I'm in a difficult situation with a dck3. This child is a ward of the state, but has been placed with an elderly relative- who told me that she only needs care 25 hours a week, but since the state is paying for it, she's going to send her full time.
This is the most exhausting child I have ever encountered- every day is a constant struggle with sharing, it's almost like this child has never learned how to play, if someone else is playing with something, dck will take it by whatever force necessary. I spend so much time redirecting dck to another toy to play with, and returning toys to children who have had them taken away from them. Language is another issue with this child. Their favorite word is the F word.
Well, last week, elderly relative drops off dck and says, "Sorry we are late, dck had a big poop. We had a little talk and I told dck to wait and do that at your house." I didn't even know how to respond to that.. who says that?! So dck comes in and eats breakfast, and after breakfast, I smell something. I tell dck to come get their diaper changed and sure enough, diarrhea. Out the diaper and all over their pants. So I call elderly relative and ask if dck had diarrhea this morning. She swears up and down that it was normal, and not loose at all. Then asks if she has diarrhea now and I tell her yes. She asks if she needs to come get her and I say yes. It took her 2 hours 10 minutes from the time that phone call was made to come pick up dck.
Then this morning, dck comes in and sits at the table for breakfast. (elderly relative never comes in because she can't get up the steps) I greet her as I am tending to another child who just came in and tell her to start eating her breakfast. Once everything calms down, I notice that dck has thick goop on her eyes. Like absolutely pink eye, no doubt. Another parent even came in and saw it and said, "Oh my, why are they here with pink eye?!" So I call elderly relative and she says oh I just thought her eyes were like that from the cold she has had.
Don't get me wrong, I feel horrible for wanting to term this child, as I know that a lot of their issues is because of what they have been through. But, that being said, I don't feel that this is the best place for them right now.
I think something along the lines of I think dck would benefit greatly in a one on one setting, and that would also probably be beneficial with your schedule, as they may be willing to keep dck when they are sick...
I don't know. And, I was also informed today that the elderly relative hasn't turned in the paperwork for me to be paid yet either. I filled out my portion 2 weeks ago, but she hasn't turned it in yet.
This is the most exhausting child I have ever encountered- every day is a constant struggle with sharing, it's almost like this child has never learned how to play, if someone else is playing with something, dck will take it by whatever force necessary. I spend so much time redirecting dck to another toy to play with, and returning toys to children who have had them taken away from them. Language is another issue with this child. Their favorite word is the F word.
Well, last week, elderly relative drops off dck and says, "Sorry we are late, dck had a big poop. We had a little talk and I told dck to wait and do that at your house." I didn't even know how to respond to that.. who says that?! So dck comes in and eats breakfast, and after breakfast, I smell something. I tell dck to come get their diaper changed and sure enough, diarrhea. Out the diaper and all over their pants. So I call elderly relative and ask if dck had diarrhea this morning. She swears up and down that it was normal, and not loose at all. Then asks if she has diarrhea now and I tell her yes. She asks if she needs to come get her and I say yes. It took her 2 hours 10 minutes from the time that phone call was made to come pick up dck.
Then this morning, dck comes in and sits at the table for breakfast. (elderly relative never comes in because she can't get up the steps) I greet her as I am tending to another child who just came in and tell her to start eating her breakfast. Once everything calms down, I notice that dck has thick goop on her eyes. Like absolutely pink eye, no doubt. Another parent even came in and saw it and said, "Oh my, why are they here with pink eye?!" So I call elderly relative and she says oh I just thought her eyes were like that from the cold she has had.
Don't get me wrong, I feel horrible for wanting to term this child, as I know that a lot of their issues is because of what they have been through. But, that being said, I don't feel that this is the best place for them right now.
I think something along the lines of I think dck would benefit greatly in a one on one setting, and that would also probably be beneficial with your schedule, as they may be willing to keep dck when they are sick...
I don't know. And, I was also informed today that the elderly relative hasn't turned in the paperwork for me to be paid yet either. I filled out my portion 2 weeks ago, but she hasn't turned it in yet.
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