CM Club: A guide to parents..........."Your childminder likes......"

alibubbles, one of my mindees mums insists on sending him in a big thick coat "because it's very cold". but Never,ever sends gloves or a hat, so his wee hands get really cold, then of course he gets upset.
Mind you, this same mother has been known to send mindee in thick sweater and jeans on really hot sunny days, and in shorts nad t-shirt and nothing else on chilly days!

your childminder would appreciate you telling them if your child had a bad night/no breckie/etc so she wouldn't need to make wild guesses

Katymac, I'll second - Your childminder likes you to provide a hat, coat and gloves. I have just bought a child in my care a coat as she never ever comes with one, I think mum thinks new stay in all day, thi is not the first family and they are not 'poor' famiies.

Despite me telling her, I do not have a cosy toes as I hate them, that her DD is in the pushchair without a coat when we collect from nursery, okay,it is opnly 500 yards, but all the other mums look at me in my thick cosy duffel and then at mindie!

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shosha, how about being called a babysitter by educated people?

Can't really complain about my mindee's m&d as they're so nice! Some of these posts are making me appreciate what I've got

your childminder works all day just like you so doesnt want to stand chatting for half an hour after work!

your childminder would appreciate a phone call to let her/him know you are running late.........preferably a little before due pick up time!!

Saltire, that sounds like a good idea, though my mums phonecalls are often a welcome relief from "it's my shot" "no it's my turn now" or various two-year old interpretations of that.

The most recent one was my grandparents "we will be visiting your area so that we can see the children". Me - "well make it the end of the week, you know I work Mon, Tues, Weds", them "Ohh, do you have to?"

I'll just tell his mum to cancel her meetings, shall I? Grrr.

Hello by the way, my dh works in StA, so know your part of the world. I'm further north though.

Your childminder likes a bottle of chardonnay and a large box of chocolates every friday evening as a reward for putting up with your miserable dc s all week

well girders,I have stopped answering my home phone during the day. I have caller display, and unless it's one of mindees parents I don't answer. I got so sick of all my frineds, my mum, MIL, my aunts etc phoning during the day and expecting me to have huge long chats with them

Your childminder would really like if most of her own family did not forget or totally dismiss the fact that she is working!
(Don't mean that they think it's a cooshy job, but they actually forget I have one and expect me to be able to visit / take trips to see them whenever it suits them!!!!
Sorry for rant.

Your childminder likes being paid on time!!
Your childminder likes you to provide plenty of wipes/nappies/spare clothes...
Your childminder likes your children who require breakfast before going to school to arrive at a reasonable time,NOT 5 minutes before we leave for school.

YOUR CHILDMINDER LIKE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS

lol - not that I dont like my job! But we all love our days off!

Your childminder likes to be paid on time

Your childminder likes you to have some sort of sleepinbg routine with your child, before arriving at Cm's.

You childminder would like your chiold to eat snacks and meals at times set by the childminder, not eat out of their lunchbox all day.

Your childminder would like it if her IL's, friends and general people she meets in her day to day life would stop referring to childminding as "babysitting" and asking when i will get a proper job!.

can you tell what sort of day i have had

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Your childminder likes to be remembered from time to time.
Your childminder definately likes to be paid on time.
Your childminder likes for mums at playgroup not to say about childminding 'its better than working I suppose'