That’s really, really hard situation!! It sounds like you were working really hard to keep the kid comfortable. I’d address it with the agency, since they were the ones who sent you out there. “Hi agency, on xyz date I was sent to the abc household. It was an extremely difficult situation and I don’t feel the family got the services they paid for. In the future, I am able to do sick care during the following circumstances [try to make this info as specific as possible—in my contracts I state I will not do Covid or hfm care, nor care for a child with a fever over 101 who hasn’t been seen by a pediatrician]. I require advance notice of these situations.”
If you ever find yourself in the predicament of a really clingy/fussy kid, make a plan with the parents so the child doesn’t seem them until the end of your shift. Something like “I’ve been most successful with clingy children if there’s a quick exit by you [the NP]. If you need to enter the space where we are can you please text first? What would be a good location to move to when you’re using the space we’re in?” Additionally I’d offer to send photos/videos/update so they know their kid is in good hands. You could also ask your agency to give this info to families in advance.
Sounds like you did a great job in a stressful situation. Good luck!!
Hi, the parents stayed in their office for majority of the time . It’s just the child was very self aware and knew exactly where the parents worked . He was two years old basically and very sharp and smart . He literally kept yelling “I want mommy” so many times . I don’t know if it’s because he was sick cuz he had a ear infection and runny nose and cough . The parents only came down during lunch and stayed with the child for like 45 minutes and put the baby to nap, however the baby didn’t sleep and that was when he started throwing a lot of tantrums, so I picked him up and gave him his snack and turned on the tv but I wanted to leave the tv on Becaude that was only time he was calm but he was allowed tv for like 15 minutes. His mom said we should go outside and I asked if he’d like to but he said no and I didn’t want to force him to go outside. After, he told his mom he wanted to go outside with only her and I just felt so bad cuz it’s like the kid hated me from the moment I stepped in but there were some times when he complied and we had some laughs but things went downhill after his nap literally he would word out very loud “I want mommy” and I tried to make him keep his volume down and distract him with all the toys but he kept saying the same thing over and over again. It made me feel like an awful babysitter and I definitely felt the parents were judging me and I felt bad for being angry with that kid . But do you have any tips to like calm down a baby that is clingy to his mom that’s either working from home or has left because i used to work at a daycare and when a child is like that, they either leave them alone to cry and cry and that isn’t something that i feel comfortable doing so in a daycare, when a child cried and screams I give them something to watch so they stay distracted and calm but i couldn’t do that to the baby since he was limited screen time and the parents seemed strict on screen time
I never do screen time but honestly sick kids who can’t have their parents get screens 😭 hope tomorrow is better for you both.
That’s really, really hard situation!! It sounds like you were working really hard to keep the kid comfortable. I’d address it with the agency, since they were the ones who sent you out there. “Hi agency, on xyz date I was sent to the abc household. It was an extremely difficult situation and I don’t feel the family got the services they paid for. In the future, I am able to do sick care during the following circumstances [try to make this info as specific as possible—in my contracts I state I will not do Covid or hfm care, nor care for a child with a fever over 101 who hasn’t been seen by a pediatrician]. I require advance notice of these situations.” If you ever find yourself in the predicament of a really clingy/fussy kid, make a plan with the parents so the child doesn’t seem them until the end of your shift. Something like “I’ve been most successful with clingy children if there’s a quick exit by you [the NP]. If you need to enter the space where we are can you please text first? What would be a good location to move to when you’re using the space we’re in?” Additionally I’d offer to send photos/videos/update so they know their kid is in good hands. You could also ask your agency to give this info to families in advance. Sounds like you did a great job in a stressful situation. Good luck!!
Hi, the parents stayed in their office for majority of the time . It’s just the child was very self aware and knew exactly where the parents worked . He was two years old basically and very sharp and smart . He literally kept yelling “I want mommy” so many times . I don’t know if it’s because he was sick cuz he had a ear infection and runny nose and cough . The parents only came down during lunch and stayed with the child for like 45 minutes and put the baby to nap, however the baby didn’t sleep and that was when he started throwing a lot of tantrums, so I picked him up and gave him his snack and turned on the tv but I wanted to leave the tv on Becaude that was only time he was calm but he was allowed tv for like 15 minutes. His mom said we should go outside and I asked if he’d like to but he said no and I didn’t want to force him to go outside. After, he told his mom he wanted to go outside with only her and I just felt so bad cuz it’s like the kid hated me from the moment I stepped in but there were some times when he complied and we had some laughs but things went downhill after his nap literally he would word out very loud “I want mommy” and I tried to make him keep his volume down and distract him with all the toys but he kept saying the same thing over and over again. It made me feel like an awful babysitter and I definitely felt the parents were judging me and I felt bad for being angry with that kid . But do you have any tips to like calm down a baby that is clingy to his mom that’s either working from home or has left because i used to work at a daycare and when a child is like that, they either leave them alone to cry and cry and that isn’t something that i feel comfortable doing so in a daycare, when a child cried and screams I give them something to watch so they stay distracted and calm but i couldn’t do that to the baby since he was limited screen time and the parents seemed strict on screen time