I need to whine a bit (please join in)

[emoflamingo]

My SIL is not watching my kids anymore, starting Monday, because she has TOO many activities for her kids (seriously, she has ONE night a week she isn't busy with the 5 activities her 3 - of 4 - kids participate it) and she is overwhelmed with those things, school, work and life in general. Fine. So I had initially found a new in-home licensed daycare. H balked at the price and then realized we needed someone so when I called, she filled her spots. Friend my SIL is sending her kids to PT (when she works) is also full. So I make him do the work to find a new place because I did all the work last time. He scheduled appointments, got the contract and deposit to her and they start on Monday. But she has no other paperwork. No shot records, none of that. I told him it was his responsibility because I'm swamped at work with training someone new, plus doing my job and her job since she doesn't know it yet (I'm taking a rare "long break" of 5 minutes to decompress from filing 25 claims from a hail storm last night) so I asked him just now if he took care of it. He hasn't called and gotten it yet. There is no way they can get it done today (they close at 5!) and have it for me to give her on Monday morning.

So now I'm scrambling to get it all taken care of.

This is why I do it all - because if I don't, it gets pushed off and forgotten and then I do it anyways.

ARGH!

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That sucks!
Is your dr. affiliated with a hospital or separate? Mine is in a main hospital so I can walk in anytime, show my ID and insurance and the secretary will just print a shot record no problem.

It's even online for us so I can look it up myself if I'm super in a hurry.

[emoflamingo]

They're separate, unfortunately and they said it takes 3 business days to get it taken care of. I'm so pissed that he put this off. And of course I do drop off so I have to explain that the paperwork isn't done when I drop off and hope she doesn't turn me around and tell me I can't bring them until the paperwork is complete.

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May 31, 2013 16:20:50 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

They're separate, unfortunately and they said it takes 3 business days to get it taken care of. I'm so pissed that he put this off. And of course I do drop off so I have to explain that the paperwork isn't done when I drop off and hope she doesn't turn me around and tell me I can't bring them until the paperwork is complete.

I forgot my kid's records for 3 weeks (mind you. I had access. They were printed. On my desk. Kept forgetting) and felt horrible. The daycare lady said that it didn't matter all that much has long as she had dr. contact info, my info and who had pickup access. The only time it matters is when it's inspection time.

Mine wasn't too worked about it at all.

[emoflamingo]

I hope so. I'm still irritable that I was THIS CLOSE to being part time and then he realized his numbers were wrong and we had to find a new daycare all the same weekend. Such a clusterfuck. I told him more had to change (i.e. I can't be the only one cleaning and caring for kids on top of a full time job and 2 side jobs I do to make myself less homicidal) and so far it's not worked well. I need to stop having come-to-Jesus talks and just stop doing his laundry or shopping for groceries.

[ktzmoh]

that stinks. My DH is like that too. and there is nothing worse than finding childcare you like and that fits the budget. I hate it with a white hot passion .

[moolarkey]

Childcare being such a major PITA is one of the main reasons we didn't have more kids. I got so tired of having to find reliable childcare. One woman decided to go back to work full time, another decided to babysit her sister's kids, 2 moved out of state. One woman's son got sick right before my kids were to start there, I forget what he had but he and my son were both about 2 and she had to completely restart his diet and just didn't feel she could take on other kids too. One woman, when I first took my kids to her, they were the only kids but about every 2 days she added another kid. The night I went and she'd added 3 more, bringing her total to 11 was the last time my kids went there. Then there was my Jehovah's Witness neighbors. All she needed to do was watch him from 12 to 3:15, after he got out of kindergarten and I got home from work. I hoped she would push her religion on him. She did. He'd come home and tell us what she'd said. H and I would explain what H and I believed. He'd go back and tell her what we believed. That didn't last long by mutual agreement. Funny thing, she came from a long line of JW, her H was a 1st generation. She had an affair, left him, divorced him, left the church and became a long-haul truck driver. She is REALLY pretty and very petite. Talk about a huge change!

[sierramist03]

Ugh I can imagine your frustration. Not child related but DH has had $500 in cash for deposit all week and just today took them to the places! I bugged him every night about it. I'm trying to do everything I can from here but dude you have to do this and you had to physically look at houses and that's all. I am even packing our entire house by myself.