Dennis
January 31st, 2004, 10:55 PM
I'm posting this here rather than the working parents forum because it's a more general question.
Joe and his best friend Peter moved up to the same 2-year-old room at daycare at the start of January. There are two teachers in the room (and some break subs) - Liz, who comes in early and Patty who stays late. Liz has been there for several years, and Patty has been there about 8 months, from what we've heard.
Mary usually does the pick ups and Patty always gushes about Joe, beyond the normal "he's a great kid" stuff. She says things like "He's so wonderful - if I lived near your I'd babysit him all the time for free" and on and on. Mary always thought this was a bit odd, but didn't think much of it.
Peter's mom called us on Friday and asked what we thought about the room and Patty in particular. We haven't noticed any problems with Joe, he actually seemed to adjust pretty quickly. Peter's mom said that her husband picked up Peter on Friday and asked him what he did, and Peter said something to the effect of "Patty said not to tell you."
Doesn't that seem really weird? It doesn't sound like something an almost 2-year-old would come up with on his own, does it?
Peter's mom also said that her husband saw her put one of the children into a chair a bit harshly one time when he was picking up Peter. She also said that Patty does the same gushing about Peter that she does about Joe. And Peter has been more reluctant about going to daycare.
She said that they were thinking about asking to have Peter moved to another room, but they don't want to move him unless they can move Joe as well (which is sweet). But if something is off with Patty, we'd rather not have her there at all. They are going to talk to the director about it.
We're wondering if we should talk to the director as well. We really haven't seen anything other than her weird comments about Joe, so I don't know if we have anything to speak up about. But Peter's comments really worry me. Do you think a 2 year old could come up with that on his own?
Dennis
Joe and his best friend Peter moved up to the same 2-year-old room at daycare at the start of January. There are two teachers in the room (and some break subs) - Liz, who comes in early and Patty who stays late. Liz has been there for several years, and Patty has been there about 8 months, from what we've heard.
Mary usually does the pick ups and Patty always gushes about Joe, beyond the normal "he's a great kid" stuff. She says things like "He's so wonderful - if I lived near your I'd babysit him all the time for free" and on and on. Mary always thought this was a bit odd, but didn't think much of it.
Peter's mom called us on Friday and asked what we thought about the room and Patty in particular. We haven't noticed any problems with Joe, he actually seemed to adjust pretty quickly. Peter's mom said that her husband picked up Peter on Friday and asked him what he did, and Peter said something to the effect of "Patty said not to tell you."
Doesn't that seem really weird? It doesn't sound like something an almost 2-year-old would come up with on his own, does it?
Peter's mom also said that her husband saw her put one of the children into a chair a bit harshly one time when he was picking up Peter. She also said that Patty does the same gushing about Peter that she does about Joe. And Peter has been more reluctant about going to daycare.
She said that they were thinking about asking to have Peter moved to another room, but they don't want to move him unless they can move Joe as well (which is sweet). But if something is off with Patty, we'd rather not have her there at all. They are going to talk to the director about it.
We're wondering if we should talk to the director as well. We really haven't seen anything other than her weird comments about Joe, so I don't know if we have anything to speak up about. But Peter's comments really worry me. Do you think a 2 year old could come up with that on his own?
Dennis