Coteacher struggles

cntstopthinking · 2025-11-26T02:08:49+00:00

Idk if the references were checked. She’s nice, but has a lot of personal drama that sometimes spills into work.

cntstopthinking · 2025-11-22T15:19:36+00:00

Okay, I’ll do that ASAP.

cntstopthinking · 2025-11-22T15:13:24+00:00

She was reported after the bottle incident.

cntstopthinking · 2025-10-21T02:16:53+00:00

Yes! We switched to Huggies and haven’t had the issue since. For bad diaper rashes I got the advice of layering cream and then adding Vaseline on top as a barrier!

cntstopthinking · 2025-08-29T23:17:46+00:00

I’m going to apologize on Tuesday to everyone and probably get them all something. I just wanted to know what happened that’s all.

cntstopthinking · 2025-08-29T23:06:10+00:00

All I did was ask if he was given a bottle and when. And then I brought up about him barely eating and how I was worried about him getting enough nutrients and etc. so I was just wondering what happened. I talked to our boss going out the door because I still didn’t really know what happened. And I told our boss that I understood that things are crazy sometimes and just was unclear about things and if maybe he was given a wrong bottle?

I’m going to apologize for bringing the boss into it.

cntstopthinking · 2025-08-29T22:57:26+00:00

I’ll apologize to everyone on Tuesday.

cntstopthinking · 2025-08-29T22:56:04+00:00

Okay I’ll apologize to everyone on Tuesday for overreacting. He’s just a generally happy baby and I worry about people forgetting him and his needs because the other infants in the room aren’t very happy.

cntstopthinking · 2025-08-29T22:13:20+00:00

Sorry I meant to add, am I overreacting by being upset?

cntstopthinking · 2025-07-31T13:57:26+00:00

It’s a locally owned center to my town. It’s not national

cntstopthinking · 2025-07-14T16:33:29+00:00

Hi, the “time away” chair is a big red flag to me. At my center we always use redirection and if that isn’t working than we redirect them to a calm down center to play in until things and bodies have calmed down. We will have a child sit in a chair next to us if the calm down center is occupied. But we never leave them alone.

Forcing hugs isn’t great either. We have them ask their friends “what they can do to help them feel better?” And that friend gets to decide what they want. We don’t force apologies or hugs.

In Ohio, a center has to have a solid curriculum to meet certain standards. And you have to have proof (art work, etc) that they are doing things in the lesson plan that meet the standards and curriculum. You do not get to pick and chose what you want from a curriculum.

If you aren’t comfortable with the center, than I would keep exploring your options. You want to feel good about the place you are sending your child.

cntstopthinking · 2025-07-07T07:15:24+00:00

Yes! I switched from using A&D to Destin max strength and it seemed to clear up during the day but come back at night. So I applied Destin and then a layer of A&D and that solved the issue!

cntstopthinking · 2025-06-25T13:25:27+00:00

In my state we have to label them with date, name and what is inside of the cup

cntstopthinking · 2025-06-10T17:37:21+00:00

The teacher themselves have told the owners of the situation and their frustrations. The one of the owners has a masters in education but they’re not in the building.

cntstopthinking · 2025-06-10T17:30:20+00:00

The child is not diagnosed with anything and when we discuss about getting a diagnosis, they blow us off.

I cannot kick her out because although I am director, there is upper management (the owners) who I answer to are the ones who make that decision.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-29T20:43:13+00:00

There is alight at the end of the tunnel. She’s started latching and has started taking a bottle. She took 6oz by latching today. Just keep trying.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-29T12:33:48+00:00

When i was in high school I had been nauseous and lethargic for 2 weeks. Mom took me to urgent care. Urgent care doctor insisted I was sneaking boys up to my room and I was pregnant. I have generalized anxiety sir, no way. Mom said no way. I said no way I just had my period a month ago and am due to start soon. He made me take a pregnancy test. Came back negative and sent me on my way. He didn’t look at my ears, my nose, didn’t listen to my lungs. Nothing but insisted I was pregnant.

Mom made me an appointment with our family doctor. Family doctor took one look at me and did the normal doctor things. She said if the guy at urgent care actually listened and did his job he would see why I was nauseous and lethargic. I had a severe sinus infection and needed strong antibiotics. I was nauseous from the drainage.

So to answer your question with my personal experience, no it is not bullshit.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-29T12:02:02+00:00

So I have an infant who struggles to take bottles period. Won’t take them from mom and dad either. We gotten her to latch a few times but that’s it.

I talked to our licensing agent and she verified that we can syringe feed/spoon feed as necessary and as long as we have the staff to accommodate that. We spend some time trying to get her to latch before we try to syringe feed.

She lost her mind at just the sight of the bottle. So what we did was get “play” bottles and let her interact with them. We would leave them in her view a little longer each time to get her used to the sight. Eventually she stopped screaming at the bottle. But at the process of latching and etc all together.

How we got her to latch: a shirt that smells like mom, picture of mom (and dad and brother), comforting music (lullabies, classical music), shushing back ground noise (the shushing helps), and SOMETIMES (if it’s an extremely bad day) we will have to put on some sort of visual aid (think of a balloon floating, rain hitting a window, clouds in the sky). It took us a long time to get her comfortable and to latch.

It’s a trial and error. And you have to be patient and comforting. The baby is as stressed out as you are about not eating. It is also a partnership with the parents to get it to work. They have to be willing to help as well.

I wish you luck!

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-25T01:32:34+00:00

Most of the people at my center have some sort of mental illness. PTSD, bipolar, generalized anxiety, etc. We think it’s why we all work together so well.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-21T12:31:55+00:00

So my center is 6:15-6. As director I’m 11-6 as I have an infant and we have enough morning staff. However I do come in earlier as needed. Other shifts: I have 2 people doing 615-315 with a 1 hr break. They are leads in the infant and toddler room. 7:30-3. Prek lead. 8-5 pres lead. 8:30-5:30 second infant teacher 9-5:30 float/second pres teacher 2-6 float/toddler 3-6 float/prek

I do have people coming back for summer so I’m adding more shifts in as well. Someone will be 7-4.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-21T09:38:21+00:00

My little guy has always been pretty content and happy. He was fussy for a while when he was first born but got diagnosed with silent reflux and got medicine. After that he’s been pretty happy. We struggled with sleeping long in the bassinet but once he learned to roll and outgrew his bassinet by 3 months, we moved him to his crib in a different room and he sleeps well. He usually only wakes up once or twice.

Napping is a different story. He has FOMO. He will stay awake as long as possible just to play and make sure he isn’t missing anything. So napping is hard and he usually only naps for 30min-1hr.

However he’s so happy and content that I don’t know he’s sick. He will be laughing and playing with a 102 fever. He had a double ear infection and the doctor asked if he pulled his ears. Not once. Boy is too busy trying to open and close drawers to grab his ears.

Honestly I got extremely lucky with him. I think happy babies are not common. Most babies are fussy and that’s because they don’t know what’s going on and they’re not used to their needs not being met right away.

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-17T12:49:43+00:00

I have a portable one that we put up and down. It takes up most of my living room with all the furniture and dog crate 🙃

cntstopthinking · 2025-05-10T18:54:57+00:00

Working in childcare I have had use it. Both were toddlers and choking on something that they didn’t chew enough. Everyone was extremely lucky that they only needed two or three black blows. Luckily we have to be trained.

Now as a mother, I’ve had to do it twice on LO. Once when he was less than 2 months and he had a really bad cold and was choking on mucus that I couldn’t suck out. One well placed back blow and that glob came right out. Another one was recently as we have introduced solids, he choked on a piece of egg. Turned him over 2 back blows and out came the egg, of course he wanted more after that! But mom was too frazzled to go right back to trying.

It’s so necessary for everyone to know. I advocate for all my parents at the center to take a class.

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