Eyes In The Back Of My Head

I am always asked by interviewing parents whether the children are in eye sight the entire day. What I  want to ask these parents is, when at home, are their children are always in their line of sight? I'm pretty sure that's an impossible feat given the responsibilities of all parents while at home. There is laundry to fold, breakfast, lunch and dinner to prepare, bathrooms to clean, bathrooms to use and the list goes on.

My general response to the above question is "Yes". And I am not deceiving the parents in any way by answering in such a manner. I recognized about a year ago that while it is impossible to physically watch the children every second of the nine hour day they are in my care that makes me no less responsible for what might happen to them in the eyes of their parents. As unrealistic as it is that any daycare provider could actually see every single child at all times when we too, have the duties of not only preparing food, cleaning up children and the actual care of at least 3 or 4 times the number of children any one of our daycare parents might have, the parents actually expect this level of supervision.

It's crazy, but it's true.

At one point I became tired of having to do an Olympian sprint upstairs to fill up my coffee cup or, heaven forbid, go to the washroom (which, by the way, is impossible to speed up). As the daycare laws in Ontario also make it an impossibility to affordably  hire a staff assistant, I realized the need to get crafty. And thus began my search for those proverbial eyes in the back of my head.

Any of my readership or forum members who know me also understand that I generally do not endorse many products. I don't respect blogs that serve as a means to plug product for a pay-off. But I want to share with you the camera system I purchased. It is the Lorex Live-Snap video baby monitor with two-way audio and the ability to take live pictures that are stored on the SD card that comes with the camera.

I LOVE this product. I can not say enough great things about it. And that is all the endorsement I will offer. Check it out for yourself.


I  never  before  found such  a useful  piece of  technology,  laptop  aside,  that could  make  my  daycare  days easier  and  much  more  enjoyable. Now I can leisurely  stroll  upstairs   and  pour  that  fifth  cup  of  coffee. I  can  visit  the washroom,  I can answer the door and...... gasp......I can even sit outside on my deck at  nap time. And  all  this  because I can see what every child is doing at any time despite my lack of physical proximity.


And my favourite part.......being able to correct behaviour and talk to the kids from the camera watching them  all  look to the  heavens confused, dazed, and wondering how it is I always know what they're up to.


Hey, every female knows God is a woman - now the daycare kids do too!


For concerns, advice or suggestions I welcome your email at judytrickett@yahoo.ca