Mommy Failed Daycare

Today I went back to being just a Mom, Wife and occasional Realtor. No longer am I a Professional Daycare Provider. La Maternelle Daycare and Preschool was in business just two and a half weeks. I will admit that it was a LONG two and a half weeks, yet I still feel a little sad that it didn't work out, and a bit like a failure. This morning Camryn asked who was coming over and was extremely disappointed that it would be just us again.


Through this experience I learned a few things:


1) Boys really are way different from girls, and God made me a mom-of-girls for a reason. As much as Camryn's whining, drama and changing clothes at least five times a day may grate on my nerves, I feel way better equipped to handle that than the "boy stuff." (It's not like the boys I have taken care of are bad. Even if their moms weren't possibly reading this, I'd say they are great kids, they just require an entirely different kind of energy than I seem to possess.)


2) Having an extra few kids show up each day between 7:30 and 5:30 doesn't automatically make it easier to be more organized, scheduled, disciplined, or a better housekeeper. If anything, it makes it that much harder.


3) Even though Camryn loved having a constant playmate and possibly whined less throughout the day, this did not alleviate my tough job of disciplining. It only created new opportunities and challenges for disciplining.