Second Day Update

So two days ago was my first day at work and it was just really frustrating, and I'll explain why.

At a daycare, it's kind of difficult to care for the children if you don't know their names. How am I supposed to get them to go anywhere or to do anything or to stop being ridiculous if I don't know their names?! "Hey you with the runny nose!" "Stop that, striped shirt kid" "What do you think you are doing... small child" "Get your hands out of your pants, boy" "We do not sit on our friends, you" No! That doesn't work...

Now, I've very good at names and I learn them very fast, so usually this isn't a problem for me. They tell me once and I am set to go! But on my first day, they moved me around so much that I was barely with a set of kids for more than an hour. With the older kids this is okay because they can tell me their name when I ask. But as I got to the younger rooms, they couldn't talk anymore and so I had no way of finding out what to call them unless I asked the person already in there to name each one... And of course, they are busy so I don't want to be a bother, and I hate the feeling of not knowing what I'm doing so I was kind of embarrassed to ask...

So yeah, by the end of the day, I was kind of frustrated with my job and I was really hoping that it wasn't always going to be like that.

The next day was much better, thankfully! I still moved around a lot, but I had learned the kids names the day before eventually, so it was alright. I was able to go into each room and know most of the kids right off the bat and I only had to learn a few more. It was much MUCH better.

And then today, the one day they decide not to move me, I'm in the baby room. HOLY COW. If it is possible to get high off of baby fumes or whatever they are called, I was definitely there. You know, that smell that babies have? Yeah. It was making me a little sick. We should probably look into better ventilation. And one baby is a handful all by themselves, let alone trying to juggle eight of them that all need different things at different times. It was... just a lot.

But you know what, those kids are adorable. I haven't met one that I haven't liked! They are just so innocent and unassuming. They want to be your friend more than anything else. There's nothing like walking into a room to a bunch of kids yelling "Amanda!" with huge smiles on their faces. That is such a fulfilling feeling, probably ranking pretty high on my favorite feelings I've experienced so far in my life.

I'm just hoping that it gets less exhausting! I'm not used to working 7-8 hours a day, so once I get into the rhythm of it, I should be okay! That's the plan anyway hahaha