Since Milo got kicked out of daycare, I decided to look for a nanny position for the summer... I was hoping to work in someone else's house, but nothing worked out. So now, here I am, surrounded by children. They're trashing my house and eating all my food. No matter how many snacks and lunches the kids pack, they always need MORE and they always eat everything I own.
To be honest, I don't really have a lot of food to SPARE at the moment, being that I've been not working for the last 9 months. Ross is 4,000 dollars behind on rent. I pre-paid my half of rent up through May, so I'm supposed to start paying $520/month this month, when I start getting some income. Currently, this is almost half of what I make in a month. I was hoping to get 2 more kids, which would help my income situation significantly, but so far they haven't called or emailed me back.. I wont give up hope till Sunday, but I'm not holding my breath. It would be an extra $800/month, though, so I would really appreciate it.. plus there's one little boy here every day who is 4 and has no buddies to play with, the rest of the kids are either way younger than him or way older than him, except his sister, who is 6, plus not as fun to play with cuz she's a GIRRRL :P lol The other two kids are 6 and 4, a girl and a boy, so they'd be the perfect ages to play with the ones I already have here during the day.
SO MILO. Has been off his meds for a week, he's driving everyone insane. The first few days were the craziest as far as energy level, but since then he's just been really impulsive, mean, and aggressive. He hits all the time, I can't leave him alone for a single second with another child. He's just a ruffian to the max. The other kids are all scared of him, except Scarlet, who is actually kind of a bully herself. She's been put in her place, let me tell you. lol Luckily, her mom is pretty stoked about it. Scarlet has had a long line of babysitters lately, because she's really ornery and no one can handle her, apparently. I don't think she's that bad, personally... but then again, I have Milo to compare her to. I haven't put her in time out at all since she started on Monday, and she goes home every day and tells her mom how happy she is not to be in time out all the time anymore. Aw! Honestly, she's been pretty good for me. The first day, we had a couple little instances where I had to put my foot down and tell her that her behavior was not acceptable, but she's been adjusting really nicely. I am pretty no-nonsense, and that seems to work for her. She had one mini-melt down at the park when I laid into her, but she's been fine since then. Mean ol' momma Ashlea. Aint takin no crap from 3 yr olds. lol
Except mine. :-S He is really into calling people "fuck head" and he knows he isnt allowed to say that, but Ross says "fuck" all the time, no matter WHAT I DO, and so Milo hears it a lot.. usually Ross says it like "what the FUCK" or "how the FUCK?" etc, and Milo just takes the bad word and adds it to his own insult, which he learned from daycare- he used to say "poophead" till he realized that he could add his own flare to it. :-S Now it's a whole thing he says all the time. Ugh. It's brutal, and he's saying it to the other kids all the time, which is a big deal. He's also really into his BOY JUNK, and he flashes people all the time. The other day the kids all came inside and told me that Milo was outside (during nap time) showing everyone his penis. FABULOUS. Luckily all of these girls have brothers and are not shocked by boy junk.
I've tried everything to get Milo to chill the eff out, but he just resists it so hard, it's a waste. He doesn't stay in time out, plus it doesn't seem to phase him, and spanking him just makes him more aggressive. Ross has been getting really frustrated with him and swatting his butt a lot more than I would prefer. It's so freaking hard not agreeing on parenting techniques. Ross also doesn't want to medicate Milo at all, even though he clearly needs it. He benefits a lot from it when it works, and he's a complete mess without it. I'm pretty sure they're about to put him on stimulant meds when he goes to his re-check tomorrow, but Ross is going to have a fit about it. He usually lets me make all the decisions, and I mean "lets" as in, passive aggressively puts up with... anyways... Im scared to give him stimulant meds, as they've been known to cause insomnia and weight loss... argh. They're also said to be less effective for preschoolers, so who knows how well they'll even work.
It is seriously SO frustrating. I have no idea what I'm going to do with him in the fall. I'm hoping I'll get a job here in the district, although I know it's a long shot. They likely won't be doing much hiring this fall, due to budget cuts. But they have just gotten additional funding and cancelled all layoffs.. so hopefully there will be something, somewhere. sigh It's frustrating because I don't know what I'll do with Milo if I DO get a job, and actually I'm not sure what I'll do with him if I'm subbing, either. I hate things being uncertain. I won't know until August whether or not he's getting into school district preschool, and even then it would be half days. If I don't get a job next year with my own classroom, I'll just sub all year, which will be fine, but if I don't have care for Milo, I'm not sure how I'll work that out. I think I can potentially get our friend Kim certified by the state licensing program to watch Milo and the state will pay her, but I'm not sure how much she'd get through that and if she'd be willing to do it... I could probably get Shelby to do it, if Kim wont, but Shelby isn't very dependable. I hate the idea of finding a stranger... plus these people are family friends and can work for less money than most people would be willing to. It's also really difficult to find someone who is willing to put up with Milo. Even for a half day.
Life goes on.
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