM or be considered absent for the day!"....I open at 6 but once signed in they receive 9.5 hours not to exceed 4:30. Good luck!

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I also started a drop off cut off time because I was having the same problem as you. My drop off policy is drop off by 9am, no call/no show by 9am child will be considered absent. I understand parents may run late now and then, so if they are running late they must inform me by 9am however, I do not accept any drop off after 10am.

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I never needed one in the past but I am considering adding one to my handbook when I update in January. I am thinking 9, though if they arrive after 830 they miss our major craft/sensory activity of the day. I have a child who was getting droppe off at 10 for a while and it was driving me crazy!

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I don't care as long as I'm getting paid lol.They may have to wait at the door if I'm busy. They know my meal cut off time. I'm very clear on that.

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Breakfast waters need to be here by 8:30, all final drop offs by 9:00 unless there's a medical appt. I'm aware of previously.

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I have it in my contract no drop offs past 8:30 and preferred no later than 8:00. If parents complain or ask why, I tell them it's too disruptive and their child will miss important interaction with me and the other children that helps them adjust to daycare.

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I do not have a drop off cut off time, but most of my kids come at the exact same time every day, so I haven't felt the need for one. I have had children that have appointments or something else going on and are dropped off at a different time than normal, when the parent tells me of the change I always tell them to feed the child before drop off if I think they might miss it. I do not do flexible meals (meaning everyone eats at the sam time, whether they arrive at 7 or 9…) so if the child is not in my home when I begin preparing the meal, I will not be preparing a meal for them. Period.

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I don't have drop off limit, I stay on meal schedule, I do expect curiosity call/text/email letting me know of drop off change.

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I have 8 kids, 6 every day, only 3 full time. Out of the 8, 3 of them have varying schedules. Sometimes a dck is dropped off at 7:00 am (my opening), and sometimes not until 11:00 am. Sometimes a dck is picked up at 11:30 am, and sometimes at 6:00 pm.

I try to encourage parents to spend as much time as possible with their kids. So if they are here for an 8:00 am dropoff, that might be great for me, but I don't think it's better for the child if they could spend more time with mom and/or dad.

That's just my personal philosophy. I know a lot of people here have cut off times. And that is the beauty of running your own business!

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Absolutely. I expect a text the night before if you will not be there at opening time, and a text the day of if dcf's will be later than our prearranged time.

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I do. It is 8:30 am. Some of the dcks are fine to come in and get right at it but I find it easier if they all have a little bit of time to transition into the day before we get started.

I mostly do it for above but have recently come across families who would let their children sleep in till late morning, or have 3 hour morning naps, which throws them off the group sync. I find it much easier if we are all in sync with our day.

I do make exceptions for doc appts, etc but need to be notified ahead of time.

The majority of my families all have to work early anyways so it's not a huge issue for anyone.

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I do not have a written policy but have addressed it in the past when there is a problem. I am fine with kids coming in up till 9-9:30 but any later than that and we may not be here. If parents communicate and its an occasional thing I am flexible.

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I don't have one but I had a friend who had a cut off of 9:00am and it worked well for her.
Debbie

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Children must arrive by 8:30 each day. If there is an occasional need for them to drop off later than this then I expect them to let me know prior. No drop offs past noon.

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If I haven't heard from you within an hour, I will call you a no call no show an hour after your drop off time.

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