Hi all, i'm just wondering if anybody has been in a similar situation and what you did :
i look after 3 children i have a 8mth, 16mth and 5yr, i also have my son who is 3yrs.
All are really well behaved and a complete pleasure to look after, its the 5yr old i'm having trouble with. I only have him here and there as his mum works shifts, a average of approx 4 hours a week.
Last week was the first time i had him for a full day, there was only him and ds to look after, my dh had the day of work (he had completes his icp etc too but not been inspected) and he assisted me for the day.
mindee was great for first hour or so, we went to a local park, and mindee kept running off from us and would not come when called, when putting him the car he refused to sit in a booster seat and took a good 10mins of persuadtion. I set up a play doh activity, and he was great during that but then got so excited and started being very cheeky, calling us names, literally throwing toys at us, then proceeded to go into play room and pile all the toys into a big heap. (he did tidy with persuadetion). He has been put onto time out for several times but would not stay put and hid under table refused to come out. anyway if i go into detail this will be a very long post. He basically is doing one thing after another, refuses to sit and eat, refuses to do what i ask, constently shouts at others both adults and children. Never wants to the activities i have set for the day. and this morning was the last straw, he hit ds twice, then kicked ds nearly slammed the toilet door on ds fingers, so i rung his mum and she picked him up. I'm now thinking of 'sacking him' as i have to think about the others in my care, At the moment i feel a failure, on top of that one of the other parents sends her mum to drop her dd off for me to look after without any warning, Anyway sorry to go on, but its good to get things off your chest.