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FROM THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF THE CHILD CARE PROFESSION, WE BRING YOU THEIR ANSWER TO:

"YOU KNOW ITS TIME TO QUIT THE CHILD CARE PROFESSION, OR TAKE AN EXTENDED VACATION WHEN:_______________________________"


When you need a chuckle, stop by and read what answers the experts supplied us with! LOL

If you know you are an EXPERT too, then email your finished statements to: Jane in MI or at: daycare-1 list .






YOU KNOW ITS TIME TO HANG UP THE CHILD CARE PROFESSION WHEN....................




"........................Your first thought Monday morning is .. oh, sh.. they're here already!",lol! Pat in CT


".............................the parents walk in and tell you they think someone needs a diaper change, cause you can't smell anything anymore.", Lynda in CT


".............................the State owes you 6 Months BACK PAY for 4 FT kids, and you have to explain to your family that you simply (FORGOT) to send in the billing!", jane in Michigan


"...............you cut your husband meat into tiny bites." LOL, Raymona ( Sorry, Raymona, but I like this one best! Only thing is, what does hubby think about this wording? Read it again! FOFL


".............................when you are walking around behind your own kids and hubby on the weekend with the bleach bottle.! Martha in ??


".............................your dh is explaining how he needs to coordinate a weeklong training and you suggest that he have the participants sing songs or pretend they are animals at transition time." -Barbie


".............................you are leaving a party and you get dh's coat for him and toss it on the floor and say, 'okay, honey, flip it." -Barbie(I did do this, but I knew what I was doing--just teasing dh--he flipped his coat very well though.)


".............................You find that while on a trip to the mall with your family, you have hearded all the nearby children and your family members in line behind you saying, Two by Two, stay together, no pushing, no running." - Rhonda


".............................You bought stock in Duck Tape, cause you use so much of it." -Nora - MI


".............................but I , I , I can't remember why? Lynda in CT




YOU KNOW ITS TIME FOR THAT EXTENDED VACATION WHEN.................




"...............when you cut your husbands food into bite size pieces." LOL, Raymona


"...............when you tell the kids good-night and you'll see them on Monday, and the parents have that blank stare...........and then they ask softly,"Aren't you open tomorrow?" and you realize that it's only Thursday!" jane in Michigan


"...........................You've just filled all the 2, 3 and 4 year olds sippy cups with formula." Kathie in CT


"..........................you've named all the children in your daycare except the one you're talking to." Anne in WA


"..............at closing time you think you hear a child, so you check playpens to make sure everyone got picked up. Anne in WA


"..................your husband asks whats for dessert and you tell him nothing until he finishes what's on his plate." Anne in WA


"..................you see your husband leaving the bathroom, and you ask..."Did youremember to wash your hands?" Kathie in CT


"..................You witness your husband hanging up his coat..and exclaim..."Good job honey!!" Kathie in CT


"..................You try to tuck a tissue into your 23 year old daughters sleeve before she goes out the door. (that's after you've attempted to zip up her coat for her!) Kathie in CT


"..................you go to a party and you're sitting at the table with your hubby's boss, and he burps and you say, "say excuse me", and you dont even realize you said it! And then everyone else cracks up!" loriann


"..................you know it's time to shut down when you are on a date and you absentmindedly cut up the man's steak for him into bitesize pieces as you carry on a conversation." ~donna~ (Yes, I actually did that and no, he never called again.)


"..................you know you've been in daycare too long when even your own children no longer smell a poopy diaper!!!!-Laura/Tzitzakion(This happened yesterday!)P.S. My dds are 12yo and 10.5yo!


"....................when you are walking around behind your own kids and hubby on the weekend with the bleach bottle.." Martha~~Ga


"..................your DH tells you about a "run in" he had with a co-worker and you ask, "Can you think of a better way to handle your mad feelings?"" Kathie in CT








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