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Daycare Fun

Let me preface this by saying I actually looked up synonyms for "humor" in an attempt to find a "d" word to make a catchy title. But somehow "Daycare Drollery" just loses something....

Anyways.... quick list of references:
dcm = daycare mom
dcd = daycare dad
dcb = daycare boy
dcbaby = daycare baby (bet you didn't see that one coming, huh?)

Without further ado, today's tale of terror:

My dcps are obsessed with bodily functions... they always want to know if dcbaby has pooped, tell me about his pooping, and "help" him poop by giving him copious amounts of prune juice (or Miralax to the older one). So I suppose this should be no surprise, but it sitll left me shaking my head (in disgust).

Yesterday, dcm comes to pick up. DCB's nose had been crusty, and I'd cleaned it up.... or so I thought. I try and make sure there's nothing there cuz dcm has a nasty habit of picking it FOR him.

Sure enough, she inspects his nostrils and finds a booger. And her finger comes out and digs in. DCB whines in protest and tries to get away, but there's really nowhere for him to go as she's holding him.
I roll my eyes in disgust.

She comments that he's got a booger "right there".

I tell her I wiped his crusties off just a few minutes ago with a wet cloth, and I'm sorry I missed it. And I truely am, as I can't imagine a toddler having an adult finger stuck up his nose is all that pleasant.

Oh, and did I mention that this is straight skin-on-skin action? No wipe or tissue, or anything like that?

So she goes at it again. I can't stand this, and tell dcb to tell his mom to put her fingers up her own nose if she needs to pick something.

DCM laughs and says she doesn't know why she does that. That makes two of us.

Then she can't stand it and goes in for the kill. The finger is out.... it's in... she's digging.... and she comes out with the prize.

That she proudly shows to me, with an "AHA! Got it! And it's a big one!" as she presents her outstretched finger, booger firmly stuck to it.

She then shows it to dcb, who is unimpressed. Actually, I think he's just happy to not have that enormous finger rooting around in his small little nostril.

DCM flicks the booger out the front door.

Does she wash her hands?

No.

Of course not.

Moral of this story - always make sure dcb's nose is completely booger free at pickup. And don't shake hands with dcm.... or dcd for that matter, as he was the one who came in one morning telling me he'd changed a poopy diaper and thought he had poop on his hands.

Sink? Water? Soap? Anyone??

And yet, these are the reasons I enjoy doing daycare. To laugh. :)