Help!!

He is on the list for family day care, which would be the home daycare. But unfortuantly this list is a very long list and it goes by priority...so abused kids or kids who's parents drink or abuse drugs are taken first and unfortuantly where i am living this seems to be a common occurance!!!

Ok so heres how things went with the daycare. My partner spoke to the director and she was shocked that his progress throughout the day was not being noted in his book and ensured us that from now on she would check that everything would be recorded (naps and food wat times and how much) and so far that has been done. They have gone back to putting him down for two naps a day and he seems to be alot happier and has gotten over his fear of the cot thank god. The only problem i have with this part is that he has been going down for one hour at a time for them which is fine and is better than nothing but then yesterday when the person i do not trust was working there his book conveniently said he slept 9.30-11.30 and then 2.30-3.30 which is exactly what it says on he board he does at home. I just think it is very odd that just that day he would sleep so much, especially when he was so tired when i picked him up.

As for the dirty bum, it seems a few parents have complained about this so they had a room meeting and now there will be inspections done but so far it seems to have been better...but his poor bum is still all spotty cos is was so bad!!

On tuesday the poor lad was so exhausted he had 4 naps and still went to bed at 7! I think because he is so active in between is why he still needs two naps. This is what seems to work best for him, and i think he still needs that because he still sleeps solidly 12 hrs at night only waking for water or if he wacks his head on the cot or something! I actually find he sleeps less at night when he only has one nap cos hes so overtired.

thanks for all your help and support girls its really helped having someone to vent to!!

Thanks hooha.

Ive been complaining about everything that they do wrong now cos im just so over it but it seems to be helping so hopefuly it'll start looking up. The staff member i was not happy with and his wife who is the room leader have been working a lot less and the other girl who works there is alot more organised and caring so thigs have been going pretty well

Its really helped havin the support of you girls so thanks so much!!

Callum has been on family day care list since he was 2months still nothing back as he is not being abused and i have no drink or drug problems....they say these children get priority but one of my clients does fam day care and she got parents who dont even work and have no personal probs...these are people who are supposed to be bottom of the list!! So i duno wat really decides it.

Ok well here is an update onmy situation...let me get this out of the way now.....grrrrrrrr...now here we go!!!

Well everything seemed to be goin good for awhile, they started putting him for his two naps and he was happy out...but obviously this is putting the staff out some how...or one staff member anyway...and they decided to tell us he has two naps while all the while only putting him for one which made him veer overtired and cranky. My partner confronted the carer a few weeks ago wen she blatantly lied to him and actually scribbled over times written in his book to make her lies convincable....it didnt work it just got her caught out, but we let it slide that time just mentioned it to the director.

Anyway, on Monday callum was extremely tired wen we picked him up and there was only one time written for his naps so I asked if he got his second nap to which i got 'ya at 3.30' then when my partner asked (he hadnt heard me ask) he got an answer of '2.30' so i asked why it was two diff times and she said oh he slept from 2.30 to 3.30. My partner then asked why it wasnt written down when everyone elses was and she blamed the other staff member for forgetting to do it and started gettin agitated and defensive so my partner said 'the only reason im asking is because i know i have been lied to in the past and i dont want it happenin again' at this she stopped listening calling him rude saying they are doing their best they are short staffed sometimes kids dont want to sleep but callum did sleep etc etc etc bla bla bla. So my partner said 'dont worry about it i'll take it up with the director' and everyone walked away. I didnt want to fall out with anyone so i turned around and me and callum said goodbye to everyone...including this carer. Then wen i got home i sent her a msg sayin i didnt want to fall out with her cos we were friends before and she also sometimes looked after callum for us. The reply i got was that she hated fallin out with frends but hated rude people more!!! How was I rude?? I didnt open my mouth!!! And as for my partner....I do not consider someone asking about the welfare of their child to be rude.

Now on Monday the acting director called in sick which meant they were under staffed. Also, whoever done the roster was clueless cos the centre opens til 6.30 and there was only one staff member rostered on after 5pm and only 2 staff from 4-5. So when we went in at 5.30 there was two staff members on (one had worked later than she was rostered) but there was 18 kids....anyone with kids will know this is waayyy above the allowed ratio. I was told by someone that just after 5 there was 22kids and only 2carers!! This in my opinion is NOT acceptable.

So...Tues my partner called the centre and asked for the director but she had called in sick again so he asked who was in charge and was told it was the carer he had the disagreement with on monday so he just said thank you and hung up. He then called the new owner (we had been given the number last wk cos hes just taken over). My partner apologised for disrupting him and told him the reason for the phone call...in his own words...'disgusting'!! He said he thinks myself and my partner have been extremely patient with the daycare and that if it was him he would have pulled his kids out a long time ago. He also said that he thinks the way we were spoken to on Monday was 'disgusting' and that he wouldnt have just been annoyed (my partner admits he was annoyed at the carer on monday) but he would have been angry and everyone would know it!! He believes we have every right to ask questions about callum and his care. He also thought the staff problem was 'disgusting' (he likes that word lol) he told us that he gave instructions to get enough casuals in to cover the ratios and was appalled this was not done. He has promised that there will be big changes put in place to prevent this ever happening again.

Overall we were very happy with the new owner and it really sounds like he is going to try his best to fix the problem!! fingers crossed!!

Well we were going to ring DoCS but my partner said he'd give the new director a chance to explain himself first. And it turns out the director never told him about us approaching her before so he never knew there was any problems there!!

So he was really happy we called him and has asked us to call him directly anymore if we have any problems!

I really wanted to call the accreditation place NCAC to get them reassessed cos theres no way they are complying but were going to give them 3wks (the owner said 2wks the changes will be made so i think giving him an extra wk is fair!) and if theres no improvement then I'll call.

My partner told the owner he was going to call DoCS and the he said he wouldnt blame him and that he every right to but all DoCS would do is check out the paperwork etc but that he (the new owner) was going to do alot more than that. So at least he is taking responsibility!!

I went in today (so the first day back since monday) and the carer that had the disagreement left the room!! The only thing i worry about is that they take it out on callum wen i leave. I mean we got the director and one staff member in trouble so they wont be happy.

Ya i like him so far. I mean he said himself the daycare needs alot of work and that he is going to bring it up to standard. I thought it was funny at the end of the conversation he said im not here to make a profit im here to make a difference so if your not happy when the changes are made then i will give u your money back.... i thought it was really sweet that he wants to make a difference but to us its not about the money its about the care.

But anyway fingers crossed it'll look up from here!!

Oh emms...do i really want to hear them lol ill be getting paranoid!! The disturbing thing is...i met one of the other mums on the bus lately and she told me that if this particular woman doesnt like u then she ignores your child and doesnt like the child....which is just wrong and horrible.

She also has a grudge against my partner from the last time he had a run in there cos he apologised to the girl he spoke to saying he was sorry if she felt he was rude but he was just annoyed and wanted answers but he never apologised to her husband...to which he explained yesterday was because he only asked him one question then continued the convo with the girl so there was no way he was rude to him.