I have had this one DCG for several months now and I thought I would never say this about a child, but I'm so grossed out by her. I know it's not her fault, and her parents would be the ones to blame for this but I'm getting to the point where I don't even know if I want her in my care anymore. Her hair is always so messy-uncombed and greasy. She has major dandruff too (perhaps they need to change shampoos or talk to doctor). She wasn't blessed with nice skin at all and is always rashy...even on her face. She comes to daycare in the morning with an unwashed face...sleep still in her eyes and dirty face. Her clothes don't seem all that clean (I think parents try to use chemical free cleaning products and whatever they are using doesn't work that well). Since it's winter she has been arriving with this unbelievable crusty nose(which wouldn't bug me so much if I knew dad was washing her face and trying to clean it up a little) She uses cloth diapers and half the time dad brings her in the AM and the diaper isn't on properly, if on at all and you can tell he didn't do a very good job with cleaning at all! Sometimes I can tell she had a poop and dad didn't clean very well (and they wonder why she has even more rashy skin). This poor thing has her mouth hanging open almost all day long, and drool just comes dripping out (not just when she is teething!) This is all the time!
Did I mention that she is 27 months old?
My husband had to p/u a check from them one week when they forgot to pay (they are normally good with paying on time) and he said the front entrance of their house was absolutely disgusting so it sounds like the entire family is fairly unclean.
Mom and dad don't seem to be helping her along developmentally, or at least that's how I feel. This child doesn't really understand what it means to clean up (I try a million different ways to encourage this and when she finally picks it up she is struggling and doesn't really know what to do). We have been working on simple puzzles for months now and she has no clue how to even try to match up the animals and move the puzzle piece around until it fits into it's correct spot. Even with lots of encouragement she just has this clueless look on her face and just sits there.
I have to tell her EXACTLY what she needs to be doing all the time (example..when I tell the kids it's lunch time they all come quickly to the kitchen..and the younger ones follow along and everyone is happy. This girl will just stand in the play room all by herself for several minutes of me saying it's lunch time. Once I go in and stand directly in front of her and tell her she needs to come and sit down for lunch does she somewhat get it..there are a tonne of examples of this but you get the point)
When mom picks her up she talks to her like she's an infant and it drives me nuts...she talks in this squeely high pitched "fake" way and it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I don't know what (and if) I'm doing something wrong or if I'm just being a drama queen. I'm just so annoyed at this point!
VENT OFFICIALLY OVER! Thanks!! (Just had to get that off my chest)
Did I mention that she is 27 months old?
My husband had to p/u a check from them one week when they forgot to pay (they are normally good with paying on time) and he said the front entrance of their house was absolutely disgusting so it sounds like the entire family is fairly unclean.
Mom and dad don't seem to be helping her along developmentally, or at least that's how I feel. This child doesn't really understand what it means to clean up (I try a million different ways to encourage this and when she finally picks it up she is struggling and doesn't really know what to do). We have been working on simple puzzles for months now and she has no clue how to even try to match up the animals and move the puzzle piece around until it fits into it's correct spot. Even with lots of encouragement she just has this clueless look on her face and just sits there.
I have to tell her EXACTLY what she needs to be doing all the time (example..when I tell the kids it's lunch time they all come quickly to the kitchen..and the younger ones follow along and everyone is happy. This girl will just stand in the play room all by herself for several minutes of me saying it's lunch time. Once I go in and stand directly in front of her and tell her she needs to come and sit down for lunch does she somewhat get it..there are a tonne of examples of this but you get the point)
When mom picks her up she talks to her like she's an infant and it drives me nuts...she talks in this squeely high pitched "fake" way and it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I don't know what (and if) I'm doing something wrong or if I'm just being a drama queen. I'm just so annoyed at this point!
VENT OFFICIALLY OVER! Thanks!! (Just had to get that off my chest)
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