em29
22-09-2010, 06:41 PM
Hiya, I have 2 lo's to mind full time, a 17mth old girl and i just started with a 23 month old boy. Anyway, I was wondering what people's thoughts are on how the children react at pick up on drop off and if anyone has faced any awkward situations!
Basically, the little girl has just started to cling to me when mum comes to collect and struggles to get away from her mum at drop off and pick up. I find it very flattering but embarrassing as mum does not look at all happy about it and just says things like "oh - it's like that now is it!!" etc. :o
And the little boy who I just started with has been more clingy to his mum and goes mental with excitement when she comes for him and I find myself saying "oh he is so excited to see you but he has been happy here I promise!" - but then today mum came to collect and he kept running back into my house to play whilst mum waited on the doorstep and i felt awkward again :rolleyes:
I want kids to be keen to come in but equally keen to go to mum - the balance needs to be right because right now I am nervous at drop off and more so collections!! How does everyone else handle it?
Basically, the little girl has just started to cling to me when mum comes to collect and struggles to get away from her mum at drop off and pick up. I find it very flattering but embarrassing as mum does not look at all happy about it and just says things like "oh - it's like that now is it!!" etc. :o
And the little boy who I just started with has been more clingy to his mum and goes mental with excitement when she comes for him and I find myself saying "oh he is so excited to see you but he has been happy here I promise!" - but then today mum came to collect and he kept running back into my house to play whilst mum waited on the doorstep and i felt awkward again :rolleyes:
I want kids to be keen to come in but equally keen to go to mum - the balance needs to be right because right now I am nervous at drop off and more so collections!! How does everyone else handle it?