This is one of those days I am seriously considering finding another job. I want to be at home for my kids, but I am emotionally not equipped to deal with things that are going to come up in this job. I had a parent drop off this morning and showed me a place on the babys arm that had small red bumps on it and said she was crawling around on a rug last night and it irritated her arm and stomach but her stomach was pretty much gone it was just on her arm.
I know I should have turned her away, but this is a friend of mine and I believe them. I still believe them, I just don't know that the rug is what caused the rash. It could have just been coincidental that it showed up after that.
Anyway, an hour or so later I was feeding her a bottle and she lifted up her arm and pulled her sleeper up. Her other arm was covered in bright red rash. Along with her stomach, back and legs. Since my policy says no undiagnosed rash I called the parent. I said I know it may be nothing, but I can't keep her with an all over rash. There is more to this story involving a SIL I also babysit for but its more than I want to go into. Anyway the dad called and said he was on the way (he was very angry, I just don't know if it was at me or the SIL). A few minutes later the mom showed up out of the blue to get both kids. I expected them to leave the second child because the third child would be getting off the bus after school. They were all here because child #4 had a doctors appointment. They took both and said the grandma would be getting third child off the bus.
So now I'm confused and hurt and wonder why they took all the kids. To the point that I cried after they left cause I feel guilty for making them pick up the baby. I even offered to keep child #4 in place of baby for no extra charge after his doctors appointment because the dad had to take his mom to the city for another appointment.
These people are friends of mine. We live in the same town, we go to church together. And now I wonder if I made the wrong decision and if they will even bring their kids back next week. This is the family I hold spots for all winter without payment because its a large chunk of my income 8 months out of the year. They are just now starting back for spring.
I cannot let this tear me up. If they choose not to come back over something that was clearly outlined in my policies that is their problem, not mine. Their kids love me and they are always telling me how glad they are that I can watch their kids. I turn people away on a regular basis because I am full and I have a great reputation in this town. I have got to try my best not to take this personally. But right now my heart is hurting. Sometimes I don't think people realize this is my business and I have policies in place to keep everyone as well as possible. I wouldn't want my child someplace that kept contagious children.
And just for the kicker, when she picked up the kids I blurted out not to pay me for today because I felt guilty. I would really like to bang my head against the wall now.
Totally off the subject, but just not something I needed on top of all of this one of my baby chickens is dying. And I know its just a chicken, but its cute and fuzzy and I love animals.
Please let this day be over quickly.
I know I should have turned her away, but this is a friend of mine and I believe them. I still believe them, I just don't know that the rug is what caused the rash. It could have just been coincidental that it showed up after that.
Anyway, an hour or so later I was feeding her a bottle and she lifted up her arm and pulled her sleeper up. Her other arm was covered in bright red rash. Along with her stomach, back and legs. Since my policy says no undiagnosed rash I called the parent. I said I know it may be nothing, but I can't keep her with an all over rash. There is more to this story involving a SIL I also babysit for but its more than I want to go into. Anyway the dad called and said he was on the way (he was very angry, I just don't know if it was at me or the SIL). A few minutes later the mom showed up out of the blue to get both kids. I expected them to leave the second child because the third child would be getting off the bus after school. They were all here because child #4 had a doctors appointment. They took both and said the grandma would be getting third child off the bus.
So now I'm confused and hurt and wonder why they took all the kids. To the point that I cried after they left cause I feel guilty for making them pick up the baby. I even offered to keep child #4 in place of baby for no extra charge after his doctors appointment because the dad had to take his mom to the city for another appointment.
These people are friends of mine. We live in the same town, we go to church together. And now I wonder if I made the wrong decision and if they will even bring their kids back next week. This is the family I hold spots for all winter without payment because its a large chunk of my income 8 months out of the year. They are just now starting back for spring.
I cannot let this tear me up. If they choose not to come back over something that was clearly outlined in my policies that is their problem, not mine. Their kids love me and they are always telling me how glad they are that I can watch their kids. I turn people away on a regular basis because I am full and I have a great reputation in this town. I have got to try my best not to take this personally. But right now my heart is hurting. Sometimes I don't think people realize this is my business and I have policies in place to keep everyone as well as possible. I wouldn't want my child someplace that kept contagious children.
And just for the kicker, when she picked up the kids I blurted out not to pay me for today because I felt guilty. I would really like to bang my head against the wall now.
Totally off the subject, but just not something I needed on top of all of this one of my baby chickens is dying. And I know its just a chicken, but its cute and fuzzy and I love animals.
Please let this day be over quickly.
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