Official ROOM 101 of Childminding

[Twinkles]

I'm sticking in
one mindees mum

She is insane, clearly out of her mind

Told me i'm allowed Christmas off but I have to work nye and new years day , crazy, mad woman!

I hope you laughed and laughed when she told you this ?? Cheeky moo

I'm guessing she doesn't understand the concept of SELF EMPLOYED !!!

[Alibali]

NO! loose glitter and sand have to go!!

But yes keep glitter glue and sand can stay at the seaside, not in my house

This sounds like a fair compromise

How about pavement chalk only, so long as I don't have to touch it?

I'm quite happy with anything else messy - gloop, paint, flour - oh and I won't put hundreds and thousands in here either

[twise]

Pop up play tents that nearly take you eye out when opening them but never ever pop back down and fit in the tinsky little bag that they came in.

My early years teacher who tells me my floor is too bright (Alphabet foam tiles ) and the children will have trouble concentrating......even though i have had it 3 years without a problem!!

Parents who cry and claim they cant afford to pay me the full amount in the holidays but still need me to take their child then turn up with new nails, hairdo and tell me their going to Disneyland paris for the weekend!!!


Parents in softplay areas that never ever engage with their child while they are there instead sit with their backs to them on their mobile while their child goes on a pushing and kicking rampage!!!


much better!!!!

[sweets]

parents that let their children take food and drink into soft play areas where they end up spilling it and get crumbs and sticky fingers everywhere

[rickysmiths]

I vote to save the sand, glitter and anything I can make a mess with

Way to go.

[rickysmiths]

I'm sticking in
one mindees mum

She is insane, clearly out of her mind

Told me i'm allowed Christmas off but I have to work nye and new years day , crazy, mad woman!

News Years Eve is a Friday this year so would be a working day for me except for the first time for years I have taken the 3 days off that week, dd is 18. I would work the Sat as well cause I charge triple fee for New Years Day if I work it. You will have Sunday and Monday off. I ahve worked Boxing Day as well it was good fun. Lo joined in with what the family were doing and I got paid triple fee when it didn't feel like working at all.

[Alibali]

News Years Eve is a Friday this year so would be a working day for me except for the first time for years I have taken the 3 days off that week, dd is 18. I would work the Sat as well cause I charge triple fee for New Years Day if I work it. You will have Sunday and Monday off. I ahve worked Boxing Day as well it was good fun. Lo joined in with what the family were doing and I got paid triple fee when it didn't feel like working at all.

When is dd 18? My dd is 18 on the 30th - i've taken those days off too
Did we have this discussion last year? Can't remember.

[rickysmiths]

Pop up play tents that nearly take you eye out when opening them but never ever pop back down and fit in the tinsky little bag that they came in.

My early years teacher who tells me my floor is too bright (Alphabet foam tiles ) and the children will have trouble concentrating......even though i have had it 3 years without a problem!!

Parents who cry and claim they cant afford to pay me the full amount in the holidays but still need me to take their child then turn up with new nails, hairdo and tell me their going to Disneyland paris for the weekend!!!


Parents in softplay areas that never ever engage with their child while they are there instead sit with their backs to them on their mobile while their child goes on a pushing and kicking rampage!!!


much better!!!!

Definately. I have one of those, I reduced the summer retainer a bit after the sob story, now she has a new car

[rickysmiths]

Pip I have discovered a very good reason for not putting glitter in Room 101.

You'll upset the boss.


http://www.youtube.com/childmindingh.../0/imS09QgCBwA


How can we make the Christmas Tree without it?

[Pipsqueak]

Pip I have discovered a very good reason for not putting glitter in Room 101.

You'll upset the boss.


http://www.youtube.com/childmindingh.../0/imS09QgCBwA


How can we make the Christmas Tree without it?

you are seriously on a mission not to have glitter relagated aren't you Ricky.......

well there is a facebook page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...7753902&v=wall

glitter just NEVER goes away, you find it for days and days after - its won't hoover up, mop up, be swept away, blown away......

you can never just use the right amount - the whole ruddy tub gets used.....

[Blaze]

I agree glitter has to be 101'd! Hate the stuff - makes me itch!

[Twinkles]

I agree glitter has to be 101'd! Hate the stuff - makes me itch!

BLAZE !!!!


I feel betrayed

[Pipsqueak]

I agree glitter has to be 101'd! Hate the stuff - makes me itch!

can't say fairer than that.


I have tried to compromise..... glitter glue

[Pixie dust]

I agree glitter has to be 101'd! Hate the stuff - makes me itch

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[miss mopple]

The sand and glitter must stay

I'd like to throw in a few other childminders if I may (sorry!). Those that feel it's ok to totally ignore their mindees at groups etc while they gossip and drink coffee, have no interest in the children themselves, don't follow the legal requirements (making it 'easy money') giving those of us who work hard and really care a bad name

[Pipsqueak]

The sand and glitter must stay

I'd like to throw in a few other childminders if I may (sorry!). Those that feel it's ok to totally ignore their mindees at groups etc while they gossip and drink coffee, have no interest in the children themselves, don't follow the legal requirements (making it 'easy money') giving those of us who work hard and really care a bad name

How about we roll other (useless) childminders in glitter and sand????

[Helcatt]

Sand and glitter MUST stay!

Can I drop in - the parent who has to pay by cheque every month - I keep "suggesting" that evening it out over the year and doing a standing order would be better. I think at some point I have to bite the bullet and "insist"

Yes - other CMs who sit drinking coffee, chatting, generally ignoring their brood until someone has a cut or has lost s shoe and then shrieks around the place expecting us to know what happened - if you were doing your job woman - you would know! And by her actions, giving childminding in general a bad name

Certain "workers" at a certain CC who don't like having a CM group there because it just gives us a chance to drink coffee and ingnore the kids - and then wondered why we boycotted the place

HX

[Alibali]

How about we roll other (useless) childminders in glitter and sand????

[Andrea08]

101..... parents who dont pay on time or at all,
parents sending sick children
DO's
the man in the goverment making cuts within child care

but my BIG 101 has to be DOGS IN THE PLAY GROUND

im a big animal lover as most will know i have more pets than kids but some children are scared of or allergic to dogs and should not be walked to school and left at the gates where every LO wants to pat them... its dangerous and should not be near schools nurseries sorry

[rickysmiths]

101..... parents who dont pay on time or at all,
parents sending sick children
DO's
the man in the goverment making cuts within child care

but my BIG 101 has to be DOGS IN THE PLAY GROUND

im a big animal lover as most will know i have more pets than kids but some children are scared of or allergic to dogs and should not be walked to school and left at the gates where every LO wants to pat them... its dangerous and should not be near schools nurseries sorry

How I agree. There is one that is left sitting at the back entrance of los school. It sits by the path at the end of the playing field. No owner anywhere near not teathered in anyway. I love dogs, but this gives me the willies. Even the best behaved dog can react in an unpredictable way, especially if excited by children.

Anyhow we were walking out of school on Friday and were practically barged over by women, children on those scotters and this dog-not on a lead and these people would be gutted if you dared suggest they were anything other than dog lovers. We always had our dog on a lead when we were walking along the street, even in the little village we lived in, where he knew everyone. He was called to heel if we came across a group of children when he was running in the fields as well. Grrr put them in room 101.