Today's Journey: Snitching...

Have you ever been put into a situation where you have told on someone, and by doing so you have put their  job, or school work, or livelihood in jeopardy? I have- and most recently just yesterday.  You know when you have small children and you put them in daycare you pay for a service, and you expect them to follow the guidelines that you have laid out so that they can care for your child the same way that you would do so.  But when things go wrong, and things are done excuse after excuse is given.  Okay, so let me break this down- I pay a daycare facility to take care of my son.  I do not have state assistance or some discounted rate- I pay full price.  He is almost 7 months old- so it is expensive.  Anyways, my son has acid reflux.  So when he eats it is very important to keep him upright for a period of time afterwards so that he can properly digest his food, and if it is not done he will spit up, and sometimes he will spit up alot.  So it is important that this is done.  So that is one of my requests, I do not think that it is too much to ask.  The other thing that you expect when you take your child to a daycare facility is that they can kind of tell you about his day.  Was he cranky today, did he have his hand in his mouth alot because he is teething?  Was he in a good mood, and he played alot?  Did he eat alot today or did he not seem hungry?  Did he spit up all over his clothes again?  Nope- too much information I guess.  So when I go in for the 6th day in a row, and he is in a different outfit because he spit up all over himself, because you didn't follow my instructions, I am supposed to be okay with that?  I am supposed to pay out all this money for you to continue to ruin his clothes because he spits up on them, and you just throw them in a baggie and can't even rinse them out?  So by the time I get home, they are stained and ruined- I am supposed to be okay with that?? I think not!! How about asking the parent if they are okay with your almost 7 month old eating french fries? Should they ask for my permission?  Yes- they should.  But did they- NO!  Did they ask me if it was okay for them to post a picture of my son on Facebook?  No!  I tried to shrug it off and not over react.  But it has been bothering me, and eating away at me.

You know I thought I was doing right by friending some of these people that work at his daycare on Facebook.  WOW was that a mistake!  I thought well maybe it would be nice to get to know them a little better, and understand what kind of people are there watching my son.  The things I read, and the truth that I discovered about them, makes my stomach turn.  It is scarey to me! So with all of this, I have decided to pull my son out of this daycare.  We are following their policies, and we put in our 2 week notice- but we are done.  Over it and done.  I can not take the risk with them that they are going to feed him something that hurts him, or that they are not giving him the care that he needs and deserves.  Now I know that by putting in our 2 week notice and talking to them that I have put some asses on the line, and it could cost them their job.  Unfortunately, you have poked at this momma bear long enough that she is striking back.