I am writing this blog today because I provide child care in my home.  I love to do it and love children.  I have one of my own and hope to expand my own family soon.  I have between 2 and 5 kids at my home that are not my own.  I love them like crazy and miss them when they are not around.  I love taking care of kids and providing this care, as well as being able to have the flexibility with my schedule because I am at home more.  (Anyone looking for a day care provider in the Saginaw area let me know).  I have decided that this is my niche, I love it and love to care for other peoples children like my own.  I do have a problem however with parents that don’t take responsibility for their children.  I have a beautiful 2 year old that I keep all day, she fills my day with so much and she is smart, funny, and a great little girl to be around.  She is two years old, so her mother would like to potty train her.  What an idea, I think that she is ready.  All day long at my house she uses the “big girl potty” and she does a wonderful job.  Her mom does not bring extra clothes for her and continues to bring her diapers, or sometimes nothing at all.  How am I supposed to work with that?  I am frustrated because I told her mother to make sure that she has a few outfits and some extra panties so that if she has an accident I can change her clothes and get her some fresh ones.  I have since felt the need to buy, with my money, clothes for her to keep here and training underwear for her.  It really bothers me that I have talked to her mom about it a few times and she is still not bringing the appropriate things to help me.  Not to mention that she brings her over in a diaper.  So my frustrations lie with the question of if I am the only one doing the potty training?  I have told her mom how well she does and she is happy, but it seems like when she it at home it’s too much work for her mom to do.  Not to mention that I am paid by the state to watch her so the pay is not much at all, the mother continuously calls me tell me she had something to do after work and will “be there soon” to pick up the kids (she has two that stay with me, one is in school during the day), not paying me extra for my time.  I know I need to buckle up with her on the time that she picks up her kids, but you would think that someone would be conscientious on the hours that you keep their children.  Like I said, I love to keep them, but honestly, I am trying to make a living also.  It seems as though she should be a little more considerate of my time also.  I did a paper for one of my classes and it was regarding day care.  The average day care provider earns less than $3.00 a child an hour. The state pays me less than that to keep her kids.  Yes, daycare is expensive, but it is not a lot of income for the provider.  I can empathize that she doesn’t have the extra money to pay, however, don’t leave your kids with someone for two hours after you get out of work and don’t expect to compensate them.  That is ridiculous. She is always running late, asking favors of me, can you do this that and the other thing.  I don’t mind to do things for the kids, but don’t take advantage.  Its funny to me that she gets to work it 10 minutes but it takes her a half an hour at the least to pick them up. Bottom line if you want your children potty trained don’t leave it up to someone else.  I am really frustrated about it because I could not imagine leaving my child anywhere all the time for that long of period if she had no say in the matter. The little girl does so good with potty training, I know if her mother helped she would be trained already.

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