I look after a 4 yr old and a 3 yr old 5 days a week sole charge.
I have been working there for a year. Up until 3 weeks ago (after I came back from holiday) I could control them but now their behaviour has gotten unexceptionably bad and they use foul language (they pick it up from their mum). I have tried talking to the mum about it but she doesn't seem to care. I am nearly 15 weeks pregnant. Very exhausted and tired so I am not as energetic and as I was before I was pregnant.
How can I make my days easier? I pride myself on being a good child carer but now I just feel so stressed out it makes me feel as though I never want to go back. Children have never stressed me out and I had so much patience for children...
These are the problems
Lack of respect for adults
Swearing
Dinner table madness-getting up from table, refusing to eat (don't give them anything else)
Pulling faces
Not listening
Talking back
ect
Should I just ignore them? It's not my problem to discipline them, if I am not being backed up from the parents then why should I? but then it has made my last 3 weeks unbearable.
What has changed in that 3 weeks? Why have they started being so naughty? was it because I was not there (for 3 weeks) and they got used to getting away with things?
I don't feel physically strong enough to control them until I get my '2nd trimester energy'...
help.
I have been working there for a year. Up until 3 weeks ago (after I came back from holiday) I could control them but now their behaviour has gotten unexceptionably bad and they use foul language (they pick it up from their mum). I have tried talking to the mum about it but she doesn't seem to care. I am nearly 15 weeks pregnant. Very exhausted and tired so I am not as energetic and as I was before I was pregnant.
How can I make my days easier? I pride myself on being a good child carer but now I just feel so stressed out it makes me feel as though I never want to go back. Children have never stressed me out and I had so much patience for children...
These are the problems
Lack of respect for adults
Swearing
Dinner table madness-getting up from table, refusing to eat (don't give them anything else)
Pulling faces
Not listening
Talking back
ect
Should I just ignore them? It's not my problem to discipline them, if I am not being backed up from the parents then why should I? but then it has made my last 3 weeks unbearable.
What has changed in that 3 weeks? Why have they started being so naughty? was it because I was not there (for 3 weeks) and they got used to getting away with things?
I don't feel physically strong enough to control them until I get my '2nd trimester energy'...
help.