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Does anyone use Baby's days software ? Any good ?

55 replies

Summerfruit · 21/12/2010 13:19

It looks great and maybe really efficient ? Would to hear your views !

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looneytune · 22/12/2010 13:54

Agree with BALD. God, I have bad days but my parents would never know it!! Would be very unproffesional to take something out on a parent/mindee, I am far more in control than that :)

3children · 22/12/2010 14:16

I absolutely agree, its very bad form and very unprofessional to vent bad days, and equally my parents would never know. Im not trying to make waves, phewee its a scary thing being a first timer on here lol. Seriously tho I do completely understand your trepidation, I am not in anyway offended ! I am an honest to goodness childminder and I only wanted to say how positive my experience was.I cant unfairly judge anyone :)

pippin26 · 22/12/2010 15:50

3children - its not a oneoff 'bad day' Mr BD has - he has been rude and offensive on more than one occasion on different forums. He has also been very rude about people. There is no excuse to that.

I am sure Ofsted do 'love' the various linking of planning and the very formalised looking sheets and paperwork - however it should be remembered that NONE of this gives you an outstanding (or shouldn't be anyway) and that is what I object to in part for their advertising.

Just due to the aggressive and rude behaviour I would never use nor recommend (no matter how much Ofsted 'love' it) the product. (besides Oftsted 'love' my handwritten paperwork and they also 'love' my outstanding friends' paperwork - again all handwritten) :)

BabysDays · 22/12/2010 16:33

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/12/2010 16:35

what a surprise

NOT

3children · 22/12/2010 16:37

Ok I think this ones done to death I havent set out to cause friction in any way. I had a positive experience and wanted to express that and I hope I dont need to "soft soap" anybody, again not my intention. I simply expressed my experience. I also handwrite everything pippin and was commended with outstanding aspects on my own merit. But hey ho we are all entitled to our own opinions and views. I try not to judge people or be negative . Im feeling a real girl power vibe on here lol :) Hopefully I'll still be allowed to express myself without causing further damage or harm, definitely unintentional. I get it... BD did many wrongs on site and thats not good, but sorry I cant say bad stuff ,cos he hasnt to me and wouldnt about anyone as Im hopefully more professional than that and refuse to resort to playground tactics , surely thats acceptable and fair !

BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/12/2010 16:41

no promotion of your system,here, for eg, Mr BabysDays

Hmm
3children · 22/12/2010 16:51

I have to say, I havent got children this afternoon....lucky me....but how do you find the time to write constantly on this site ??? Just wondering ! I know I wont be logging in too much. Too bitchy for me allround. Its a shame that youre happy enough to slate people and draw people into your slanging matches. BALD , you need to LET IT GO ....ok so you dont rate the system but So what, we are all entitled to like , dislike, have an opinion etc.

nannynick · 22/12/2010 17:07

You will find that people will post on mumsnet when:

Biscuit They don't have children present

Biscuit Children are busy occupying themselves

3children · 22/12/2010 17:09

I dont understand why Mark is getting slated so much for his system or for how he responds to posts. I have never met him but have spoken on the phone and via email and he is really professional , informative and genuinely nice. The poor man has literally had to phone his babysdays users to defend himself,How sad is that ??? Ive just had my call and I back him 100%. I love his site and my parents are really happy with it. I pay £9.99 a month for a system which allows me free time to concentrate more on the children in my care. Give him a break and stop deleting his posts. Everyone should be entitled to defend themselves. From what I have witnessed and experienced today as a new user I am appalled at how some of the users on here conduct themselves....and they look after children !

looneytune · 22/12/2010 17:14
Hmm
BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/12/2010 17:18

um

Could you explain what behaviour has appalled you today, please?

I linked to a very old thread to illustrate a point I made

You told me to LET IT GO (your caps)

End of story, so I thought

3children · 22/12/2010 17:21

looneytune you may be thinking WTF but I have tried to post reasonably to this thread. I just think its unfair to slate someone and draw people into a discussion for them to then be "shouted" down for having an opinion ! It doesnt matter who likes/dislikes but we are all entitled to defend and speak up. End Of ! Biscuit

3children · 22/12/2010 17:26

BALD just in general, not you or any specific user per se, Im talking in general. I havent once set out to cause friction, Ive emphasised that throughout but there is so much attention drawn to the negatives Im being drawn in myself lol Keep trying to be reasonable and light hearted but to no avail. Just find it frustrating and such an opinionated site. Its not for me methinks....nobodys fault, Im just not that way inclined.

3children · 22/12/2010 17:28

And BALD sorry, things can get misconstrued in text or email, I look like a right pissy cow putting END OF in caps, it was only for emphasis ! Blush

BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/12/2010 18:57

ach, no problem

discussion fora can be tricky beasts

stick around

be prepared for cut n thrust rather than nicey-nicey, we speak as we find but the CMs here are a great bunch

3children · 22/12/2010 19:01

More like cut throat, you're like vipers, lol Thanks ! Grin Im a mumsnet / forum virgin, a hopeless case cos I cannot be this aggressive !

3children · 22/12/2010 19:04

nannynick sorry to you also , I didnt mean to imply you sat around ignoring the kids, I meant literally how do you find the time ? I can feel myself getting completely drawn in and not wanting to come away....NO MATTER WHAT lol ;)

nannynick · 22/12/2010 20:59

People tend to post and dash at times, so niceties get missed a bit. "cut n thrust" yep that sort of describes this part of Mumsnet.

Hey could be worse, you could have started posting on AIBU - that would be been a real baptism of fire. Very scary board that one Grin

Oh and you will find that some message threads have a strange magical power of drawing you in and not letting you leave. You have to just get up and go sometimes... like I did this evening, I went to the gym. Time for dinner now.

chabbychic · 22/12/2010 21:02

Yes I do remember. Hence why I only ever post on mumsnet to give or ask for simple advice... learned a long time ago to stay well clear of everything else!

pinkchick1 · 29/07/2013 13:46

Not more babysdays slatting, look, you either like something or you don't, why do people behave like this.

NomDeClavier · 29/07/2013 14:56

Zombie thread

Biscuit
BoysAreLikeDogs · 29/07/2013 15:19

Well I for one had forgotten about how um interesting discussions around Babys Days were, thanks ever so much for reminding me, PinkChick1.

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pinkchick1 · 17/02/2014 14:34

Right, so you go into M and S, you don't like the clothes, do you go to the manager and have a go at him for his clothes, no, you either buy and wear the clothes or you go else where.

Now I don't know about many childminders, but think how many of you speak towards the situation of agencies or government people, not naming names. You do this as you are stressed, have loads of stuff on your plate and you are all having a right go at these people.

Now babysdays in reality has not been around very long. When you start up a business, you don't have loads of people to help, you have little money and have to do it all yourself until you build the business and then manage to employ people to help, but this can only be done when money comes in, money can only come in as people buy. The more people that buy the more people one person has to deal with, as well as re inventing lots of other bits for the system to please everyone.

Writing computer softwear is not easy and its very time consuming, that's why web designers charge so much. Now I don't know how many people use babysdays, but I would assume its probably 4000 or more, how is it possible for a small company to constantly answer everyone when they call. Eventually when its big enough and the funds are their, no doubt they will have dedicated call handlers, but that's expensive.

I wish people could look beyond everything and thing of what Mark is actually doing, and has done for us, he has invented something that has saved my life, I wish people would see, in life some people may get stressed, they may be trying to help people constantly and could snap or get fed up, is it a wonder, with that many people to please and running a new business with probably a small work force, not an easy thing.

dobby2001 · 17/02/2014 16:09

THIS THREAD IS 3 YEARS OLD PINKCHICK! And there are now several alternatives for folk to choose from that are also free and without drama thanks.