CM CLUB....Items that parents forget....

[hennipenni]

(not a parent bashing thread!!)

Todays offer is nappies...ho hum, out in the rain to buy some more!



Other items forgotten in the past....pushchairs, coats, change of clothes..

[star1976]

I had mindee 2 some with shoes but no socks last week. Put DS' socks on and forgot to take them off before mindee was collected.

Parents never mentioned that they had forgotten their DD's docks, ot that she was wearing my DS's. Nor did I get them back!

[MaureenMLove]

No, thats the point. He can tell the difference!! I've tried everything! Trouble is, I'm not very good with juices at all. My dd only ever had water with a hint of juice and now doesn't even bother with the hint!

[soak]

oh!!!! is it only from the bottle he will have it?? switch it with other juice you use - he may not notice the difference

[MaureenMLove]

I keep calling you that! Its LoveMYGirls not MyLovelyGirls!!! - sorry!

[MaureenMLove]

Yes! It is Fruitshoots! I always pour it into one of my own cups when we go out!! He really, really won't drink anything else and lord knows I've tried!

MLG - what exactly did this parent arrive with other than the child! Some people!

[LoveMyGirls]

Mindee turned up yesterday with no, nappies, dummy, cup, change of clothes. I'm very lucky dd2 is only a tiny bit smaller so used her nappies, cup and dummy but because of the rain his trousers got wet through and had to borrow some from toddler group (girls ones!) until we went home then i had to put him in his now damp (after being on heater) trousers then when we got home i dried them properly.

I once had a baby who turned up without formula milk (had to take 3 under 15mths to go to the shop 10mins before mindee's feed was due so was very grumpy!)

[saltire]

Items that parents forget............ well where to start. little mindee 1 (who is sadly no longer with me as they moved) often arrived without a coat, NEVER EVER had a change of clothes in his bag,his lunchbox was often forgotten, on one occasion his mum drove all the way to her work and realised he was still in the car - which wouldn't have been so bad but she had stopped on teh way to take her older son out of the car at his nursery and still didn't notice mindee1 in teh car.

I had a baby once whose mum forgot to send her bottles and nappies.
Another whose mum sent their daughter with no knickers on - having 2 DS I had to put the wee soul in thomas pants.

[PinkChick]

LOl..fruit shoots????LOL

[Shoshable]

Mo after the amount of years Ive been doing this, I better have learnt a few lessons I also have mahe some norrendus balls ups, sop please dont aspire to much

[soak]

MML - what is it he only drinks? (I dont know

[islandofsodor]

Two weeks ago our dance teacher turned up to class with a black bag of nappies. The person looking after her baby was left with the bag of CD's!!!!!

[PinkChick]

i get parents to birng back with spare clothes in at start of week, younger ones bags also inc nappies, wipes, cream inc sun cream, comforters etc, must say all barring one are very good at remembering these!

[PinkChick]

the amount of times ii have put dd's clothes on mindee, inc underwear, trousers and NEVER got them back to this day!.other than that mine have never 'really' forgotten much..other than to pay me!

[MaureenMLove]

You're really good at this job Shosh! You always seem to come up with really good ideas! I aspire to be like you!!!

[fireflyfairy2]

I didn't really want him to have that particular type, just he had had it at my mums & enjoyed it so I bought some

Now he has her home made stuff & he still eats the other at my mums. The rest of us don't like custard

[MaureenMLove]

BLimey FFF! Thats a bit off! If you wanted you lo to eat tinned custard, then thats up to you isn't it? If I stood by that rule, there'd be a thirsty little boy here - he ONLY drinks you know what!!!

[Shoshable]

I bought two of these and they are in my hallway, each child has one, parents leave spare clothes, a coat, and nappies in it, when a child has half a nappy bag left I stick a sticker on there back as I always forget to ask, that way parents know to bring some

[fireflyfairy2]

Sometimes just one look from my childminder can make me feel so inferior

Like the time I sent a tin on custard as ds had some at my mums & loved it... she handed it to me at pick up, in front of the other mindees mum & said "We do not eat canned custard in this house, I make my own

[motherinferior]

We forgot DD1's shoes once (DP took her in the car).

My childminder made her views felt. I took her flowers

God I love my childminder.

[Shoshable]

The worst thing a mother ever forgot was her CHILD!!!

Mother came in, in a rush at the end of a day to pick up her daughters 8 & 10, grabs their bags as I'm talking to her the older one takes the car keys and goes out to the car younger one is sitting next to me with baby on her lap, mother goes out to car, gets in drives to end of rd to turn around looks in mirror and realises younger child not there, meanwhile in the house I say to the younger child

'Mums forgotten you'

child shrugged nonchalantly

'Its not the fist time' and carries on playing with baby

Cue mother flying through the door.

Yes mother was blonde and no she never lived it down!

[looneytune]

I have a 4 year old ds and quite often the 1 year old ends up with his coat on BUT in fairness, you can get a right headache IF you have a dd/ds who gets funny about seeing mindees in THEIR things. Example of this is when I had mindee the same age and she kept having wee wee accidents but still no spare clothes in her bag. I was constantly putting ds's trousers/pants on her but it really was a nightmare as ds would start going off on one!!!

[crace]

I am lucky that my daughter is a few months older than main mindee so she just borrows our stuff but it's the nappies that is the hardest for us. I had to let them borrow one of our cloth nappies and wrap and still haven't gotten it back. I hate bugging people too

[fireflyfairy2]

Well, in defence of my own childminder, it seems that she has a lot of common sense.

She actually lets my ds wear a coat belonging to her son if I forget his.

Do any of you have children of your own that could lend the mindee a coat/jumper/whatever on the occassions they are forgotten?

[JennaJ]

One of my little ones came in a jumper today with no coat and no raincoat....its been p***g it down with rain!!

Now I love the mum and the mindee and am not having a go. I KNOW how easy it is to forget things in the rush in the morning...but a coat!!!

I just know she is going to want to know why we haven't been out much today...do you think she will like the answer! LOL

Had someone once forget to collect their child once...mum thought hubby was doing it and he thought mum was collecting. Took 3 hours to track someone down to come and collect..then had to bug them for weeks about the extra money owed!! Didn't keep that mindee for very long....

[quietmouse]

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