You know you're in childcare when...
by: Annette - 04-09-09 15:57
I came across this on the internet and thought it'd amuse many of you on the forums - I'm sure there are loads more points to add!!
You know you're in childcare when:
You realise that the 7 1/2 hour days you were promised at the beginning of your job have now extended into 10 hours + overtime
You now have a list of names you would never name your own children because of certain children at your nursery and firmly believe that all children called ‘Olivia’ act that way
The word OFSTED sends a blind panic through you
The life story of every child and their family is etched into your memory and you can also recognise them each individually by the back of their head
If you don't come home with paint/glue/some form of messy play in your hair then it has been a very successful day
You know all the latest children’s TV shows and could probably reel off the CBeebies schedule upon request
Your friends don't seem to understand the extent of your tired/not wanting to go out til 2am in the morning-ness, after all, ‘you don't really work, you just play all day’
-- You also never go out on a weeknight because a hangover + kids is just never going to work out!
You are programmed to say things like sugar, fudge and balloons rather than swearing. You have also edited your vocab to include things the children say eg ‘elemafunt’ instead of elephant and ‘rhinoroserous’ instead of rhinocerous
Everyone thinks you have the easiest job in the world, but do you see them becoming mums of 15 babies?!
You now eat six meals a day - breakfast at home, breakfast at nursery, lunch with the kids, lunch on your break, dinner at nursery, dinner at home. Plus snacks at 10, 2 and 5!
You can recite ‘We're going on a bear hunt... we're going to catch a big one…we're not scared...’ without even a glance at the book.
You flinch when someone says 'naughty' but then you realise that in the real world it isn’t a FORBIDDEN word!!
When your trousers all have holes in the knees from crawling about on the floor all day
When you have the biggest pile of drawings that you just can't bring yourself to put in the bin
You find yourself waving at kids that you know in town on a Saturday more than you do adults
Breaking up fights between Spiderman, Superwoman, a post woman and a fairy are normal everyday occurrences.
