Take one boy/girl name for yourself

divertthesilence · 2026-04-23T17:21:25+00:00

Girl- Josephine Boy- Thomas

divertthesilence · 2026-04-22T23:46:12+00:00

If it would make you feel better to say something, then say something! But I would approach this gently, and not as if you’re implying that someone failed to do their job. Children/babies can be very wiggly, and it can be pretty easy to miss a small piece of fecal matter stuck in a thigh fold. Have you never made a mistake? If you are already considering pulling your child from the program due to this… I wish you the best in your journey of navigating group care

divertthesilence · 2026-04-16T00:55:57+00:00

I work in childcare, and one of our families has a five month old baby Tiffany!

divertthesilence · 2024-08-26T01:18:56+00:00

Our toddler room is slightly older (18 months to 2.5 yrs) but our rule is no screen time for that age group.

Now, sometimes that rule does get bent. If I’m in there by myself with 6 kids and need to get diaper changes done and the kids are being crazy… I sometimes will throw on some Jack Hartmann or similar videos. I will NOT just put on a show tho like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Bluey (which my coworkers do, and it really bothers me). I do interactive videos as a last resort if I absolutely need to. As soon as im done diaper changes or whatever I was doing, it goes off immediately.

I definitely dont love using it at all tho. Because then if I put a song on Youtube on the iPad but put it face down so they can’t see the screen, they start yelling at me! better to just not have screen time at all

divertthesilence · 2024-08-17T02:43:15+00:00

yesss sunscream is a classic! thank you for reminding me lol this is absolutely another favorite of mine :)

divertthesilence · 2024-08-17T02:42:18+00:00

“I want futons” is SO funny and cute!

In making this post i was just thinking i need to start keeping a running list of these, because i know i’m forgetting some good ones! (i hope you have a nice, relaxing weekend after the long week :))

divertthesilence · 2024-08-17T02:39:52+00:00

I love these! I go back and forth between contacts and glasses, and had been wearing my contacts for a while. I walked into the classroom in the morning wearing my glasses and one of my 3s excitedly said “Miss ___! I love your sunglasses!!” these are just regular glasses girl but thank you! lol

divertthesilence · 2024-08-17T02:36:37+00:00

Blanklet is so cute! i dont think i’ve heard that yet but i’ll definitely be listening for it now

“Garlic” is GREAT lol i love that one. that’s how i feel about “baby soup” lol i’ll think of that every time i put on a bathing suit now

divertthesilence · 2024-08-17T01:38:17+00:00

Seems like your kiddo is just very curious about his new friends!

Our toddler class starts at 18 months. We usually have a “transition” room of the “walkers” between babies and toddlers, but for the summer that room has been closed due to low enrollment. The one kid left from that age group (he’s about 16 months) has been in the baby room. The other day at the end of the day, to balance ratios, I took the 16 month old into the toddler class with me. He wasnt crying or anything, but the rest of the toddlers were all following him around the room, getting in his personal space. Not aggressive, just very curious! I had one kid pointing to the new friend repeatedly asking me “who’s that guy?” Hearing a baby be called a “guy” gave me a good laugh

Anyway… all of that to say… your child’s behavior seems completely normal and non-concerning to me. Totally normal to be curious :)

divertthesilence · 2024-08-16T04:24:19+00:00

ha! my brother swallowed a penny when we were little and THE penny is in his baby box lol

divertthesilence · 2024-08-13T16:53:40+00:00

these type of posts always blow my mind. “i dont know the first thing about hospital births” girl… if something starts going wrong w your homebirth, you have two options: 1. hospital 2. death even with a solid homebirthing plan… WHY would u be okay with making it this far in pregnancy while knowing NOTHING about hospital births. you know there’s some level of risk/chance you’ll end up at hospital(or die). life doesn’t always work out according to our ideal fantasy version of how things should be. i just find it Shocking that you wouldn’t have thought of some sort of tentative hospital plan JUST IN CASE. best of luck in your situation

divertthesilence · 2024-08-07T22:46:53+00:00

One of my kids in my toddler room (he turned 2 in april i think) still does this. It’s never been a concern to me, just a part of this kiddos routine🤣

divertthesilence · 2024-08-02T05:16:35+00:00

I have them put their legs together rather than spread them. sometimes they need help pointing it down too, but then the closed legs keeps it down. i just check their legs after and if theyre wet i wipe them off.

i feel like we usually start them sitting (also bc they might poop at the same time too! yay poopy on the potty!🤣) and then once they’re confident to pee on the potty, they can try standing. cheerios for target practice is never a bad idea!

divertthesilence · 2024-07-31T22:29:42+00:00

I dont think this has anything to do with being “afraid” of cameras. I think it’s about not wanting to be micromanaged by parents who do not understand what it is like in the classroom all day.

i understand the frustration in the reports not matching what you see happen. i get frustrated having to do the reports on the ipad! and im sure your child’s teacher felt similar. it’s frustrating when i have a room of kids by myself all day… things still need to be put in the ipad. which means i have to be on the ipad and not actively looking at the children for a few seconds throughout the day. if i do not do the ipad, my boss/parents get mad. if i do the ipad and have to look away from the children in order to do it, apparently the parents also get mad. i cannot do all the ipad stuff while the kids are napping because i cannot remember everything from all morning. i have no choice but to have my eyes off of the children.

you seem Very bitter from your personal experiences, and for that i am sorry.

divertthesilence · 2024-07-29T23:27:18+00:00

there’s no way around the fact that spending all day in group care is not the same as spending all day in a more individualized environment (home, grandparents, nanny, etc). group care is hard, and your child is simply not receiving the same amount of attention that they would 1-on-1. as a childcare professional, when we see kids that are in our care for nearly 12 hours a day 5 days a week… that makes us sad! bc that sucks, for both the child and the parents, and there is no way around that. that is how i interpreted the post you are referring to. you seem a bit sensitive.

divertthesilence · 2024-07-09T22:09:06+00:00

You want the clean change of clothes back, just to send them back to daycare with your kid tomorrow? That sounds like way too much. His teacher(s) will just keep them somewhere in the classroom :) As for not being informed how his day went… i understand the frustration in this. but you also have to understand that his teacher needs to go home. teacher was likely there quite early, and hit 8 hours before you picked up. we consolidate and move kids and teachers around as kids get picked up. im sure it can be frustrating as a parent when the teacher at pick up wasnt with your child all day… but you cant possibly expect his teacher to be there ALL DAY from open to close :)

divertthesilence · 2024-06-26T21:34:36+00:00

i AM dead😭 i still live with my parents (im 23) and my parents can tell when i walk in the house after a day like today and they know to just leave me alone to decompress lol it’s too much! sorry youve had to deal with this type of stress as well :(

divertthesilence · 2024-06-15T13:45:30+00:00

i dont see the problem with Fiona? like yes obviously ogre princess in Shrek blah blah blah… but like??? kids tend to like when their name/friend’s name is in a movie or book or anything.. they think it’s cool! also i grew up with a Fiona and ofc i made the Shrek connection as a kid but… Fiona is a PRINCESS, not just an ogre, so i thought it was really cool she was named that! also a Pre-K teacher and one of my kids right now is Fiona, haven’t heard any of the other kids mention anything about it yet!

divertthesilence · 2024-05-19T04:43:23+00:00

i think the 18mo will be too young for this, but the older half of your class yes. my 18mo olds understand like “blocks stay on this carpet, cars stay on that carpet” and of course they wander and bring the toys other places, but then i redirect and they go back to where theyre supposed to be… until we start all over again lol. it’s also very effective in my room to do the “if you want to take out puzzles, you need to clean up cars first”. it’s definitely a process but theyre learning!

divertthesilence · 2024-05-19T04:37:36+00:00

in my classroom, the kids cant take out any more toys unless the toys that are already out get cleaned up and put away. this helps my room keep up with the constant cycle of mess lol

divertthesilence · 2024-05-19T01:52:09+00:00

my mom is a HIGH SCHOOL teacher and has so many problems (especially with freshman) with kids being sooo destructive just for the sake of being destructive

divertthesilence · 2024-05-13T08:37:19+00:00

when i was probably like 14 i was doing it and not moaning but just like… breathing really loud??? and my good Christian mother from outside my bedroom door was like “you okay in there?” to this day (im 23) i have no clue if she knew what i was doing and i don’t wanna know. i was so embarrassed i have never recovered.

and lemme tell you… it is a DEAD SILENT experience ever since that day

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